Hicham El-Mashtoub Explained

Hicham El-Mashtoub
Number:60
Position:Center
Birth Date:11 May 1972
Birth Place:Beirut, Lebanon
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:288
High School:Laval (QC) Saint-Maxime
College:Arizona
Draftyear:1995
Draftround:6
Draftpick:174
Cfldraftyear:1995
Cfldraftround:Bonus
Cfldraftpick:5
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Pfr:E/El-MHi20

Hicham El-Mashtoub (Arabic: هشام المشطوب; May 11, 1972 – September 16, 2021) was a Lebanese-born Canadian gridiron football center who played two seasons with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the sixth round of the 1995 NFL draft and by the Edmonton Eskimos in an opening bonus round of the 1995 CFL Draft.[1] He played college football at the University of Arizona and attended Saint-Maxime high school in Montreal, Quebec, where he was raised.[2] El-Mashtoub was also a member of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he played one season. He died of cancer in September 2021, at the age of 49.[3] [4]

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  1. Web site: 1995 NFL Draft Listing . 2023-03-31 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
  2. Web site: HICHAM EL-MASHTOUB . profootballarchives.com . December 18, 2014 . December 19, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219040057/http://www.profootballarchives.com/elma00200.html . dead .
  3. http://allsportstucson.com/2021/09/16/former-arizona-lineman-hicham-el-mashtoub-49-reportedly-passes-away/ Former Arizona lineman Hicham El-Mashtoub, 49, reportedly passes away
  4. Web site: CFL Alumnus Hicham El-Mashtoub Passes . December 30, 2021 . CFLAA.