Jock Climie is a

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retired

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player who played the slotback position primarily with the

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, and

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. He is also a former sportscaster with

sports television channel TSN as part of the ''

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'' studio panel during the CFL season. Climie is currently a labour and employment

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at the

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of Emond Harnden.

College career

While attending Queen's University, Climie played university football for the

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. His 1,091 receiving yards in 1988 was at the time the single-season record for Canadian university football; it has since been broken, first by Don Blair (

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), then by Andy Fantuz (

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); Fantuz played one more game during his college career. Climie was the OQIFC conference's nominee for outstanding national player in 1988. He was inducted into the Queen's Football Hall of Fame. He earned his law degree at Queen's by attending its winter academic sessions while playing CFL football in the summer and fall, taking six terms over six years to graduate.

Professional career

Following his outstanding college career, Climie was drafted fourth overall in the

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by the

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.https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=1990 Draft Tracker He dressed for the first two games of the season, but was then relegated to the practice roster. Soon after, he was signed by the

and would go on to play in 62 games for the franchise while also being named a CFL East All-Star in 1993. Climie re-signed with the Argonauts in

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and then signed with the newly reborn

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. That year, he was again named a CFL East All-Star and he repeated the feat in

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, while also being awarded the

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as the top Canadian player in the CFL's East Division. Climie finished his career as an Alouette in 2001, having recorded 627 catches for 9619 yards and 56 touchdowns and finishing in the top 20 in receiving yardage at the time of his retirement.

Statistics

References

External links

Emond Harnden (law firm) Biography Page - Jock ClimieTSN Talent Page - Jock Climie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Climie, Jock Living people Canadian Football League announcers Canadian football slotbacks Canadian television sportscasters Lawyers in Ontario Black Canadian lawyers Montreal Alouettes players Ottawa Rough Riders players Sportspeople from Toronto Players of Canadian football from Ontario Queen's University at Kingston alumni Queen's Golden Gaels football players Toronto Argonauts players Queen's University Faculty of Law alumni 1968 births