Scott Deibert (born October 2, 1970) is a former

Canadian football Canadian football () is a 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 scoring area ( ...

fullback who played eight seasons in the

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(CFL) with the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Comm ...

Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division (CFL), West division. They play their h ...

and

Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third ...

. He was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos in the third round of the

1998 CFL Draft The 1998 CFL Draft took place on April 7, 1998. 43 Canadian football players were chosen from among 490 eligible players from Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( ...

. He played college football at Minot State University.

College career

Deibert attended Minot State University from 1994 to 1998. He was a four-year letterman in football and a three-year letterman in

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

for the

Minot State Beavers The Minot State Beavers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Minot State University (MSU), located in Minot, North Dakota. The Beavers compete at the NCAA Division II level. The university was previously a member of the NAIA's Dakota Athleti ...

. He was also a four-time All-Conference section in football and rushed for 1,036 yards in 1994. The Beavers were the NDCAC champions in 1994. Deibert was the 1998 NDCAC indoor track champion in the

55 meter dash 55 metres is a sprint event in track and field. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field. The history of the event lies in the 60-yard dash, which is about 5 inches shorter than 55 metres. Since the 1960s almo ...

. He was inducted into the Minot State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.

Professional career

Deibert was selected by the

of the CFL with the 17th pick in the

and played in 34 games for the team from 1998 to 1999. He was released by the Eskimos on July 1, 2000. He signed with the CFL's

on July 3, 2000 and played in seventeen games, starting five, for the team during the 2000 season. Deibert was released by the Blue Bombers in December 2000. He was signed by the

of the CFL in April 2001 and played in 80 games for the team from 2001 to 2005. The Stampeders won the

89th Grey Cup The 89th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 2001 in Montreal. The Calgary Stampeders claimed their fifth championship in team history with a 27–19 win over the East Division champions and heavily favoured Winnipeg Blu ...

against the

on November 25, 2001. He retired in January 2006.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deibert, Scott Living people 1970 births Canadian football fullbacks American football fullbacks Canadian players of American football Minot State Beavers football players Edmonton Elks players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Calgary Stampeders players Canadian male sprinters College men's track and field athletes in the United States Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan Sportspeople from Moose Jaw