Chris started his love of football with the Simonds High Seabees. He went on to play with the Bishop Gaiters in Lennoxville, PQ and in 1984 he was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos, the Ottawa Rough Riders and then with the British Columbia Lions. In all he played 9 seasons with the CFL. He won the Grey Cup with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1987, and inducted into the Saint John Hall of Fame in 1997 and into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.