being able to communicate verbally, and instead used a small whiteboard on which he wrote notes or drew diagrams. In 2008, Proudfoot was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Football Reporters wing. To make his acceptance speech he used a speech generating device, an electronic communication aid that speaks aloud what the user has typed. In 2008, Proudfoot was awarded an honorary doctorate of science (kinesiology) degree from the University of New Brunswick. In November 2010, he accepted the CFL's Hugh Campbell Award for Distinguished Leadership before the Grey Cup Eastern Conference final in Montreal from CFL commissioner Mark Cohon. He served as special consultant to the Alouettes head coach, Marc Trestman during the 2009 and 2010 CFL seasons, which were both Grey Cup winning seasons for the team. He was given a Grey Cup ring in the spring of 2010. After his diagnosis, Proudfoot worked to raise public awareness of ALS. He was interviewed regularly by radio, TV and print media across Canada. With the ALS Society of Quebec, he raised funds for ALS, including setting up the "Tony Proudfoot Fund for ALS research". The funds provide support to ALS patients and their families as well as, the Tony Proudfoot Post-Doctoral Fellowships in ALS Research at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre. Alouettes such as Anthony Calvillo, Ben Cahoon, Scott Flory and others participated in the fundraising events. Davis Sanchez, a B.C. Lions cornerback and a former Alouette, donated a game cheque to the fund in honour of his former mentor during his time with the Als. By December, 2010, the fund had raised $500,000. Beginning in 2007, Proudfoot wrote a series of articles about his triumphs and challenges with the disease in the Montreal Gazette. In December, 2010, the newspaper published an emotional farewell address from Proudfoot, recapping previous articles he had written about his struggle with ALS and thanking supporters. In the article, he stated that it would be his last such piece before his death, which he felt was imminent. The same day, Dawson College announced that they would be naming their gyms the "Tony Proudfoot Gymnasium." The college cited "his long service to Dawson College, his careers in professional football and education, his life-saving heroics during the Dawson shooting and his establishment of the fund for ALS research." Proudfoot was married and had two daughters