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Brandon Chillar |
While Americans watch four hours of ads lightened up with a couple minutes of football, let’s take a look at the desis in the NFL. First up is Brandon Chillar, a St. Louis Rams linebacker whose parents are Indian and white:
After graduating from high school, he played college football in the Pac-10 for the University of California, Los Angeles, where he gained prominence on the Bruin defensive unit. After graduating from UCLA, he joined the Saint Louis Rams in 2004. Having a father, Ram Chillar, of Asian Indian descent, Chillar became one of the handful of Indian Americans or Asian Americans in the NFL. [Link]
Has a well-developed frame with good muscle definition… Also lettered in track, competing in the 100, 200 and triple jump. [Link]
The first thing he wants to buy for himself is a Cadillac Escalade… [Link]
Chillar is 6’3” (190 cm), 253 lbs. (115 kg) and 23 years old. Before Chillar, there was Sanjay Rajiv Beach, a wide receiver whose parents are Indian and Jamaican:
Sanjay Beach… spent six years in the National Football League as a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers, and New York Jets. He now is an investment banker with Dain Bosworth, Inc. in Denver. He and wife Kristy have a 3-year old daughter, Kalpana, and a 6-month old son, Makis. [Link - PDF]
Beach is 6’0” (183 cm) with a playing weight of 189 lbs. (86 kg). He’s now 39.
Update: Bobby Singh, a Fiji-Canadian from B.C., played for the St. Louis Rams in ‘99 (thanks, Tidbit). He’s now an offensive lineman for the B.C. Lions and serves on the school board in Richmond.
Bobby was born on the Fiji Islands and moved to Richmond when he was two years old. His proud parents, Malkit and Mindy… decided to migrate to Canada…He signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Rams, where they won a Super Bowl championship in 1999. Unfortunately he had back surgery and was released after the season…
Bobby and Alexis live in Steveston where they are raising their three children, Bobby Jr… Kameron… and Alyssa… [Link]
Singh has a Super Bowl ring from his year on the practice squad of the St. Louis Rams… [Link]
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