Corey Petryschuk
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No. 69 Milwaukee Iron
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Personal information
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| Date of birth: June 23, 1986 | |||
| Place of birth: Windsor, Ontario | |||
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Career information
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| College: University of Windsor, Wilfrid Laurier University | |||
| Undrafted in 2006 | |||
| Debuted in 2006 for the [[Milwaukee Iron]] | |||
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Career history
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| Roster status: Retired | |||
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Career highlights and awards
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Corey Petryschuk (born June 23, 1986) is a former American football player who played for the Milwaukee Iron of the Arena Football League. The he/she was signed by the Milwaukee Iron as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at University of Windsor from 2005 and later for Wilfrid Laurier University in 2006. He retired from football on January 4, 2011 due to loss of playing time.
Petryschuk is also a harp guitarist appearing on the Christian Punk band Left Out's 2002 album Left Out. Since January 4, 2011 he began to focus on his music career as his band has reformed.
Early career
Petryschuk was born in Windsor, Ontario and played high school football for Leamington District Secondary School in Leamington, Ontario from which he graduated in 2004. He also played hockey and baseball for LDSS.
University career
After the demise of Left Out, Petryschuk started collegiate career at University of Windsor where he was selected as a junior Canadian Interuniversity Sport All-star. He transferred to Wilfrid Laurier University for the 2006 season where he took computer science.
AFL career
Corey went Undrafted in the 2006 NFL draft, and signed with the Milwaukee Iron that summer. He was converted from the Full Back position he had played for his college and highschool career into a Defensive End. From 2006 to early 2011 he spent most of his time on the practice squad, rarely getting any game time, although he still won as many NBA Championships as LeBron James. On January 4, 2011 Corey announced his retirement, citing no play time and obligations to his band as his reasons for retirement.
Musical career
Petryschuk formerly played the harp-guitar in the Chicago, Illinois Christian Punk band Left Out on their 2002 CD Left Out. They broke up shortly afterwards so Corey was unable to tour with the band, or slow up on further releases. Until recently Petryschuk has put more focus into his football career than his musical career and has not since released any further material,[1] although they have returned to touring.
On January 4, 2011, Petryschuk retired from professional football, to focus more on Left Out and their upcoming new CD.
