Bob Skemp

[3] He has been nominated as an honorable mention to the greatest CFL draft picks of all time [4] Growing up in Richmond, British Columbia Skemp, who still holds records in the CJFL,[5] played his junior football with the Richmond Raiders, where his father Archie Skemp was head coach from 1984 - 1989.

[7] During the 1991 CFL year, Skemp was the starting right guard on the 1991 Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts football team.

During surgery, his dural sac was nicked causing spinal fluid to leak.

Once the dural sac was nicked, the procedure was stopped and only one disc (level 6) was replaced.

Skemp's family established a crowd fundraising campaign to raise monies to pay for his medical needs.