Ryan Thelwell

Infobox Gridiron football person
Name=Ryan Thelwell
team=Calgary Stampeders


ImageWidth=220
Caption=
status=Active
import=no
position1=Wide receiver
number=3
College=Minnesota
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1973|04|06
Birthplace=Montego Bay, Jamaica [cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=05eebbae-a190-4861-b686-5e5041b86b6b&k=70627|title=Thelwell among big-name CFL free agents|last=Beamish|first=Mike|date=2007-01-11|publisher=Vancouver Sun|accessdate=2008-04-29]
Height_ft=6
Height_in=1
Weight_lbs=193
CFLDraftedYear=1998
CFLDraftedRound=2
CFLDraftedPick=9
CFLDraftedTeam=BC Lions
NFLDraftedYear=1998
NFLDraftedRound=7
NFLDraftedPick=215
NFLDraftedTeam=San Francisco 49ers
playing_years=1998
1999
2001-2006
2007-present
playing_teams=San Diego Chargers
Pittsburgh Steelers
BC Lions
Calgary Stampeders
career_highlights=
* 94th Grey Cup winner
CFLAllStar=
Awards=
Honors=
Records=
CFL=93
NFL=THE415291

Ryan Thelwell (born April 6, 1973 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a wide receiver in the Canadian Football League, most recently for the Calgary Stampeders. He is known to the Lions' fans as "Automatic" (because of his ability to always catch the ball). Thelwell played college football with the University of Minnesota. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League in the 1998 NFL Draft in the seventh round with the 215th overall pick [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1998&lg=nfl 1998 NFL Draft on databaseFootball.com ] ] .

In 2004, Thelwell was elected to the West Division's All-Star Team.

Thelwell was a member of the British Columbia Lions' 2006 Grey Cup championship team before being picked up as a free agent by the Stampeders in the 2007 offseason. Thelwell wore jersey #3 for the Lions.

Thelwell moved to London, Ontario when he was four years old.

Ryan Thelwell also made an appearance at the William Aberhart Trojans 2007 football banquet in Calgary on November 16, 2007.

References

External links

* [http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=roster&func=display&ros_id=93 CFL profile]
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=THELWRYA01 NFL stats from databasefootball.com]