Tony Proudfoot honoured by the Governal General of Canada

Monday evening, the Mayor of Pointe Claire, Bill McMurchie, presented Mr. Tony Proudfoot with a Certificate of Commendation from the Governor General of Canada in recognition of his having given assistance to injured people in a shooting at Dawson College in Montreal on September 13, 2006.

Tony, a long time Pointe Claire resident, played defensive half for the Montreal Allouettes from 1971 to 1979, won two Grey Cups, worked as a sports commentator for CJAD, served as a physical education instructor at Dawson College and has written a book on football entitled “First and Goal”.

In the Council Chambers of the City Hall in Pointe-Claire, in the presence of the Proudfoot family, friends and members of council, Mayor McMurchie presented this award to Mr. Proudfoot on behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and added: “There are occasions like this when good people find themselves in bad situations and do good things: Mr. Proudfoot demonstrated this on the 13th of September 2006 and we are all very proud of him”.

Mr. Proudfoot has suffered from “Lou Gehrig’s disease” for two years and is actively involved in The Tony Proudfoot Fund, which he created in 2007. For information on this disease or to contribute to research funding for the foundation, you are invited to consult the website at: www.sla-quebec.ca