Bryan Chiu
| Ottawa Redblacks | |
| Date of birth | August 16, 1974 |
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| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | C |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 290 lb (130 kg) |
| College | Washington State |
| CFL draft | 1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 18 |
| Drafted by | Montreal Alouettes |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 2010-2013 | Concordia Stingers (OLC) |
| 2014 | Toronto Argonauts (OLC) |
| 2015-present | Ottawa Redblacks (OLC) |
| As player | |
| 1997–2009 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| CFL All-Star | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 |
| CFL East All-Star | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
| Awards | Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman (2002) |
| Career stats | |
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Bryan Chiu (born August 16, 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired professional Canadian football player who played centre for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League since the 1997 CFL season. He is currently the offensive line coach for the Ottawa Redblacks.
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High School
Chiu played football in high school for the Vancouver College Fighting Irish in Vancouver, British Columbia.
College years
Chiu started his college football career playing ball for the Pacific Tigers and transferred to Washington State when Pacific dropped its football program. He started all 11 games he played with the Washington State Cougars in 1996 and graduated in 1997 with a degree in Sports Management.
Professional career
Since joining the Montreal Alouettes in 1997 Chiu has proven himself to be one of the top centres in the CFL. He has been honoured as both a CFL and East Division All-Star from 2000 consecutively through to 2006 and won the Most Outstanding Lineman in 2002. Chiu was the Alouettes' Most Outstanding Linesman in both 2001 and 2002 and helped his team win the 90th Grey Cup. In 2006, he was named to the honour roll of the TSN Top 50 CFL Players.
On June 6, 2010 on CFL Training Camp opening, Chiu announced his retirement after 13 seasons with the Montreal Alouettes, through his Twitter account (bryanchiu68):
Quote:
"It's official.... After much thought and discussion with my wife I have decided to announce my retirement. Pretty emotional. I love this team."[1]
Chiu maintains a weekly blog on sportsnet.ca, running down the games of the week and offering a player's perspective.
Coaching Years
On June 22, 2010, he joined the Concordia Stinger coaching staff as the assistant offensive co-ordinator and offensive line coach.[2]
On May 9, 2014, Chiu joined the Toronto Argonauts coaching staff as their offensive line coach.[3]
On December 23, 2014, he was named the offensive line coach of the Ottawa Redblacks[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.cfl.ca/article/report-als-centre-bryan-chiu-retires Report: Als centre Bryan Chiu retires
- ↑ http://www.cfl.ca/article/ex-alouette-chiu-joins-stingers-football-staff Ex-Alouette Chiu joins Stingers football staff
- ↑ http://argonauts.ca/article/argonauts-name-bryan-chiu-offensive-line-coach
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Official Web Site
- Toronto Argonauts page
- Bryan Chiu on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Pages using infobox gridiron football person with military parameters
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Canadian football offensive linemen
- Canadian people of Chinese descent
- Canadian sportspeople of Asian descent
- Grey Cup champions
- Montreal Alouettes players
- Ottawa Redblacks coaches
- Players of Canadian football from British Columbia
- Sportspeople from Vancouver
- Toronto Argonauts coaches
- Washington State Cougars football players
