- Terry Schmidt
NFL player
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Birthplace=Columbus, Indiana
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Position=Cornerback
College=Ball State
DraftedYear=1974
DraftedRound=5 / Pick 21
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years=1974-1975
1976-1984
teams=New Orleans Saints Chicago Bears
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HOF=Terry Richard Schmidt (born
May 28 ,1952 inColumbus, Indiana ) was anAmerican football cornerback in the NFL for theNew Orleans Saints andChicago Bears . He playedcollege football atBall State University where he was an All-American.He is the middle son of the late Richard Everett Schmidt (1925-2001) and Norma Caster Waggoner Schmidt (1928-1979.) Dr. Schmidt has two brothers, David Joseph Schmidt (seeWho's Who in Education ,Who's Who in America andWho's Who in the World ) and Timothy Wayne Schmidt. He has two children from his first marriage to Debra Ann Popke Schmidt Phillips, Jonathan Christman (born 1976) and Jennifer Lindsay (born 1979.) Dr. Schmidt is currently married to the former Nancy Chamberlain. He also has two grandchildren, Madeline Patricia Hampson and Derek Robert Hampson. After completing his football career, Schmidt attendedLoyola Dental School inChicago, Illinois where he graduated first in his class in 1989. His entire professional dental career has been spent working in theVeteran's Administration hospital system, first at theNorth Chicago VA Hospital where he was Chief of Dental Services for six years, and later at theJames A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Schmidt currently serves as Chief of Dental Services at that facility. He is also a lieutenant commander in theUnited States Naval Reserve . Dr. Schmidt and his wife perform missionary dentistry in third world countries, most notably in Central and South America.
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