Sasha Glavic Explained

Sasha Glavic
Birth Date:9 May 1983
Birth Place:Pickering, Ontario
Number:47
Import:no
Position1:Linebacker
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:191
Cis:Windsor Lancers
Cfldraftedyear:2006
Cfldraftedround:Undrafted
Playing Years1:2006–2008
Playing Team1:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Playing Years2:2009
Playing Team2:Saskatchewan Roughriders
Playing Years3:2009
Playing Team3:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Playing Years4:2010–2012
Playing Team4:Calanda Broncos
Career Footnotes:*Offseason and/or practice roster member only
Cfl:624

Sasha Glavic (born May 3, 1983) is a former Canadian football linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from 2006-2009. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2006. Glavic played for the Calanda Broncos in Switzerland Nationalliga A (American football) from 2010-2012.

He played CIS football for the Windsor Lancers.

Professional career

Canadian Football League

Glavic signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in May 2006 and attended the 2006 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season training camp before being released on June 3 to return to the Windsor Lancers for his final season of CIS football.[1] [2]

Glavic returned to the Ti-Cats for the 2007 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season and made his CFL debut on June 30, 2007. He played in nine games before being placed on the injured list for week 10 and the reserve list for week 11. In the 2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, he played in 10 games, was on injured list for 7, and inactive for 1 game. His 13 special team tackles were the second-most amongst Ti-Cats in 2008.

On May 1, 2009, Glavic was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders along with the first selection in the third-round of the 2009 CFL Draft in exchange for Yannick Carter, Brandon Myles, and the Roughriders sixth-place selection in the third-round of the 2009 CFL Draft. Glavic was released by the Roughriders on June 25, 2009, at the conclusion of 2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders season training camp. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed Glavic on September 15, 2009.[3] [4]

Europe & Swiss National League

From 2010-2012, Glavic played for the Calanda Broncos in the Swiss Nationalliga A with his brother Marko Glavic. They won the 2010 EFAF Cup and the Swiss Bowl 2010-2012. The team also upset the favored Vienna Vikings from the Austrian Football League 27-14, in the 2012 European Championship Eurobowl, the final game of the European Football League. [5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Glavic signs with Ti-Cats. 2006-05-23. Ontario University Athletics. 2009-09-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192837/http://www.oua.ca/about/news/index.html?article_id=5539. 2011-07-06.
  2. Web site: Sasha Glavic. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Football Club. 2009-09-15.
  3. News: TiCats sign Sasha Glavic. 2009-09-15. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Football Club. 2009-09-15.
  4. News: Linebacker Glavic glad to be playing in Hamilton again. Edwards. Drew. 2009-09-16. Hamilton Spectator. 2009-09-16.
  5. News: Calanda tops Carlstad for EFAF Cup title. mcall.com. Paul. Reinhard. July 17, 2010. January 14, 2021.