Born: | [1] La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. | July 21, 1963
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Career information | |
Status | Retired |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | Right guard |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
College | UBC [2] |
CFL draft | 1986, round: 3, pick: 27 |
Drafted by | BC Lions |
Career history | |
As player | |
1986 | BC Lions |
1987–1992 | Toronto Argonauts |
Career highlights and awards | |
Robert Skemp (born July 21, 1963) is a Canadian football player. Drafted in the third round, 27th overall, by the BC Lions, he played seven years in the CFL. [3] He has been nominated as an honorable mention to the greatest CFL draft picks of all time [4]
Growing up in Richmond, British Columbia Skemp, who still holds records in the CJFL, [5] played his junior football with the Richmond Raiders, where his father Archie Skemp was head coach from 1984 - 1989. [6] 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. [7]
During the 1991 CFL year, Skemp was the starting right guard on the 1991 Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts football team. [8]
On October 27, 2016, Skemp underwent spinal surgery. During surgery, his dural sac was nicked causing spinal fluid to leak. The surgery involved the replacement of two compressed discs in his neck at levels 5 and 6 of the spine. Once the dural sac was nicked, the procedure was stopped and only one disc (level 6) was replaced. Skemp's family established a crowd fundraising campaign to raise monies to pay for his medical needs. [9]
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