Schaumburg - Live, Work, Play - November/December 2008 - (Page 15) During his days as a Chicago Bear, Kittner, along with teammates Chris Harris and Leon Joe, signs autographs for Schaumburg High School students as part of Red Ribbon Week in 2005. photo by gilbert r. boucher/schaumburg magazine Catching up with Schaumburg U High School legend Kurt Kittner wanted to relive his spectacular football past. Weathersfield Way is where you can find the oodles of three- and four-inch thick scrapbooks that his mom compiled during Kittner’s playing days – not to mention the trophies he amassed. And if you peek into the closet of his boyhood bedroom, you’ll find a priceless collection of his jerseys over the years. “It’s great,” he said. “You’ve got high school, college, college bowls, all-star game jerseys from high school and college. “The (Atlanta) Falcons, the Bears, NFL Europe (when he was MVP of World Bowl XIII as the Amsterdam Admirals’ quarterback). There’s a lot of stuff in there.” Kittner, who still owns the Illinois career records for touchdown passes (70) and total offense (8,880 yards), hung up his cleats after serving as the Bears’ third quarterback for much of the 2005 season. These days, much of his life revolves around ntil the day he left for the University of Illinois in 1998, Kurt Kittner never had to learn a new address. The same house on Weathersfield Way in Schaumburg that he came home to as an infant was the same he came home to from Aldrin Elementary and Frost Junior High and Schaumburg High School. It’s the same home the 28-year-old enters today when he wants to visit with his mother, Lee Trantin, and the same place he’d visit if he november/december 2008 Page 15
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