Will Hinchcliff (born September 13, 1969, in

Trenton, New Jersey Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

wide receiver in the

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and the

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. A sprinter and a long jumper, Hinchcliff represented

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in the

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in the long jump. However, he soon tested positive for steroid use and was suspended for two years. In addition to athletics, he also represented New Zealand in international bobsled competition. Hinchcliff is a nephew of former New Zealand Prime Minister

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Living people 1969 births American football wide receivers Canadian football wide receivers Canadian football return specialists BC Lions players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Ottawa Rough Riders players London Monarchs players Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand New Zealand male long jumpers New Zealand male sprinters New Zealand male bobsledders New Zealand players of American football New Zealand players of Canadian football New Zealand sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Players of American football from Trenton, New Jersey {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub