Researching Colin Scotts
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The name Colin means "Victor" and is of Greek origin.
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Colin Scotts
Colin Roberts Scotts (born 26 April 1963) is a former American football player; he was the first Australian to receive an American football scholarship in the United States and be drafted into the NFL. He became the second Australian to play in the NFL after Colin Ridgeway, an Australian rules football convert.
Growing up in Palm Beach, Sydney, Scotts first played rugby union for The Scots College and was a member of the 1981 Australian Schoolboys Rugby team. He later moved to Hawaii, on a full football scholarship after being spotted by an assistant coach during a rugby game. After being drafted in the third round of the 1987 NFL Draft, he forged a career in the NFL where he played as a defensive tackle in seven games during the 1987 season for the St. Louis Cardinals.
In 1993 Scotts had a brief professional wrestling career with the Tennessee based United States Wrestling Association.
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