Nick Arbuckle‘s story on being the Toronto Argonauts’ starting quarterback at the 111th Grey Cup, as told to CFL.ca senior writer Chris O’Leary.
Minas Panagiotakis/CFL.ca
“My dad will be home watching, but I’ll feel him with me. My mom, too. We lost her when I was young. Before every game I say prayers for my mom to be with me, and I’ll feel the presence of both of them.”
— Nick Arbuckle
The core of my football being, I guess you could say, comes from my dad, Steve.
Some of my very first memories of my life are being, three, four, five years old on the football field over at the high school near where we lived, where my dad was coaching. Two of my three older brothers were playing and I was just a little four-year-old going and taking people’s water, for the players that were practising. I just loved being around my dad and seeing him, just counting down the days until I hit seven years old, when I could play football. Early on, I wanted to be a coach before a player. I just loved seeing my dad as a coach that much.
