Charles Thomas "Chuck" Crist (born January 16, 1951, in Salamanca, New York) is a former professional American football safety in the National Football League for the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, and the San Francisco 49ers. He played college basketball at Penn State University.He has been a high school principal and is currently an elementary school principal in the Salamanca School District. Crist spent over four years on paid leave, facing undisclosed accusations, beginning November 2009; he was exonerated February 2014.[1][2]