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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Born | (1960-02-16)February 16, 1960 Burlington, Ontario, Canada | ||||
| Died | March 4, 2021(2021-03-04) (aged 61) Burlington, Ontario, Canada | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||
| Weight | 277 lb (126 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school | Burlington (ON) Aldershot | ||||
| College | Arizona | ||||
| NFL draft | 1983: 7th round, 189th overall pick | ||||
| CFL draft | 1982: 1st round, 7th overall pick | ||||
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Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 2023) | |||||
Christopher Schultz (February 16, 1960 – March 4, 2021) was a Canadian professionalfootball player who was anoffensive tackle in theNational Football League (NFL) andCanadian Football League (CFL). He primarily played with the CFLToronto Argonauts. Schultz playedcollege football at theUniversity of Arizona. He was asportscaster with Canadian sports television channelTSN.
Schultz attendedAldershot High School inBurlington, Ontario, where he was a part of 2 football championships. He also practicedbasketball.
He accepted a football scholarship from theUniversity of Arizona. He was recruited by Arizona head coachTony Mason as adefensive tackle.
As aredshirt freshman, he was named a starter atdefensive tackle, where he played his first three years.
One of the strongest players on the team, he was converted into aleft tackle as a senior, after the team experienced a rash of injuries on theoffensive line.[1]
In 2015, he was inducted into the Burlington Sports Hall of Fame.[2] In 2016, he was inducted into theOntario Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
Schultz was selected by theDallas Cowboys in the seventh round (189th overall) of the1983 NFL draft. He was also selected by theArizona Wranglers in the1983 USFL Territorial Draft. As a rookie, he appeared in five games onspecial teams.
In1984, he injured his right knee in the third preseason game against thePittsburgh Steelers. On August 21, he was placed on theinjured reserve list.[4]
In1985,Phil Pozderac injured his knee during the third game of the season, which opened the door for Schultz to start atleft 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 while playing against theLos Angeles Rams.[5] He appeared in 16 games with 8 starts. He was waived on August 26,1986.[6]
In1986, Schultz returned to Canada to play for theToronto Argonauts of theCanadian Football League (CFL), who owned his rights after drafting him in the first round of the1982 CFL draft.
He played in 124 games for the Argos over his nine-year career.[7] Schultz was named a CFL All-Star twice (1987,1988), appeared in the Grey Cup in1987 and was a member of the1991 Grey Cup championship team.
In 2007, he was named to the Argonauts All-time team.
Schultz was a CFL footballsportscaster onThe Sports Network from 1998 to 2017.[8] He also co-hosted a weekly one-hour sports radio program onTSN 1050 in Toronto, calledFootball Sunday withMike Hogan during the CFL and NFL seasons. He was also the NFL Insider forTSN.
Schultz was announced as a member of theCanadian Football Hall of Fame 2023 class on March 16, 2023, in the media wing.[8]
Schultz died of a heart attack on March 4, 2021, at the age of 61.[9]