John "Howie" Schumm (March 11, 1940 – April 4, 2015) was a

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player with the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, professional Canadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division (CFL), East Division and f ...

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The E ...

and the

Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division (CFL), West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium a ...

. Schumm spent his 14-year CFL career as a

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and typically line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and so back up the defensive linemen. They play closer to the line ...

and fullback for the Eskimos and Stampeders. On defense, he intercepted 12 passes, 2 for

touchdown A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Scoring a touchdown grants the team that scored it 6 points. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchd ...

s, and recovered 5 fumbles. On offense, he was mostly a blocker, as his best rushing season was 1961 with only 86 yards. He was also a punt and kick returner, in particular returning 47 punts for 250 yards (5.3 average) in 1964 and 50 punts for 199 yards (4.0 average) in 1965. Schumm did not miss a single game in the first 8 years of his career, from 1959 to 1966. His brother

Herb Schumm Herb Schumm (September 11, 1942 – June 28, 1985) was a Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and the Calgary Stampeders. Schumm spent his entire 10-year CFL career as an offensive lineman and defensive lin ...

also played in the CFL. He died of cancer in 2015.

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Eskimos All-Time Team
1940 births 2015 deaths Calgary Stampeders players Canadian football linebackers Edmonton Elks players People from Spruce Grove Players of Canadian football from Alberta {{Canadianfootball-linebacker-stub