Christopher Robert Zorich (born March 13, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins.
An only child of African American and Croatian descent, Zorich was raised by his mother on the South Side of Chicago, where he attended Chicago Vocational High School.
Zorich received a scholarship to play college football at the University of Notre Dame ...
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Christopher Robert Zorich (born March 13, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins.
An only child of African American and Croatian descent, Zorich was raised by his mother on the South Side of Chicago, where he attended Chicago Vocational High School.
Zorich received a scholarship to play college football at the University of Notre Dame in 1987 and began as a linebacker but was moved to nose tackle early in the season and did not play. However, Zorich then earned All-American honors the following season. In his first game, he had one and a half sacks and ten tackles against the University of Michigan and finished the year third on the team in tackles as Notre Dame went undefeated and won the national championship. During his junior year, he followed his initial season with a consensus All-America year in 1989 and was also one of four finalists for the Lombardi Award. Also in...
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