Christopher Schultz was a Canadian professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League and Canadian Football League.
16 Facts About Chris Schultz
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Chris Schultz was a sportscaster with Canadian sports television channel TSN.
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Chris Schultz accepted a football scholarship from the University of Arizona.
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Chris Schultz was recruited by Arizona head coach Tony Mason as a defensive tackle, where he played his first three years.
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Chris Schultz was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL Draft.
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Chris Schultz was selected by the Arizona Wranglers in the 1983 USFL Territorial Draft.
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Chris Schultz was activated later in the year and played in 5 games on special teams.
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Chris Schultz eventually regained the starting position from the thirteenth game until the playoffs, but struggled while playing against the Los Angeles Rams.
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In 1986, Chris Schultz returned to Canada to play for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, who owned his rights after drafting him in the first round of the 1982 CFL Draft.
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Chris Schultz played in 124 games for the Argos over his nine-year career.
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Chris Schultz was named a CFL All-Star twice, appeared in the Grey Cup in 1987 and was a member of the 1991 Grey Cup championship team.
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Chris Schultz was a CFL football sportscaster on The Sports Network from 1998 to 2017.
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Chris Schultz co-hosted a weekly one-hour sports radio program on TSN 1050 in Toronto, called Football Sunday with Mike Hogan during the CFL and NFL seasons.
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Chris Schultz was announced as a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame 2023 class on March 16,2023, in the media wing.
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On October 17,2016, Chris Schultz was part of a class inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, where he spoke on the influence his father had on him.
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Chris Schultz died of a heart attack on March 4,2021, at the age of 61.