Mark Chmura

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Mark Chmura
Date of birth	February 22, 1969
Place of birth	Deerfield, Massachusetts
Position(s)	TE
College	Boston College
NFL Draft	1992 / Round 6
Pro Bowls	3
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1993-1999	Green Bay Packers

Mark William Chmura (born February 22, 1969 in Deerfield, Massachusetts) is a former American football tight end who played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers (1993-1999). Before his NFL career, he played for Boston College, where he set an all-time record for receptions as a collegian with 164. [1]

Chmura was drafted in the 1992 NFL draft and selected to the Pro Bowl in 1995, 1997, and 1998. He played for the Packers from 1993-1999, where he rose to third place all-time in franchise history as a tight end with 188 career receptions, good for 2,253 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also assisted the Packers to Super Bowl XXXI and Super Bowl XXXII. He scored the final points of Super Bowl XXXI with a 2-point conversion catch, and finished Super Bowl XXXII with 4 catches for 43 yards and a touchdown. Chmura is still widely viewed as a solid example of how a tight end fits into the West Coast Offense.

In 1997, Chmura refused to meet with United States President Bill Clinton at the White House following the Packers Super Bowl XXXI win. Chmura, a popular fixture at Republican fund-raisers, said at the time that he had lost respect for President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal and could not bear to shake his hand. [2]

Although his five-year contract was not due to expire until 2003, Chmura was released by the Packers in 2000 partly because of a significant neck injury and partly because of the disgrace following allegations of having sexual relations on April 8, 2000 at a Waukesha Catholic Memorial High School prom party with the then 17-year-old babysitter of his children. Ultimately, Chmura was tried and found not guilty of all charges [3]. Two days after being acquitted of child enticement and third-degree sexual assault, Mark Chmura acknowledged that his behavior at a post-prom party "wasn't something a married man should do."

Chmura finished his 7 NFL seasons with 188 receptions for 2,253 yards and 17 touchdowns in 90 games. As of 2005, he hosts a weekly football program on a Milwaukee sports radio station, ESPN 1510.