Steve Zatylny 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 two seasons 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 ...

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 ...

. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the sixth round of the 1990 CFL Draft. He first enrolled at

Vanier College Vanier College ( French: ''Collège Vanier'') is an English-language public college located in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public coll ...

before transferring to

Bishop's University Bishop's University (french: Université Bishop's) is a small English-language Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Lennoxville, a borough of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The founder of the institution was the Anglican Diocese of Quebe ...

. Zatylny's brother also played in the CFL.

College career

Vanier College

Zatylny played for the Vanier Cheetahs from 1984 to 1985.

Bishop's University

Zatylny played CIS football for the

Bishop's Gaiters The Bishop's Gaiters is the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The name Gaiter is a nickname used to refer to garments worn over the shoe and lower pants leg, worn by Anglican bishops ...

Professional career

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Zatylny was selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with the 43rd pick in the 1990 CFL Draft. He played for the Blue Bombers from 1990 to 1991, winning 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.

Criminal charges

In February 2023, Zatylny pled guilty to two counts related to "sexual interference with a minor" between 2002 and 2004; he was sentenced to 42 months in prison. He had previously worked as a student activities coordinator at

Bishop's College School Bishop's College School or BCS is an English-language non-profit independent boarding prep school in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada for students in Grades 7 to 12.Thomson, Ashley; Lafortune, Sylvie (1999). Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools. To ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zatylny, Steve 1966 births Living people Canadian football wide receivers Bishop's Gaiters football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Players of Canadian football from Quebec