Wyatt Wishart

{{Short description|Canadian football player and wrestler}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's freestyle wrestling}}

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Wyatt Wishart is a former Canadian football player and wrestler.

A native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Wishart was educated at Westgate Collegiate & Vocational Institute and Concordia University, where he was a middle guard on the Stingers varsity football team. He was picked up by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 1981 CFL Draft, but was cut before the beginning of the season.{{cite news |title=If at first you don't succeed ... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/472124787 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=May 26, 1981}}

Wishart, a two-time All-Canadian varsity wrestler, won eight Canadian wrestling titles. He was a Pan American Junior Wrestling Champion and claimed two gold medals for Canada at the Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |title=Westgate celebrates weighty donation |url=https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/westgate-celebrates-weighty-donation-405944 |work=Thunder Bay News |date=June 7, 2016 |language=en}}

In 1993, Wishart was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Wyatt Wishart |url=https://www.nwosportshalloffame.com/Athletes/18656fd9-bbeb-4986-a012-6898977fc801 |website=NWOSportsHallofFame |language=en}}