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 |
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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]