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Paul Peterson |
Born |
1921 |
Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Sports Team Membership |
1943 |
Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada [1] |
Hamilton Flying Wilcats |
- Paul Peterson was on the field for every play of the Hamilton Flying Wildcats' Grey Cup victory in 1943.
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Paul Peterson Paul Peterson was on the field for every play of the Hamilton Flying Wildcats’ Grey Cup victory in 1943. |
Residence |
2012 |
Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Eby ID Number |
Waterloo-22334 |
Person ID |
I22334 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
26 Feb 2024 |
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- 'We're forgotten, we're ghosts'
Mathew McCarthy/Record staff Paul Peterson is a 91-year-old CFL veteran. He played for the Hamilton Flying Wildcats, now the Tiger Cats, in the 1940s.
WATERLOO - Paul Peterson was on the field for every play of the Hamilton Flying Wildcats' Grey Cup victory in 1943.
The 91-year-old Waterloo resident played both offence and defence for the Wildcats during their 23-14 win over the Winnipeg RCAF Bombers at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.
That's the way the game was played back then.
Sixty-nine years later, on the eve of the 100th Grey Cup between the Toronto Argonauts and Calgary Stampeders in Toronto Sunday, Peterson believes the men who battled on the gridiron with him haven't received the attention they deserve.
"We're forgotten, we're ghosts," Peterson says. "You sort of wonder why am I being left out? "Sports writers and commentators don't give enough credit to the people, not myself, but the other players that played in that time. "They dropped the older guys, they don't talk about 1943."
Born in Breslau and raised in Kitchener, Peterson would drive for more than an hour into Hamilton five times a week following an eight-hour shift as a machinist to practise with the Flying Wildcats.
All that was promised to him was some gas money and a chance to play the game he loves......
The Record Newspaper 24 Nov 2012
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- [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), ‘We’re forgotten, we’re ghosts’ - 24 Nov 2012.
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| Born - 1921 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Sports Team Membership - Hamilton Flying Wilcats - 1943 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence - 2012 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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