Tony Proudfoot
John A. "Tony" Proudfoot (10 September 1949 – 30 December 2010) was an All-Star defensive back in the Canadian Football League, teacher, coach, broadcaster and journalist.
He was a Grey Cup champion twice as a player, and twice as special consultant to Montreal Alouettes Head Coach Marc Trestman in 2009 and 2010. In 2007 Proudfoot was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a motor neurone disease for which there is no cure. He wrote regular updates on his deterioration in the Montreal Gazette. The courage, grace and determination during his illness was widely admired. He founded the Tony Proudfoot Fund for ALS Research at the ALS Society of Quebec, which raised over $500,000 for research into the disease.
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