Zenon Andrusyshyn was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League and the Tampa Bay Bandits in the United States Football League.
20 Facts About Zenon Andrusyshyn
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Zenon Andrusyshyn's family moved to Ontario, Canada where he attended Oakville Trafalgar High School.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn set a high school javelin record that lasted for 35 years.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn held the Canadian javelin record with a throw of 242 feet 6 inches.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn received a track and field scholarship from UCLA to compete in the javelin throw, but suffered an elbow injury while preparing for the 1968 Summer Olympics and decided to walk-on to the football team after kicking in a tryout 14 field goals in a row from 45 yards out.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn was a two-time All-American punter and was voted to UCLA's All Century Team.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the ninth round of the 1970 NFL draft.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn appeared in the last 8 games handling both the punting and kicking roles.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn made 10 of 20 field goals, 15 of 16 extra points and averaged 43.2 yards on 51 punts.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn was named CFL East All-Star in two straight seasons.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn was passed on the depth chart by Dean Dorsey and was released in September 1982.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn was the starter at kicker and punter for three seasons until the team folded in 1986.
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In 1969, Zenon Andrusyshyn met his wife on the television show The Dating Game.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn was ordained a minister in the Southern Baptist denomination in 1990 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1995 with a Master in Arts, Biblical Studies.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn was the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Tampa Area Director from March 1987, completing 20 years with FCA in 2007.
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In October 2007, Zenon Andrusyshyn formed his own ministry with his wife Sue.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn has been on over 15 mission trips which include delivering medical supplies to Cuna Indians- Panama, to Cancer Hospitals for Children in Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine, Missions abroad in England, Germany and Mexico.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn served as Youth Chairman for the Billy Graham Crusade-1998 Tampa, Florida, and as Youth Chairman for Luis Palau's TampaBayFest 2007.
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Zenon Andrusyshyn died on August 7,2023, at the age of 76.