Leo Cahill LA SALLE-PERU Accomplishments ● A 1946 La Salle-Peru
alumnus, he became a wellknown coach and GM in the Canadian Football League from late 1960s to mid-1990s ● Coached the Toronto Argonauts twice from 1967-72 and 1977-78 before becoming GM from 1986-88; Also the GM of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1996 ● Received the Annis Stukus Trophy in 1971 as the Canadian Football League Coach of the Year ● CFL TV commentator for CBC from 1981-85 ● Inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2013
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ettye Nissim’s fondest memories of her father consisted mainly away from the football field. Her father, Leo Cahill, was a bigger-than-life personality in the world of professional football, especially in Canada. He carved out a nearly three decade career in football, doing the majority of his coaching, administration and television commentary work in the Canadian Football League. Cahill is one of the Class of 2022 inductees in the NewsTribune’s Illinois Valley Sports Hall of Fame. Throughout his busy life, Nissim said her father always managed to find time to spend with her. “I didn’t learn anything about sports at all,” Nissim said. “He did his thing. I was a little girl. My parents divorced when I was 5 years old. My
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