Danny Nykoluk

{{Short description|Canadian professional football player}} {{Infobox CFL biography | name = Danny Nykoluk | image = | alt = | caption = | import = no | college = Scarborough College | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|6|16}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|29|1933|6|16}} | career_highlights = | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_place =Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | number = 60 | position1 = Offensive tackle | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 250 | playing_years1 = 1954 | playing_team1 = Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers | playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1955}} | playing_team2 = Toronto Argonauts | playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1957}}–{{CFL Year|1971}} | playing_team3 = Toronto Argonauts | highlights= * 2× CFL East All-Star ({{CFL Year|1967}}, {{CFL Year|1969}}0 * Toronto Argonauts No. 60 retired }} '''Danny Nykoluk''' (June 16, 1933 – July 29, 2016) was a professional football player with the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts. Nykoluk primarily played the offensive tackle position with the Argos.

Nykoluk played in 204 games with the Argonauts in a career that lasted 16 seasons.<ref name="Pick of the Argos crop">{{cite web | url = http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Football/CFL/Toronto/2007/07/05/4315137-sun.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160916083439/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Football/CFL/Toronto/2007/07/05/4315137-sun.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 16, 2016 | access-date = 2007-07-05 | author = Simmons, Steve | title = Pick of the Argos crop | publisher = SLAM! Sports | date = 2007-07-05}}</ref> His #60 jersey is one of only four that has been retired by the club. In 1996, Nykoluk was inducted as an All-Time Argonaut with a banner named in his honour raised at Rogers Centre.

Danny Nykoluk was the older brother of former Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey player and NHL coach, Mike Nykoluk.

He died in Oshawa on 29 July 2016 at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://argoalumni.com|title=Toronto Argonauts Alumni Association|website=Toronto Argonauts Alumni Association|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2016/08/02/legendary-argos-tackle-danny-nykoluk-dies-at-82|title=Legendary Argos tackle Danny Nykoluk dies at 83|last=Hornby|first=Lance|date=August 2, 2016|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvasports.ca/2016/08/02/un-ancien-homme-de-fer-des-argonauts-rend-lame|title=Un ancien homme de fer des Argonauts rend l'âme|date=August 2, 2016|website=TVA Sports|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref>

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== External links == *[http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Simmons/2007/08/09/4405115-sun.html "Casualty of gridiron warfare" (Steve Simmons column on Slam.ca)]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *[http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/n/nykoluk_dan.htm CFLapedia bio]

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