Chris Tschupp; The most famous Flame you have never heard of

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It’s a look that attracted the attention of the Calgary Flames, who drafted the All-American prep school star 125th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

It’s a look that prompted fashion maven Calvin Klein to walk over to Tschupp’s table in a New York City restaurant to ask if he’d be interested in modelling.

It’s a look that landed him photo shoots and runway shows alongside Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Christy Turlington and made him the face of worldwide campaigns for Banana Republic, Versace, Gap, Armani and, most recently, Ralph Lauren.



The self-proclaimed mucker still vividly recalls the draft party he threw at his home with friends and family, hoping and praying the phone would ring from the non-televised draft with good news. Sure enough, it did.

“That was probably the most exciting day of my life,” said Tschupp, who had had plenty of exciting moments outside the game since.

“Being considered the 125th best 18‐year-old in the world is still mesmerizing. I will forever be grateful for that honour and cherish that day for the rest of my life.”


“I was sitting in a restaurant with a few guys drinking beers at brunch and a guy walked up to me and asked if I did any modelling and was interested in a campaign with Kate Moss – I didn’t even know what a campaign was,” he said with a laugh, admitting he didn’t even look at the business card the stranger left until his friends pointed out his brush with greatness.

“He said, ‘if you change your mind give me a call.’ I put his card on the table and resumed talking to my pals when one of them asked, ‘Do you know who that was?’ I said, ‘probably some guy who works at Calvin Klein.’ Turns out it was Calvin Klein. I didn’t even know there was an actual person named Calvin Klein.”

http://calgaryherald.com/sports/hock...d-1a488668903d

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neat

[Reggie Dunlop]

If the Flames could've moved up two spots in the sixth round, they'd have had a shot at Craig Conroy.

[Northendzone]

^ or they could have taken him in the fifth round

[tvp2003]

The 1990 Draft was a strange one. Brad Pascall and Corey Osmak were also selected that year.

All told there were 19 (!) players that ended up playing 900 games or more. I’m not sure how that compares to other years but it seems like a lot...

[Flamesfan74]

I heard Francis talk about this article on the Fan yesterday. I immediatley googled Tschupp’s name and found a much better article written about him 2 years ago. It’s way more in-depth then what Francis wrote.
http://daman.co.id/chris-tschupp-is-...naissance-man/

[Yrebmi]

Came for the Zoolander reference. Left disappointed.