# Ted Toogood

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{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Ted Toogood
| image = AEToogood.png
| alt = 
| caption = Toogood pictured in ''Torontonensis'' 1948, University of Toronto yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|8|27}}
| birth_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|7|31|1924|8|27}}
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario
| team = 
| number = 
| status = 
| import = no
| position1 = Halfback
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 165
| playing_team1 = [Toronto Argonauts](/source/Toronto_Argonauts)
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1950}}–{{CFL Year|1954}}
| career_highlights = 
* 2× [Grey Cup](/source/Grey_Cup) champion ([1950](/source/38th_Grey_Cup), [1952](/source/40th_Grey_Cup))
}}
'''Alexander Edgar (Ted) Toogood''' (August 27, 1924 – July 31, 2011) was a Canadian professional [football](/source/Canadian_football) player who played for the [Toronto Argonauts](/source/Toronto_Argonauts). He won the [Grey Cup](/source/Grey_Cup) with them in 1950 and 1952.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=toogoted001| title = Alex Toogood football statistics on StatsCrew.com}}</ref> He previously played football for and attended the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto), and served in [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He later was a teacher, attended [West Virginia University](/source/West_Virginia_University) (MSc 1958) and was the first athletic director at the Ryerson Institute of Technology (now [Toronto Metropolitan University](/source/Toronto_Metropolitan_University)) from 1949 to 1961. Toogood was inducted into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, the Ryerson Athletics and Recreation Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etobicokesports.ca/2010/toogood_ted.htm |title=Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame - Inductees 2010 - Ted Toogood |website=www.etobicokesports.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329070548/http://www.etobicokesports.ca/2010/toogood_ted.htm |archive-date=2013-03-29}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22300&ATCLID=205237456 |title=First Athletic Director Ted Toogood passes away - Ryerson Rams |website=www.ryersonrams.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195255/http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22300&ATCLID=205237456 |archive-date=2014-09-10}} </ref> He died on July 31, 2011, aged 86, and donated his brain to the Krembil Neuroscience Centre Sports Concussion Project. At the time of his death, he had [Alzheimer's disease](/source/Alzheimer's_disease), and studies of his brain revealed the presence of [chronic traumatic encephalopathy](/source/chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy), thought to be linked to previous concussions sustained in his football career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2012/11/23/a_cfl_stars_brain_and_how_it_can_help_you.html|title = A CFL star's brain and how it can help you|website = [Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)|date = 23 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.argonauts.ca/article/argos-mourn-loss-of-toogood| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140911002525/http://www.argonauts.ca/article/argos-mourn-loss-of-toogood| archive-date = 2014-09-11| title = ARGOS MOURN LOSS OF TOOGOOD {{!}} Toronto Argonauts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=alexander-edgar-toogood-ted&pid=152853956|title = Alexander Toogood Obituary (2011) - Toronto Star|website = [Legacy.com](/source/Legacy.com)}}</ref>

==References==
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{{38th Grey Cup}}
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Category:1924 births
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Category:Canadian football people from Toronto
Category:Toronto Varsity Blues football players
Category:Toronto Argonauts players
Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Category:University of Toronto alumni
Category:Canadian military personnel of World War II
Category:Canadian expatriates in the United States
Category:Canadian football running backs
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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