Chris Isaac
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1959–2020)}}
{{for|the American musician|Chris Isaak}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2020}}
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|birth_date={{birth date|1959|5|15}}
|birth_place=New Smyrna Beach, Florida, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2020|10|19|1959|5|15}}
|death_place=Holly Hill, Florida, U.S.
|Position=Quarterback
|high_school=New Smyrna Beach
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|College=Eastern Kentucky
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- CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award ({{CFL Year|1982}})
- Frank M. Gibson Trophy ({{CFL Year|1982}})
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|playing_years1=1982–83
|playing_team1=Ottawa Rough Riders
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Christopher Dwight Isaac (May 15, 1959 – October 19, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.
Career
After starring as a quarterback at New Smyrna Beach High School in Florida, Isaac played college football at Eastern Kentucky University from 1978 through 1981. In three of those years, the Colonels appeared in the NCAA Division I Football Championship game, winning in 1979.
Isaac subsequently joined Ottawa of the CFL for the 1982 season. In his first start, he set the team record with 471 yards passing and tied a record with five touchdown passes.{{cite news|title=Rookie smashes record, Concordes|work=The Calgary Herald|agency=Canadian Press|date=1982-07-30|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UXZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1H4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2738,4715431|accessdate=2011-01-10}}{{cite news|title=Isaac top offensive star|work=The Leader-Post|agency=Canadian Press|date=1982-08-05|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ZJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FEANAAAAIBAJ&pg=4489,681863|accessdate=2011-01-10}} He finished the year with 18 touchdown passes and 3,408 passing yards, and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award.{{cite news|title=Argonaut Holloway captures Schenley|work=The Windsor Star|agency=Canadian Press|date=1982-11-26|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HWQ_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=nVMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3927,2686222|accessdate=2011-01-10}} He could not repeat this success, playing only one more year in the CFL, as he appeared in 11 games in 1983 and lost the starting quarterback job to J.C. Watts.{{cite news|last=MacCabe|first=Eddie|title=Battered by press, booed by fans, Isaac still hopes|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=1983-08-05|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0KYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2238,1601816|accessdate=2011-01-10}}{{cite news|last=Bacon|first=Dick|title=Ex-Concorde Evans cut by Rough Riders|work=The Montreal Gazette|date=1984-06-26|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hUYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rKUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5366,1920006|accessdate=2011-01-10}}
After his playing career ended, Isaac worked as an assistant coach at several high schools and colleges, including Bethune-Cookman College.{{cite news|last=Collings|first=Buddy|title=Isaac Takes Over Deltona Football|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=2004-03-19|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2004/03/19/isaac-takes-over-deltona-football/|access-date=2011-01-10}} He has also been a mathematics teacher at Pine Ridge High School in Deltona, Florida. Isaac was inducted to the Eastern Kentucky athletic hall of fame in 2012.{{cite web |url=https://ekusports.com/hof.aspx?hof=90 |title=Chris Isaac (2012) - Hall of Fame |website=ekusports.com |accessdate=May 11, 2019}}
References
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{{1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football navbox}}
{{Eastern Kentucky Colonels quarterback navbox}}
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Category:Ottawa Rough Riders players
Category:Eastern Kentucky Colonels football players
Category:Canadian football quarterbacks
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Sportspeople from New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Category:Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football coaches
Category:Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year Award winners
Category:Coaches of American football from Florida
Category:Players of American football from Volusia County, Florida