Weight 75 kg Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Positions Placekicker | Name Todd Schlopy Children Alex Schlopy Role American football player | |
Date of birth: (1961-06-17)June 17, 1961 High school: Orchard Park High School College Michigan Wolverines football | ||
Place of birth: Bradford, Pennsylvania | ||
Ross Todd Schlopy (born June 17, 1961) is a motion picture cameraman and former American football placekicker.
A native of Bradford, Pennsylvania, Schlopy attended Orchard Park High School in Orchard Park, New York. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1981 to 1984.
As a Western New York native, Schlopy, who never intended to pursue a professional career, was called upon during the 1987 NFL Players Strike to fill in as placekicker for his hometown team, the Buffalo Bills, while Scott Norwood took part in the strike. After two games in which he missed all three of his field goal attempts and one of his two extra point kicks, Schlopy played a crucial role in the Bills' win against the New York Giants, kicking two field goals for a 6–3 victory. Schlopy's professional football career ended after that game when the strike ended and Norwood returned.
Schlopy became a cameraman on feature films. His credits include Red Dawn (first assistant camera, 2011), Jonah Hex (first assistant camera, 2010), High School (first assistant camera, 2010), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (first assistant camera, 2009), Wanted (first assistant camera, 2008), Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (first assistant camera, 2008), Transformers (first assistant camera, 2007), Herbie: Fully Loaded (first assistant camera, 2005), Seabiscuit (first assistant camera, 2003), Shallow Hal (first assistant camera, 2001), Starship Troopers (first assistant Steadicam, 1997), Air Force One (first assistant camera, 1997) and Ski Patrol (second assistant camera, 1990).
His son, Alex Schlopy, is a freeskier who won a gold medal at the 2011 Winter X Games in the big air contest. His cousin, Erik Schlopy, is a former alpine skier who competed at three editions of the Olympics; through Erik, the Schlopys are related by marriage to swimmer and media personality Summer Sanders.