Favourite Wrestlers Growing Up: Killer Kowalski, Ivan Putski

Athletic Background:

High School -

  • All Conference, All Area, Special Mention All-State in Football
  • Held school's lifetime field goal percentage record at 58.6% from 1996-2004
  • All Area Football
    • Basketball
  • All Conference
  • Elite Eight
  • District Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year 1995-96

    • University -

  • Harvard Football
  • Three year letterman
  • 1997 Ivy League Champion
  • Second Team: All-Ivy League Defensive Tackle in 1999
  • Honorable Mention All-Ivy Defensive Tackle in 1998

    • Other Awards Won -

  • National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award for Football Performance,
    Academic Achievement and School Leadership

    • Favourite Band: Smashing Pumpkins

    Favourite Actor: Bill Murray

    Favourite Actress: Helena Bonham Carter

    Favourite Movie: The Big Lebowski

    Favourite Food: Chicago style pizza

    Graduated from John Hersey High School.

    Was a contestant on the tv show "Blind Date".

    Chris has 2 sisters, Mary and Susan.

    Chris' parents' names are Tom and Brenda.

    Chris' finishing move is called the "Honor Roll" .

    Chris Nowinski had the nickname Chris Harvard bestowed upon him due to a quirk in the casting of the MTV/WWE reality show Tough Enough. There were two cast members with Chris as a first name, and last names starting with N. To distinguish them, the producers of the program referred to one as Chris, and one as Chris Harvard. Known across the country by that name, Chris was forced to use Chris Harvard on the independent wrestling circuit. When he joined the WWE, they officially referred to him as Christopher Nowinski, but to the fans, he's still Chris Harvard.

    Graduated from Harvard cum laude.

    Chris drives a Honda Accord.

    Chris' favourite place to eat is "...Lou Malnati's Pizza in Chicago. It's your old-school Chicago deep dish.
    When you get the sausage, it's one giant slab of sausage."

    Chris is currently writing a book about concussions.

    Chris is WWE's "Smackdown Your Vote" political correspondant.

    The fuzzy picture underneath Chris in the Harvard Yearbook is actually one of Chris's college roommates, Dr. Jesse Nussbaum.

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