Bob Skemp
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | Right guard |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
| US college | UBC[1] |
| CFL draft | 1986 / Round: 3 / Pick: 27 |
| Drafted by | BC Lions |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1986 | BC Lions |
| 1987–1992 | Toronto Argonauts |
Bob Skemp is a Canadian football player. Drafted in the third round, 27th overall, by the BC Lions, he played seven years in the CFL.[2] He has been nominated as an honorable mention to the greatest CFL draft picks of all time [3]
Growing up in Richmond, British Columbia Skemp, who still holds records in the CJFL,[4] played his junior football with the Richmond Raiders, where his father Archie Skemp was head coach from 1984 - 1989.[5] He later played with the UBC Thunderbirds.
During his first year in the CFL in 1986 Skemp was claimed as an unprotected player by the Montreal Alouettes as a non protected player. In 1987 during the equalization draft Bob was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts where he would continue to play for them until the 1992 season.[6]
During the 1991 CFL year Skemp was the starting right guard on the 1991 Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts football team.[7]
References
- ^ "Bob Skemp Statistics on Just Sports Stats". Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Mullin, Jim; Speers, Ian (2014). Canadian University Football Red Book. Krown Countdown U. ISBN 978-1-4602-5588-9.
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- ^ [1] Assets.ngin.com
- ^ "BCFC Saddened By Loss of Coaching Great Archie Skemp". 2 December 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 1987 draft summary
- ^ GreyCupCentral, 1991 summary