{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1963)}} {{Infobox gridiron football person | name = Lance Chomyc | image = 2023, Alum04, Lance Chomyc.jpg | alt = | caption = Chomyc in 2023 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|03|02}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | team = | number = 4 | position1 = Placekicker | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 200 | CIS = Toronto | CFLDraftedYear = 1985 | CFLDraftedRound = 6 | CFLDraftedPick = 46 | playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1985}} | playing_team1 = Ottawa Rough Riders* | playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1985}}–{{CFL Year|1993}} | playing_team2 = Toronto Argonauts | career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion (1991) * Lew Hayman Trophy (1991) * 2× CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|1986}}, {{CFL Year|1991}}) * 2× CFL East All-Star ({{CFL Year|1986}}, {{CFL Year|1991}}) * CFL single-season points record: 236 (1991) }} '''Lance Chomyc''' (born March 2, 1963) is a former placekicker<ref>{{Cite web |last=Star |first=Paul Woods Special to the |date=2021-09-11 |title=‘I’ve never seen anyone party as hard’: 30 years ago, John Candy put acting on hold and took Canadian football on a magical, raucous, yearlong ride |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/argos/i-ve-never-seen-anyone-party-as-hard-30-years-ago-john-candy-put-acting/article_56534c1d-da87-5ee1-a56b-99f9912186cb.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> from 1985 to 1993 for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doktor |first=Sarah |date=2013-03-06 |title=Former official to join the Canadian Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.simcoereformer.ca/2013/03/06/former-official-to-join-gridiron-greats-in-cfl-shrine |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=Simcoe Reformer}}</ref> In 1986 and 1991, he was a CFL All-Star. He holds the Guinness World Record for most points scored in a Canadian football season, having scored 236 points during the 1991 CFL season.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/73637-most-points-scored-season-canadian-football | title=Most points scored, season, Canadian Football | publisher=Guinness World Records | accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref> Chomyc was most recently an English teacher at Bear Creek Secondary School in Barrie, Ontario until early 2020.
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==Further reading== * {{cite news|url=http://www.simcoe.com/AlistonHerald/article/54067|title=Just call him All-Time Chomyc|last=Winter|first=Colleen |publisher=Alliston Herald|date=2007-11-15}} * {{cite web|url=http://home.ican.net/~argos/mariners/profiles/960910.htm|title=Lance Chomyc|work=Profile on archived former Argonauts website|publisher=Toronto Argonauts Football Club|year=1996}}
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