Paul "Shorty" Shorten (born January 23, 1963) is a former

Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

wide receiver who played one season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

(CFL). He was drafted by the BC Lions in the second round of the

1987 CFL Draft The 1987 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where 72 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA. 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round 28. Ottawa Rough Riders ...

. He played

CIS football U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of Canadian football and operates under the auspices of U Sports (formerly Canadian Interuniversity Sport). Twenty-seven teams from Canadian universities are divided into four athletic confer ...

at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

. He was also a member of the

Gateshead Senators Gateshead Senators are a British American football Team based in South Tyneside at Monkton Stadium. Origins The Senators started life in the 1980s as the Newcastle Senators, rising out of the ashes of the aptly named Newcastle Browns, and p ...

of the

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1989-1991 and was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shorten, Paul 1963 births Living people Canadian football wide receivers American football wide receivers Canadian players of Canadian football Toronto Varsity Blues football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England