Steve Rodehutskors (November 27, 1963 – October 25, 2007) was a

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 ...

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

who played seven seasons in 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) with the

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. They play their home games at IG Fiel ...

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

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

. He was drafted by the Blue Bombers in the third round of the 1987 CFL Draft. 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 Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...

. Rodehutskors was also a member of the

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

College career

Rodehutskors played CIS football for the

Calgary Dinos The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. They were known as the "Dinosaurs" but usually referred to as the "Dinos" until 1999, when the name was officially shortened. Some of its venue ...

, winning the 21st Vanier Cup in 1985. He played football with the Strathmore Spartans before his time with the Dinos. Steve also play high school basketball with the Spartans.

Professional career

Rodehutskors was selected by the

of the CFL with the 22nd pick in the 1987 CFL Draft. He played for the Blue Bombers from 1987 to 1991, winning the

76th Grey Cup The 76th Grey Cup was the 1988 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, between the BC Lions and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Blue Bombers defeated the favoured Lions 22–21. This was the first Gre ...

in 1988 and the

78th Grey Cup The 78th Grey Cup was the 1990 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Edmonton Eskimos at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blue Bombers defeated the Eskimos, 50–11. Game s ...

in 1990. He signed with the CFL's

in 1992 and played for them from 1992 to 1993. Rodehutskors was traded to the

early in the

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for a first round pick in the 1994 CFL Draft. He was released by the Argonauts before the start of the 1994 season. He signed with the

of the CFL during the 1994 off-season and was released by the team prior to the 1994 season.

Personal life

Rodehutskors worked briefly as a stockbroker after his football career before becoming a veterinarian. He died of cancer on October 25, 2007.

References

External links

Just Sports Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodehutskors, Steve 1963 births 2007 deaths Players of Canadian football from Alberta Canadian football offensive linemen Calgary Dinos football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players BC Lions players Toronto Argonauts players Canadian veterinarians Male veterinarians Canadian stockbrokers Canadian football people from Calgary