Hicham El-Mashtoub

Hicham El-Mashtoub (هشام المشطوب; May 11, 1972 – September 16, 2021) was a Lebanese-born Canadian gridiron football center who played two seasons with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the sixth round of the 1995 NFL draft and by the Edmonton Eskimos in an opening bonus round of the 1995 CFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Arizona and attended Saint-Maxime high school in Montreal, Quebec, where he was raised. El-Mashtoub was also a member of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he played one season. He died of cancer in September 2021, at the age of 49.