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Name:
MARTIN, Peter
Sport:
Football
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Football is much more than just a game in Peter Martin’s life. For him, it’s a way of life- literally. He walks it, talks it, played it and coached it. In one way or another, the former Toronto Argonaut middle linebacker, long-time high school football coach at Port credit and the founder of the Mississauga Football League, has given a lifelong devotion to the game. This commitment to football has landed Martin in the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame as its 33rd inductee (and sole honoured member for that year) in 1985. Knowledgeable of every intricate facet of the game, Peter talks as good as game as he had played for 10 years with the Argos. He still looms large as one of the longest serving player in Double Blue uniform. His understanding of the game was “minimal” when Peter attended Winston Churchill High School in Scarborough. “When I went to school, everybody went out for the football team,” he recalled. “We would just put the pads on and knock each other down." But from the start it was evident that Peter was not only a natural, but a keen student of the game. Attending the University of Western Ontario, he captained the Mustangs and was their Most Valuable Player in 1963. Drafted by Ottawa, he eventually made the Canadian Football League (CFL) in ‘65 with the Argonauts after the Rough Riders cut him loose. A lineman, linebacker and wingback at Western, Peter caught on the Double Blue as one of their rookie linebackers. |
Martin’s best years with the Argos were during the era of coach Leo Cahill. “There was not an original Argo on that team. Everybody was rejected by someone else, including myself,” he recalled. “He (Cahill) had taken all the misfit guys and turned them into a football team.” Peter played for Toronto through some rough years right up to that unforgettable season when they went all the way to the Grey Cup and came oh-so-close to winning it. It was only an unfortunate fumble near the goal line by Leon McQuay that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for the Boatmen. That game marked Martin’s finest hour in pro football. After his playing days, Peter spent several seasons as commentator as Argos radio broadcasts. Locally, he more than anybody else, was responsible for founding the Mississauga Football League in the fall of 1971. He also became active with the Mississauga Sports Council and in 1991 was elected its president. For several years, he also became familiar to many as master of ceremonies at the annual Mississauga Sport Celebrities Dinner. After a 26-year teaching career at Port Credit Secondary School, he transferred to Britannia in 1991. |
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