Tony Anselmo (Canadian football)

{{short description|Canadian businessman}}

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| name = Tony Anselmo

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| birth_name = Anthony Garry Anselmo

| birth_date = March 13, 1918

| birth_place = Michel, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date = November 10, 2009
(aged 91)

| death_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada

| occupation = President and CEO of Canada Safeway

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| spouse = Minerva Anselmo

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Anthony Garry Anselmo, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (March 14, 1918 – November 10, 2009) was a community builder for the Calgary Stampeders Football Club of the Canadian Football League and was involved with the team from 1973 until 2009.

In 1978, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada "in recognition of his numerous services to Calgary".{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=30&t=12&ln=Anselmo|title=Order of Canada citation}} He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a builder in 2009.

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