Toronto Argos -- John Candy

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Wanted to start a John Candy thread to mark a few milestones so I stuck it here.

Link to tweet

Pretty good story about John Candy buying into his hometown team and the final piece that yielded a Grey Cup..

Once upon a time, here in the land of ice and snow, the little Canadian Football League fought the mighty NFL for the one player everyone wanted most — and won.

Twenty-five years later, it's inconceivable that a CFL team could steal the most exciting prospect away from what is now the world's richest sports league.

It sounds like a fairy tale.

So this is the story of how a hero named Rocket and his famous friends in Hogtown fought off everything the Snow Queen could throw at them (including a can of beer) to win the silver chalice.

It starts with a Hollywood extravaganza and ends with movie stars freezing their butts off in Winnipeg.

In between was the most fun that Argonaut fans — including The Great One and a sweet man named Candy — have ever had...

https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/rocket-ismail-argos