Chris Sailer
| Position: | Kicker |
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| Date of birth: | January 9, 1977 |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
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| High school: | Sherman Oaks (CA) Notre Dame |
| College: | UCLA |
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| Player stats at ArenaFan.com | |
Chris Sailer (born January 9, 1977) is an American trainer of kicking specialists in American football. He works with high school placekickers and punters and evaluates them for college football programs. Sailer was named an All-American as both a kicker and a punter while playing college football for the UCLA Bruins. He played professionally in the Arena Football League (AFL).
Sailer was born to Elisabeth and Hans Sailer, who had emigrated in 1969 from West Germany to Burbank, California. His parents were soccer fans who knew nothing about football. They exposed him to soccer early, and he excelled as a youth soccer player. Sailer attended high school in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, where he was both the kicker and punter at Notre Dame High. As a senior, he set a state single-season record with 22 field goals, making seven from 50 yards of more to help his team win a Division III title. He was named to the USA Today All-USA team, and finished his prep career with a state record 33 career field goals. He also played soccer as a defender.
Sailer decided to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), because Bruins football coach Terry Donahue and soccer coach Sigi Schmid allowed him to play both sports, even though the two teams' seasons overlap. His athletic scholarship was rare for a kicker, a position which coaches often filled with walk-ons. He put soccer on hold as a freshman to get acclimated to school while playing football. Later, he decided he could not play both, and chose football.
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