and apparently an avid chess player also…
His member history uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?15685531 (Wikipedia has him as John Cameron Urschel) has one tournament, the 2015 Pittsburgh Open. I already knew who he was and played in Pittsburgh but didn’t notice his name on the wall chart and had no idea he was there. There wasn’t an announcement or anything. Could be a good source of PR if we had an active NFL player regularly showing up for local/regional tournaments.
I chose not to announce it at the event. I felt he was looking to just be another player, and wouldn’t want to be unduly distracted from concentrating on his games. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review covered that tidbit in the next day’s article on the tournament.
Urschel was a nice guy. He asked a lot of questions and was trying to ease himself into tournament play. He had a big smile and got along well with all of the players at the Pittsburgh Open. I hope he continues to play and has as much fun with the game as he did in Pittsburgh. There are many opportunities to play in Maryland and the Baltimore area.
Nice. I didn’t hear about until this thread. I didn’t know who this person is until this thread