Michael A Wadsworth was an all-star Canadian Football League defensive lineman, and later lawyer, QC, Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, business executive, and television sports analyst.
11 Facts About Mike Wadsworth
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Mike Wadsworth played high school football at De La Salle College before attending the University of Notre Dame on a football scholarship.
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Mike Wadsworth played professional football for the Toronto Argonauts from 1966 to 1970, during which time he earned his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.
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Mike Wadsworth started his five-year career by winning the Gruen Trophy as the best rookie in the East for 1966.
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In 1970, Mike Wadsworth became the second president of the Canadian Football League Players' Association.
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Mike Wadsworth was the first active player to hold the position, retiring from the CFL and the CFLPA presidency at the start of the 1971 season.
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Mike Wadsworth completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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Mike Wadsworth was a football analyst on the CFL on CTV broadcasts.
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Mike Wadsworth was appointed Canadian Ambassador to Ireland in 1989 and named athletic director at Notre Dame in 1995.
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Mike Wadsworth's father starred for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1940 and was voted to their half-century team in 1960.
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Mike Wadsworth was survived by his mother, his wife, three daughters, and four siblings, and a large extended family.