Jock Climie

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Jock Climie
Born: (1968-09-28) 28 September 1968 (age 56) [1] [ citation needed ]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL status National
Position(s) SB, WR
University Queen's
CFL draft 1990, round: 1, pick: 4
Drafted by Toronto Argonauts
Career history
As player
1990 Toronto Argonauts
19911994 Ottawa Rough Riders
1995 Toronto Argonauts
19962001 Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
CFL East All-Star 1993, 1996, 1997

Jock Climie is a Canadian retired Canadian Football League player who played the slotback position primarily with the Ottawa Rough Riders, and Montreal Alouettes. He is also a former sportscaster with Canadian sports television channel TSN as part of the CFL on TSN studio panel during the CFL season. Climie is currently a labour and employment lawyer at the Ottawa law firm of Emond Harnden.

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College career

While attending Queen's University, Climie played university football for the Queen's Golden Gaels. His 1,091 receiving yards in 1988 was at the time the single-season record for Canadian university football; [2] it has since been broken, first by Don Blair (University of Calgary), then by Andy Fantuz (University of Western Ontario); Fantuz played one more game during his college career. Climie was the OQIFC conference's nominee for outstanding national player in 1988. He was inducted into the Queen's Football Hall of Fame. [3] He earned his law degree at Queen's by attending its winter academic sessions while playing CFL football in the summer and fall, taking six terms over six years to graduate.

Professional career

Following his outstanding college career, Climie was drafted fourth overall in the 1990 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts. [4] He dressed for the first two games of the season, but was then relegated to the practice roster. Soon after, he was signed by the Ottawa Rough Riders and would go on to play in 62 games for the franchise while also being named a CFL East All-Star in 1993. Climie re-signed with the Argonauts in 1995 and then signed with the newly reborn Montreal Alouettes in 1996. That year, he was again named a CFL East All-Star and he repeated the feat in 1997, while also being awarded the Lew Hayman Trophy as the top Canadian player in the CFL's East Division. Climie finished his career as an Alouette in 2001, having recorded 627 catches for 9619 yards and 56 touchdowns and finishing in the top 20 in receiving yardage at the time of his retirement. [5]

Statistics

Receiving Regular season
YearTeamGamesNo.YardsAvgLongTD
1990 TOR 222010.0160
1991 OTT 163259918.7621
1992 OTT 185790115.8506
1993 OTT 1867128119.18911
1994 OTT 104662213.5395
1995 TOR 134856311.7493
1996 MTL 1868120917.8629
1997 MTL 1889121413.6436
1998 MTL 185578314.2756
1999 MTL 115058111.6893
2000 MTL 1767100215.0805
2001 MTL 164684418.3681
CFL totals175627961915.38956

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References

  1. "Jock of many trades" . Retrieved 25 November 2023 via PressReader.
  2. All-Time Queen's Statistics gogaelsgo.com
  3. Queen's Football Team Awards gogaelsgo.com
  4. Draft tracker 1990 cfl.ca Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Draft Tracker
  5. 1 2 "Jock Climie". cflapedia.com.