- Tony Proudfoot
Infobox CFL player
Name=Tony Proudfoot
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status=Retired
import=no
position1=Defensive back
number=23/27
College=New Brunswick
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CFLDraftedYear=1971
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playing_years=1971-1979
1980-1982
playing_teams=Montreal Alouettes British Columbia Lions
career_highlights=62nd Grey Cup ,65th Grey Cup
CFLAllStar=1977, 1979
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Records=Tony Proudfoot was an all star defensive back in the
Canadian Football League .Proudfoot graduated from the
University of New Brunswick in 1971 (BPE '71) and joined theMontreal Alouettes for 9 seasons (1971 to 1979, 107 games.) An all star in 1977 and 1979, he is perhaps best remembered for his most distinctive (and successful) innovation inGrey Cup history. He was the player that devised the staple gun modification to the Alouettes shoes in the 1977Grey Cup (the "Ice Bowl") that helped win the game and go down in CFL history. He also played 3 seasons (1980 to 1982, 41 games) with theB.C. Lions .Currently he is a Physical Education teacher at
Dawson College inMontreal , where he was present and used his knowledge of first aid to help save a student's life during theDawson College shooting on September 13, 2006. He is also currently a sports broadcaster and recently wrote a book about excellence in football, entitled "First and Goal". It was recently revealed that Tony Proudfoot is suffering fromLou Gehrig's disease . [Cite news| url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/article.jsp?content=20070628_142642_5288 Lou Gehrig's strikes Proudfoot| title=Lou Gehrig's strikes Proudfoot| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070703224835/http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/article.jsp?content=20070628_142642_5288| archivedate=2007-07-03| last=Lefko| first=Perry| date=2007-06-28| publisher=Sportsnet.ca ] [http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/article/308512]Published works
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External links
* [http://www.cjad.com/blog/list/597 Tony Proudfoot's blog] at CJAD
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