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Mike Wadsworth
Date of birth: (1943-06-04)June 4, 1943
Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario
Date of death: April 28, 2004(2004-04-28) (aged 60)
Career information
CFL status: Non-import
Position(s): DL
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
College: Notre Dame
Organizations
 As player:
1966-1970 Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL East All-Star: 1968
Awards: 1966 - Gruen Trophy

Mike Wadsworth (June 4, 1943 - April 28, 2004) was an all-star Canadian Football League defensive lineman.

Wadsworth, a native of Ottawa, Ontario, played high school football at De La Salle College (Toronto) before attending the University of Notre Dame.[1] Upon graduation he joined the Toronto Argonauts for a five-year career, winning the Gruen Trophy as the best rookie in the East in 1966 and named an All-Star in 1968.[2] He also served as president of the CFL players' union.

After his football days, Wadsworth became a lawyer, QC; was a football analyst on the CFL on CTV broadcasts; was appointed Canadian Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland in 1989; and became athletic director at the University of Notre Dame in 1995.[3]

His father, Bunny Wadsworth, starred for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1940 and was voted to their half-century team in 1960.[4]

Mike Wadsworth died of bladder cancer, aged 60, and was survived by his wife, Bernadette, and three daughters.[4]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Fotheringham, Allan (2004). "A true love story". 50Plus Magazine. http://en.50plus.com/Lifestyle/BrowseAllArticles/index.cfm?documentID=8503. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. ↑ "Argonaut great Mike Wadsworth remembered". Toronto Argonauts Football Club. 2004-04-29. http://www.canoe.ca/Argos/News/2004/06/09/492179.html. Retrieved 2008-05-24.[dead link]
  3. ↑ "Mike Wadsworth, 60, Athletic Director, Dies". The New York Times. 2004-04-29. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/sports/ncaafootball/29WADS.html?ex=1211688000&en=4c5c8370bb39f3e8&ei=5070. Retrieved 2008-05-24.[dead link]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Former ambassador, Argo, Mike Wadsworth dies". CTV.ca. 2004-04-28. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1083183069780_41/?hub=Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
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