David Azzi
{{Short description|Lebanese gridiron football player (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
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|caption = Azzi in 2023
|name=David Azzi
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1981|1|25}}
|birth_place= Lebanon
|death_date=
|position1=Wide receiver
|CIS=Ottawa
|CFLDraftedYear=2004
|CFLDraftedRound=1
|CFLDraftedPick=3
|CFLDraftedTeam=Ottawa Renegades
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|playing_years1={{CFL Year|2004}}
|playing_team1=Ottawa Renegades
|playing_years2={{CFL Year|2005}}–{{CFL Year|2006}}
|playing_team2=Toronto Argonauts
|playing_years3={{CFL Year|2007}}
|playing_team3=Saskatchewan Roughriders
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David Azzi (born January 25, 1981, in Lebanon) is a former professional wide receiver and slotback in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College career
In 1999 Azzi was named 1st Team All-Canadian, 1st Team All-Academic and earned a full scholarship to attend Div. 1A Bowling Green State University in the NCAA. Azzi played quarterback under Coach Urban Meyer.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/mac/2001-04-30-column.htm|title=Around the MAC|last= Russell|first=Tim|date=24 June 2001|work=USATODAY.com|publisher=Gannett Co. Inc.|accessdate=17 January 2010}} Later he transferred to the University of Ottawa in the CIS.
Professional career
Azzi was the Ottawa Renegades' first round draft pick in the 2004 CFL Draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2004|title=Canadian Draft|year=2004|work=CFL.ca|publisher=Canadian Football League|accessdate=17 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819185836/http://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2004|archive-date=19 August 2012|url-status=dead}} He then played for two years for the Toronto Argonauts. Azzi won a Grey Cup in 2007 with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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Category:Bowling Green Falcons football players
Category:Canadian football slotbacks
Category:Canadian people of Lebanese descent
Category:Ottawa Renegades players
Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players
Category:Toronto Argonauts players