Harvey Achziger

{{Short description|American businessman and football player (1931–2022)}}

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|birth_date={{Birth date|1931|8|8}}

|birth_place=Eaton, Colorado, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2022|5|15|1931|8|8}}

|death_place=Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.

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|Height_ft=6

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|Weight_lbs=235

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|highschool=Eaton (CO)

|college=Colorado State

|NFLDraftedYear=1953

|NFLDraftedRound=26

|NFLDraftedPick=309

|NFLDraftedTeam=Philadelphia Eagles

|position1=Tackle

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• Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1957}})
• First-team All-American (1952)

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|playing_team1=Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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Harvey Walter Achziger (August 8, 1931 – May 15, 2022) was an American businessman and former professional football player. Achziger played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with whom he won the Grey Cup in 1957.{{cite web|url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=thomanei001 |title=Neil Thomas Statistics on |publisher=Justsportsstats.com |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playera/achz00050.html|title=Harvey Achziger NFL Stats and Bio|website=profootballarchives.com|access-date=July 10, 2023}}

Achziger studied agriculture and played college football at Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M. Achziger was an All-American in 1952{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.csurams.com/sports/aggies/spec-rel/football-all-americans.html |title=Colorado State University Official Athletic Site Colorado State University Official Athletic Site - Colorado A&M Aggies |publisher=Csurams.Com |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2016}} and was later drafted to the National Football League (NFL) by the Philadelphia Eagles. He was inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame in November 2012.

After a knee injury ended his football career, Achziger moved to Sumter, South Carolina where he works in the family business. He is a father of two and has one grandchild.

Achziger was inducted to the [https://csurams.com/honors/colorado-state-athletics-hall-of-fame?type=sport Colorado State University Athletics Hall of Fame] in 2012.

Achziger died in Sumter, South Carolina on May 15, 2022, at the age of 90.{{cite web |title=Harvey Walter Achziger Sr. |url=https://ecsfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/4929180/Achziger-Harvey/index.php |website=Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium |access-date=8 December 2023}}