Blue Bombers quarterback Chris Streveler announces retirement

Blue Bombers quarterback Chris Streveler announces retirement

Chris Streveler has hung up his cleats. The fan favourite with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced his retirement from football on Sunday. The 31-year-old quarterback played four seasons in the CFL, all with Winnipeg. Streveler threw for 4,144 yards with 26 touchdowns and 31 interceptions over 66 career games with the Bombers. The six-foot-one, 216-pound pivot was also a short-yardage specialist and scored 41 rushing touchdowns in his CFL career…

Streveler: "I hope that's my legacy, that people say, 'That guy was a great teammate.'"

EDMONTON — It’s all there right in front of Chris Streveler now — the chance to reminisce and relive the moments, both good and bad — as he takes the first steps down memory lane of a professional football career now officially ending. And in one moment the 31-year-old quarterback will admit that that span between the day he first scribbled his name on his professional contract with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers — May 4, 2018, to be official — to to…