Pete Thodos

Pete Thodos
Career information
Thodos in 1948
Born:	(1927-11-11)November 11, 1927 Vancouver, British Columbia
Died:	December 25, 2011(2011-12-25) (aged 84) Vancouver, British Columbia
CFL status	National
Position(s)	HB
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	178 lb (81 kg)
Career history
As player
1948–1949	Calgary Stampeders
1950–1951	Montreal Alouettes
1952–1953	Calgary Stampeders
1954	BC Lions
1954	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1955–1956	Saskatchewan Roughriders

Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1948)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Peter Thodos football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
^ "Pete thodos: Stampeder scored TD in first Grey Cup victory". Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
^ "Peter Thodos Obituary (2011) - the Province". Legacy.com.