Bob Skemp

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]

1991 Grey Cup Championship autographed jersey
Bob Skemp
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL statusNational
Position(s)Right guard
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight280 lb (130 kg)
CollegeUBC[1]
CFL draft1986 / Round: 3 / Pick: 27
Drafted byBC Lions
Career history
As player
1986BC Lions
1987–1992Toronto Argonauts

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
  1. "Bob Skemp Statistics on Just Sports Stats". Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  2. Mullin, Jim & Speers, Ian (2014). Canadian University Football Red Book. Krown Countdown U. ISBN 978-1-4602-5588-9.
  3. http://3downnation.com/2015/05/12/the-greatest-cfl-draft-picks-of-all-time-from-no-1-to-no-64/
  4. Assets.ngin.com
  5. "BCFC Saddened By Loss of Coaching Great Archie Skemp". 2 December 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. 1987 draft summary
  7. "GreyCupCentral, 1991 summary". Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
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