Craig Juntunen
| Date of birth | December 12, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | QB |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) |
| College | Idaho |
| High school | San Jose (CA) Lynbrook |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1978 | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1979 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Craig Juntunen (born December 12, 1954) is a former professional football quarterback who played two seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played college football at the University of Idaho.
After a successful career in business, Juntunen sold his company at age 43 and retired; he is an advocate for international adoption reform.[1]
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Early years
Juntunen attended Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California,[2] and graduated in 1974.
College career
Juntunen began his college football career nearby at De Anza Junior College in Cupertino, west of San Jose.[3] Sight unseen, he transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1976 to play for head coach Ed Troxel,[3][4] splitting time with Rocky Tuttle at quarterback for the Vandals as a junior.[5] Idaho was 7-4 that season, at the time one of the best records in school history. As a senior in 1977, Juntunen was a co-captain and the team's offensive MVP, completing 52.7 percent of his passes for 770 yards and three touchdowns.[6] He was inducted into the State of Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame and the University of Idaho Athletics Hall of Fame.[7]
Professional career
Juntunen played in the Canadian Football League for two seasons, for the Calgary Stampeders in 1978 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1979.[8]
Personal life
At age 43, Juntunen sold a successful human resources firm in the Silicon Valley of northern California and retired in 1998, spending the next several years hanging out on ski slopes and playing golf. Following a conversation with a friend who had adopted a child from Haiti, Juntunen and his wife adopted three children from the impoverished nation and became an advocate for international adoption reform.[9] He wrote the book Both Ends Burning and produced the documentary film Stuck.[10]
Video
- Interview of Craig Juntunen - 2012
- ABC Nightline - 2013
References
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- Living people
- 1954 births
- Players of American football from California
- American football quarterbacks
- Canadian football quarterbacks
- American players of Canadian football
- De Anza College alumni
- Junior college football players in the United States
- Idaho Vandals football players
- Calgary Stampeders players
- Saskatchewan Roughriders players
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Businesspeople from California
- American humanitarians
- Adoption workers
- 21st-century American writers
- American male writers
- American non-fiction writers
- Writers from California
- American documentary filmmakers
- Sportspeople from San Jose, California
