Role American football player Position(s) K/P Height 1.88 m | College UCLA Weight 95 kg Name Zenon Andrusyshyn Drafted by Dallas Cowboys | |
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Date of birth (1947-02-25) February 25, 1947 (age 68) NFL draft 1970 / Round: 9 / Pick: 231 1971–1977 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) Education University of California, Los Angeles, Dallas Theological Seminary | ||
Place of birth Gunzburg, West Germany | ||
Cfl 1977 toronto at montreal part 5 zenon andrusyshyn field goal
Zenon Andrusyshyn (born February 25, 1947) is a German-Canadian former Canadian Football League punter and kicker from (1971–1977, 1979–1982) for the Toronto Argonauts. He also played for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League and the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League. He played college football at UCLA.
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- Cfl 1977 toronto at montreal part 5 zenon andrusyshyn field goal
- Early years
- Dallas Cowboys
- Toronto Argonauts
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Tampa Bay Bandits
- Personal life
- References
Early years
Andrusyshyn was born in Germany before his family moved to Ontario, Canada. He attended Oakville Trafalgar High School where he practiced track and soccer. He participated with the Canadian team in the javelin throw, shot put and discus during the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He held the Canadian javelin record with a throw of 242 feet 6 inches.
He received a track and field scholarship for UCLA, 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. In one practice he kicked field goals of 57 and 62 yards.
Andrusyshyn was used both as a punter and placekicker. He led the NCAA in punting as a sophomore with a 44.2 average, but against USC he missed one field goal, had two blocked, and failed a critical extra point that gave them the victory and the eventual 1967 National championship. Then USC head coach John McKay, remarked that "Andrusyshyn kicks with low leverage," and that is why he employed 6-foot-8 offensive tackle Bill Hayhoe to affect his kicking game.
He would become a two-time All-American punter (1967, 1969) and was voted to UCLA's All Century Team.
Dallas Cowboys
Andrusyshyn was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the ninth round (231st overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft. On September 8, he was waived before the start of the season.
Toronto Argonauts
On October 23, 1977, he recorded a 108-yard punt against the Edmonton Eskimos, which still stands as the longest punt in professional football history. On September 14, 1980 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, he set the record for the longest field goal (57 yards) in CFL history.
Kansas City Chiefs
On April 14, 1978, he signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was waived in August 1979.
Tampa Bay Bandits
He played three season (1983-1985) with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League.
Personal life
Andrusyshyn met his wife on the television show The Dating Game in 1969. That year, he also had a small part in the television show Medical Center.
He was ordained a minister in the Southern Baptist denomination in 1990 in Nashville, Tennessee. He also graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1995 with a Master in Arts, Biblical Studies (MABS).
He was the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Tampa Area Director from March 1987, completing 20 years with FCA in 2007. In October 2007, Zenon Andrusyshyn formed his own ministry with his wife Sue. Known as Zenon Ministries Inc., it is a 501(c)(3) non-profit youth ministry. Andrusyshyn has been on over 15 mission trips which includes delivering medical supplies to Cuna Indians- Panama (three times), to Cancer Hospitals for Children in Kiev and Odessa, Ukraine (four times), Missions abroad in England (three times), Germany (three times) and Mexico (three times). He served as Youth Chairman for the Billy Graham Crusade-1998 Tampa, Florida, and as Youth Chairman for Luis Palau's TampaBayFest 2007.