Chris Anthony
Encyclopedia
Chris Anthony is a medical student at the University of Iowa, programmer, and designer/innovator at canthony86 D http://www.canthony86.com. Chris also played six years in Arena Football League wide receiver
/linebacker
for the New York Dragons
. He attended Iowa State University
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in Riverdale, Iowa
and was a letterman in football
, basketball
, baseball
, and track
.
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
/linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
for the New York Dragons
New York Dragons
The New York Dragons were an Arena Football League team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team was founded in as the original incarnation of the Iowa Barnstormers, and relocated to New York in . They played in New York until 2008, when the league folded...
. He attended Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
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High School Years
Anthony attended Pleasant Valley High SchoolPleasant Valley High School (Iowa)
Pleasant Valley High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Bettendorf, Iowa. The school is part of the Pleasant Valley Community School District, and it has an enrollment of approximately 1,177 students in grades 9 through 12....
in Riverdale, Iowa
Riverdale, Iowa
Riverdale is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 656 at the 2000 census.Alcoa has a giant aluminum rolling mill in Riverdale that employs about 2,000 people. The city site is surrounded on three sides by the far larger city of Bettendorf, and on the fourth by the...
and was a letterman in football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, and track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
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