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One of the most prominent  CFL on TSN figures has passed away. That would be Chris Schultz, who played for the University of Arizona Wildcats from 1979-82 (first as a defensive tackle, then as a left tackle on offense in his senior season, setting him up for a professional career at that position), the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys from 1983-86, and the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts from 1986-94. Schultz then went on to perhaps an even bigger impact as a broadcaster, joining TSN in 1998 and spending more than 20 years covering the CFL and NFL for them, while also playing a key role in the annual Purola...

A former Dallas Cowboys and Canadian Football League offensive lineman passed away earlier this week from a heart attack.

Article content The story is always worth retelling, partially because of the impossibility of it all, and partially because it’s about Chris Schultz. Imagine a kid you knew in high school, maybe that giant of a kid who sat beside you in science class, not just heading off to play college football in America, but being switched from defensive lineman to offensive lineman at Arizona, and then surprisingly being selected late in the famous John Elway-Dan Marino-Jim Kelly NFL draft of 1983 and then eventually — the real crazy impossibility of it all — starting at offensive tackle, not just...

Former NFL and CFL offensive lineman, Chris Schultz, has died from a heart attack, as confirmed by the Toronto Argonauts. The Burlington, Ont., native was 61 years old.

Longtime CFL and NFL offensive lineman Chris Schultz has died after suffering a heart attack.