Gerry Organ

Gerry Organ

Date of birth	(1944-12-04) December 4, 1944
Place of birth	Cheltenham, England
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	K/P/WR
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
University	Guelph
CFL draft	1971 / Undrafted
Career history
As player
1971–1983	Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1973, 1976)
CFL East All-Star	1982
Awards	Outstanding Canadian (1973)
Honours	University of Guelph Athletics Hall of Fame (1984)
Retired #s	Ottawa Rough Riders #71
Records	Ottawa Rough Rider record, most career points (1462)

Gerry Organ (born December 4, 1944) is a former professional Canadian football placekicker and punter for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. He played for 13 seasons for the Rough Riders, playing in three Grey Cup games, winning two championships in 1973 and 1976. Organ played in 176 games in the CFL and is Ottawa's all-time leader in points scored with 1,462. He is the only kicker to have won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award, which he won in 1973. He played college football with the Guelph Gryphons.

He was inducted in the University of Guelph Hall of Fame in 1984. As a member of the Guelph Gryphons, he was named to the All-Canadian team in 1969.

He was the Reform Party candidate in the 1993 federal election for the riding of Guelph-Wellington, but lost to Brenda Chamberlain.