Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Role Football player Positions Tackle Name Chris Schultz Date joined 1983 | High school: Aldershot Weight 126 kg | |
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Date of birth: (1960-02-16) February 16, 1960 (age 55) NFL draft: 1983 / Round: 7 / Pick: 189 Similar People Matt Dunigan, Jock Climie, Milt Stegall | ||
Duane forde and chris schultz of tsn during their cfl playing days
Christopher "Chris" Schultz (born February 16, 1960 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada) is a retired National Football League and Canadian Football League player who played the offensive tackle position primarily with the CFL Toronto Argonauts. He played college football at the University of Arizona. He is currently a sportscaster with Canadian sports television channel TSN.
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- Duane forde and chris schultz of tsn during their cfl playing days
- Chris Schultz Class of 2016 Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
- Early years
- Dallas Cowboys
- Toronto Argonauts CFL
- Personal life
- References
Chris Schultz - Class of 2016 Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
Early years
Schultz attended Aldershot High School in Burlington, Ontario, where he was a part of 2 football championships. He also practiced basketball. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Arizona.
He was recruited by Arizona head coach Tony Mason as a defensive tackle, where he played his first three years. One of the strongest players on the team, he was converted into a left tackle as a senior.
Dallas Cowboys
Schultz was selected in the seventh round (189th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. On August 21, 1984, he was placed on the injured reserve list. He was activated later on the year and played in 5 games on special teams. In 1984, he was lost for the season after injuring his right knee in the third preseason game.
After only playing in 5 games with no starts during his first two years, in 1985, Phil Pozderac injured his knee during the third game of the season, which opened the door for Schultz to start at left tackle, only to return to a backup role when Pozderac was healthy. He eventually regained the starting position from the thirteenth game until the playoffs, but struggled mightily while playing against the Los Angeles Rams. He was waived on August 26, 1986.
Toronto Argonauts (CFL)
In 1986, 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. He played in 124 games for the Argos over his nine-year career. Schultz was named a CFL All-Star twice (1987, 1988) and was a member of the 1991 Grey Cup championship team.
In 2007, he was named to the Argonauts All-time team.
Personal life
Schultz is currently a CFL football sportscaster on The Sports Network. He also co-hosts a weekly one-hour sports radio program on TSN 1050 in Toronto, called Football Sunday with Mike Hogan during the CFL and NFL seasons. He is also the NFL Insider for TSN.
On October 17, 2016, Schultz was part of a healthy 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.