Chuck Winters
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 7, 1974 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Detroit (MI) Saint Martin de Porres | ||||||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1997 | ||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 179 |
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| Sacks: | 7.0 |
| Interceptions: | 2 |
| Tackles: | 79 |
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| Interceptions: | 1 |
| Receptions-yards: | 79-938 |
| Kick return yards: | 1,278 |
| Total TDs: | 16 |
Charles "Chuck" Winters (born February 7, 1974) is a former Canadian Football League linebacker and defensive back who played for the Toronto Argonauts.
Winters retired from the Argonauts on December 19, 2008, after six great years as a linebacker and defensive back. During his time with the Argonauts, he appeared in 82 regular-season games and eight playoff contests and was a member of the Argonauts' 2004 Grey Cup-winning team. In the 2007 season, he posted a career-high 38 tackles and led the team with 6 caused fumbles.
Winters grew up in the tough Herman Gardens project of Detroit, Michigan. When he was in middle school, gang violence began permeating the projects. For many, adolescence is one's search for acceptance. Like his head coach and many of his teammates, Winters sought acceptance in organized sports such as baseball and football rather than joining violent street gangs.
Although he escaped the vicious cycle of violence himself, his 19-year-old brother Malik was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1998. Winters knows all too well the feeling of fear that one has walking the streets of Detroit and he is committed to working in the Greater Toronto Area community to ensure that its streets remain safe for all and that youth have a variety of life options from which to choose.
Winters hails from Detroit's St. Martin de Porres High School (closed 2005) where he won the MHSAA State Class C Football Title twice. While at St. Martin de Porres, Winters was an All-American in two sports football and baseball. Also, Winters was drafted in the tenth round in the 1992 amateur baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals. SMDP is the same school that produced fellow CFL player Kevin Glenn and former National Football League player Troy Kyles of the New York Giants.
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