Nick Volpe

{{Short description|Canadian football player (1926–2021)}}

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|name= Nick Volpe

|image=NickVolpe.png

|caption=Volpe pictured in Torontonensis 1948, University of Toronto yearbook

|birth_date={{birth date|1926|2|23}}

|birth_place=Toronto, Ontario

|death_date={{death date and age|2021|8|21|1926|2|23}}

|death_place=Brampton, Ontario

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|Height_ft=5

|Height_in=10

|Weight_lbs=170

|high_school=East York (ON)

|CIS=Toronto

|position1=Halfback

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|career_highlights=

• Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1950}})

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|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1949}}–{{CFL Year|1952}}

|playing_team1= Toronto Argonauts

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Nicholas Peter Volpe (February 23, 1926 – August 21, 2021) was a Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with the Argonauts in 1950, where he was named the game MVP. Volpe previously played football and attended the University of Toronto and East York Collegiate.{{cite web |url=https://themedium.ca/sports/nick-volpe-u-of-ts-argo |title=Nick Volpe, U of T’s Argo {{!}} The Medium |website=themedium.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124300/http://themedium.ca/sports/nick-volpe-u-of-ts-argo |archive-date=2015-04-02}} {{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=volpenic001| title = Nick Volpe football statistics on StatsCrew.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www3.sympatico.ca/byewchuk/PCSS/PubNight-2006-old.htm|title=The Port Credit Secondary School Reunion Info}} He served as Consultant for Football Operations for the Argonauts.{{cite web| url = http://www.argonauts.ca/staff-nick-volpe| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120620112518/http://argonauts.ca/staff-nick-volpe| archive-date = 2012-06-20| title = Nick Volpe {{!}} Toronto Argonauts}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/where-are-they-now-versatile-volpe-did-it-all-in-1950-mud-bowl/article5415371/|title=Where are they now?: Versatile Volpe did it all in 1950 Mud Bowl}} He was inducted into the University of Toronto Hall of Fame in 2012.[https://varsityblues.ca/honors/hall-of-fame/nick-volpe/248 University of Toronto, Hall of Fame: Nick Volpe] Volpe died in August 2021 at the age of 95.[https://www.argonauts.ca/2021/08/23/argos-mourn-passing-nick-volpe/ Argos Mourn the Passing of Nick Volpe]