Michael Webster is a Canadian

clinical psychologist Clinical psychology is an integration of social science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and persona ...

and former

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player for the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...

and

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first season ...

, and

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champion. He was also a successful

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

. Webster first learned football in

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and used those skills to play at the famous

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. He returned home to play one season with the

, 16 games, before he was traded to the

. He played 4 seasons and 56 games with the Larks, winning the

in 1970. He was also a player representative, and his activities got him traded to the

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

. Faced with a substantial cut in pay, he retired from football. He had also studied psychology at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

while in Montreal. Being very big, and having met several football players that were wrestlers, professional wrestling became his next career. From 1971 to 1976 he became Iron Mike Webster on the wrestling circuit mainly in Vancouver and Pacific Northwest. During this period he completed his master's degree at

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...

. After leaving wrestling he completed his PhD in 1981 from Western Washington. This led to his final career as a clinical psychologist, teaching at "the British Columbia Police Academy, the Canadian Police College, Europol, and the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia." He has specialized "in working with police crisis teams." This includes the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Texas in 1993, the 1995 standoff at Gustafsen Lake, B.C, and testifying at the

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Championships and accomplishments

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**Men's Wrestling Award (2012)

References

External links

1970 Grey Cup EngravingFANBASE BioMike Webster
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Mike 1944 births BC Lions players Canadian male professional wrestlers Canadian clinical psychologists Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Living people McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Montreal Alouettes players Canadian football people from Victoria, British Columbia Western Washington University alumni