Josh Bartel
Australian gridiron football player (born 1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Josh Bartel (born 23 April 1985) is a professional Canadian football punter who is currently a free agent. He has played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born: | 23 April 1985 Wodonga, Victoria, Australia |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Position: | Punter |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Before going to the CFL, Bartel played Australian Rules Football for the Wodonga Football Club.
In June 2010, Bartel quit Wodonga to pursue a gridiron football career in North America.[1]
Bartel joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in 2012 after leaving Australia and failing to make a National Football League team. Under rules in place at the time, Bartel was considered a "non-import" player because he received his football training in Canada.[2] The rules changed after 31 May 2014,[3] but Bartel was grandfathered in as a "National Player".
In 2012, his first season in the CFL, Bartel punted for 4,985 yards on 116 punts, an average of 43.0 yards per punt,[4] and was named an East Division All-Star.
In 2013, Bartel punted for 4,897 yards on 112 punts, bringing his average up to 43.7 yards per punt.[4] Bartel was again named an East Division All-Star in 2013.
On 17 February 2014, Bartel was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[5] The 2014 season saw him punt for 4,616 yards on 106 punts, an average of 43.5 yards per punt.[4]
He returned to Australia for the 2015 season, but on 21 January 2016, the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced that Bartel had signed a contract to play for the 2016 season.[6] He punted 134 times for 6,046 yards, an average of 45.1 yards per punt.[4]
On 1 March 2017, Bartel signed a contract extension with the Roughriders that carried through the 2019 CFL season.[7] However, following the signing of Jon Ryan, Bartel was released on 14 May 2019.[8][9]
On 8 July 2019, it was announced that Bartel had signed with the BC Lions.[10]
In Australia, Bartel had a job lined up selling car tires but instead came to Canada to punt in the CFL.[11]
Bartel's cousin, Jimmy, played for the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League from 2002 to 2016[12]
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
