Wyatt Wishart is a former

Canadian football Canadian football, or simply football, is a Sports in Canada, sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a Ball (gridiron football), pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposi ...

player and

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

. A native of

Thunder Bay, Ontario Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario. Its population i ...

, Wishart was educated at

Westgate Collegiate & Vocational Institute Westgate Collegiate & Vocational Institute is a Canadian high school in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is one of three secondary schools in the Lakehead Public Schools system, after the closure of Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate & Vocational Institute ...

and

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

, where he was a middle guard on the Stingers varsity football team. He was picked up by the

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 ...

in the 1981 CFL Draft, but was cut before the beginning of the season. 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

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. In 1993, Wishart was inducted into the

Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1978 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, is dedicated to the people of Northwestern Ontario who have achieved greatness in sport. It is located on 219 South May Street in Downtown Fort Wil ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wishart, Wyatt Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian male sport wrestlers Concordia Stingers football players Players of Canadian football from Ontario Sportspeople from Thunder Bay Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games