Nick Volpe Explained

Nick Volpe
Birth Date:	23 February 1926
Birth Place:	Toronto, Ontario
Death Place:	Brampton, Ontario
Import:	no
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	10
Weight Lbs:	170
High School:	East York (ON)
Cis:	Toronto
Position1:	Halfback
Career Highlights:	Grey Cup champion
Playing Years1:	-
Playing Team1:	Toronto Argonauts

Nicholas Peter Volpe (February 23, 1926 – August 21, 2021) was a Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with the Argonauts in 1950, where he was named the game MVP. Volpe previously played football and attended the University of Toronto and East York Collegiate.^{[1] [2] [3]} He served as Consultant for Football Operations for the Argonauts.^{[4] [5]} He was inducted into the University of Toronto Hall of Fame in 2012.^[6] Volpe died in August 2021 at the age of 95.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nick Volpe, U of T’s Argo The Medium . themedium.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124300/http://themedium.ca/sports/nick-volpe-u-of-ts-argo . 2015-04-02.
2. Web site: Nick Volpe football statistics on StatsCrew.com.
3. Web site: The Port Credit Secondary School Reunion Info.
4. Web site: Nick Volpe Toronto Argonauts. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120620112518/http://argonauts.ca/staff-nick-volpe. 2012-06-20.
5. News: Where are they now?: Versatile Volpe did it all in 1950 Mud Bowl.
6. https://varsityblues.ca/honors/hall-of-fame/nick-volpe/248 University of Toronto, Hall of Fame: Nick Volpe
7. https://www.argonauts.ca/2021/08/23/argos-mourn-passing-nick-volpe/ Argos Mourn the Passing of Nick Volpe