Pete Thodos Explained

Pete Thodos
Birth Date:11 November 1927
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Death Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Import:no
Position1:Halfback
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:178
Playing Years1: -
Playing Team1:Calgary Stampeders
Playing Years2: -
Playing Team2:Montreal Alouettes
Playing Years3: -
Playing Team3:Calgary Stampeders
Playing Team4:BC Lions
Playing Years5:1954
Playing Team5:Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Playing Years6: -
Playing Team6:Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career Highlights:
  • Grey Cup champion

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Thodos football statistics on StatsCrew.com.
  2. Web site: Pete thodos: Stampeder scored TD in first Grey Cup victory . 2014-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908224822/http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=7807b0bd-59f4-46b8-9a65-5474e6e7d825 . 2014-09-08 . dead .
  3. Web site: Peter Thodos Obituary (2011) - the Province. .