CFL status National Position(s) HB | Name Pete Thodos Died December 25, 2011 | |
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Date of birth (1927-11-11)November 11, 1927 Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia Date of death December 25, 2011(2011-12-25) (aged 84) Place of death Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
Peter Nickolas Thodos (November 11, 1927 – December 25, 2011) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes, BC Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1948. Thodos was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia where he also played junior football. He is best known for having scored the winning touchdown of the Grey Cup game, completing the 12–7 victory over the Ottawa Rough Riders for the championship. Thodos died of heart disease in 2011; at the time of his death he was one of the last living members of the 1948 Stampeders Grey Cup team.
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