{{Short description|Canadian football player (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox CFL biography | name = Andre Talbot | image = 2023, Alum04, Andre Talbot.jpg | alt = | caption = Talbot in 2023 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|3}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | status = Retired | import = No | position1 = Wide receiver | position2 = Slotback | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 186 | college = Wilfrid Laurier | high_school = Monsignor Paul Dwyer | CFLDraftedYear = 2001 | CFLDraftedRound = 5 | CFLDraftedPick = 34 | playing_years1 = 2001–2009 | playing_team1 = Toronto Argonauts | playing_years2 = 2010 | playing_team2 = Edmonton Eskimos | career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion (2004) | CFL = 216 }} '''Andre Talbot''' (born May 3, 1978) is a former professional wide receiver and slotback who played gridiron football in the Canadian Football League. Talbot played his first nine seasons in the CFL with the Toronto Argonauts and his tenth season with the Edmonton Eskimos.
==Football career== Talbot played high school football at Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School in Oshawa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Dwyer welcomes home one of their own |url=http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/story654.html |date=28 May 2008 |publisher=The Oshawa Express |accessdate=1 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192945/http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/story654.html |archivedate=6 July 2011 }}</ref> He later played university football at Wilfrid Laurier University<ref name="Star">{{cite news|title=Receiver goes deep in reno|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/219727|date=2 June 2007|publisher=Toronto Star |accessdate=1 September 2009 | first=Kathryn | last=Kates}}</ref> where he was a two time All-Canadian and was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts in 2001. On February 10, 2010, Talbot was traded from the Argonauts to the Eskimos along with receiver Brad Smith in exchange for defensive tackle Eric Taylor.
On March 31, 2011, Talbot announced his retirement from the CFL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/andre-talbot-hangs-up-his-cleats |title=Andre Talbot hangs up his cleats | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514040943/http://cfl.ca/article/andre-talbot-hangs-up-his-cleats |archive-date=2015-05-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== Talbot was born in Toronto, Ontario. When he was five years old, his family moved to Woodstock, Ontario. Seven years later, Talbot's family moved to Oshawa, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andretalbot.ca/biography.php |title=Andre Talbot - Biography |accessdate=2009-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903194114/http://www.andretalbot.ca/biography.php |archivedate=2009-09-03 }}</ref> Talbot also performed as lead singer for a rock band called "The Street Fever".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andretalbot.ca/thestreetfever/ |title=The Street Fever - Andre Talbot's Band | AndreTalbot.ca |accessdate=2009-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104223136/http://www.andretalbot.ca/thestreetfever/ |archivedate=2009-11-04 }}</ref>
After his retirement from football, Talbot became a yoga instructor and is currently a co-owner of a yoga studio in Toronto called "Spirit Loft".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spiritloft.com/trainers/andre-talbot/|title=Andre Talbot | Yoga Instructor, Private Yoga Instruction}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.profootballarchives.com/playert/talb00550.html ProFootballArchives stats page] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090713004036/http://www.andretalbot.ca/ Official Website] * {{Twitter}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Andre}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian football wide receivers Category:Edmonton Elks players Category:Franco-Ontarian people Category:Sportspeople from Oshawa Category:Canadian football people from Toronto Category:Sportspeople from Woodstock, Ontario Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario Category:Toronto Argonauts players Category:Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football players