Danny Nykoluk | |
Import: | no |
College: | Scarborough College |
Birth Date: | 16 June 1933 |
Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
Number: | 60 |
Position1: | Offensive tackle |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 250 |
Playing Years1: | 1954 |
Playing Team1: | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers |
Playing Team2: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Years3: | – |
Playing Team3: | Toronto Argonauts |
Cfleastallstar: | , |
Awards: | 60 retired (Toronto Argonauts) |
Danny Nykoluk (June 16, 1933 – July 29, 2016) was a professional football player with the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts. Nykoluk primarily played the offensive tackle position with the Argos.
Nykoluk played in 204 games with the Argonauts in a career that lasted 16 seasons.[1] His #60 jersey is one of only four that has been retired by the club. In 1996, Nykoluk was inducted as an All-Time Argonaut with a banner named in his honour raised at Rogers Centre.
Danny Nykoluk was the older brother of former Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey player and NHL coach, Mike Nykoluk.
He died in Oshawa on 29 July 2016 at the age of 83.[2] [3] [4]