Late November, 1977. The Montreal Alouettes are facing the Edmonton Eskimos, and it is frigidly cold. The turf is iced over, and no one can get their footing. People are slipping and sliding all over the place. Fumbles abound. That's when a Montreal defensive back named Tony Proudfoot gets an idea. He borrows a staple gun from a Bell Canada employee, and puts staples in the bottoms of his sneakers. Over the course of the game, the rest of his teammates put staples in the bottoms of their sneakers too, and the newly sure-footed Alouettes go on to dominate the slip-sliding Eskimos by a final of 41-6.
A kicker named Don Sweet broke the record for points in a Grey Cup final, a record that still stands. And the Alouettes' head coach was Marv Levy.
There's nothing they can't do.
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That's a proud-foot.
ReplyDeleteI did a little research and learned that he is now a PE teacher at Dawson College in Muntreal - and he saved a students life during a school shooting back in 2006.
Nice blog Dommer!
Dear Ethan.
ReplyDeleteWikibloogia always loves to see secondary research on its topics. It sounds like Tony Proudfoot is an even more exceptional man than we knew.
Thank you.
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UMMMMMM...any mention of the Grey Cup is ok with me. And, of course, any and every mention of Marv Levy is even better. it is kinda strange that the Grey Cup was played in frigid temps.
ReplyDeleteGodspeed.
Mark
Dear Mark.
ReplyDeleteI thought you might enjoy the Marv Levy appearance. I was surprised to learn that a spry Marv was so intimately involved in such an historic game.
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