Terry Schmidt

NFL player


DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1952|5|28
Birthplace= Columbus, Indiana
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Position=Cornerback
College=Ball State
DraftedYear=1974
DraftedRound=5 / Pick 21
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years=1974-1975
1976-1984
teams=New Orleans Saints
Chicago Bears
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Terry Richard Schmidt (born May 28, 1952 in Columbus, Indiana) was an American football cornerback in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears. He played college football at Ball State University where he was an All-American.He is the middle son of the late Richard Everett Schmidt (1925-2001) and Norma Caster Waggoner Schmidt (1928-1979.) Dr. Schmidt has two brothers, David Joseph Schmidt (see Who's Who in Education, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World) and Timothy Wayne Schmidt. He has two children from his first marriage to Debra Ann Popke Schmidt Phillips, Jonathan Christman (born 1976) and Jennifer Lindsay (born 1979.) Dr. Schmidt is currently married to the former Nancy Chamberlain. He also has two grandchildren, Madeline Patricia Hampson and Derek Robert Hampson. After completing his football career, Schmidt attended Loyola Dental School in Chicago, Illinois where he graduated first in his class in 1989. His entire professional dental career has been spent working in the Veteran's Administration hospital system, first at the North Chicago VA Hospital where he was Chief of Dental Services for six years, and later at the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Schmidt currently serves as Chief of Dental Services at that facility. He is also a lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve. Dr. Schmidt and his wife perform missionary dentistry in third world countries, most notably in Central and South America.