players from the Alouettes and their opponents, the Edmonton Eskimos, tried various solutions to avoid falling, including broomball shoes, and various kinds of cleats, but none were very effective. In the stadium, just prior to the pre-game warm-up, Proudfoot saw a Bell Canada electrician with a staple gun, and tried firing staples into the tip of the cleats on his shoes. Over the course of the game, more and more of the Alouettes players followed suit. Proudfoot later recalled "With that little bit of a grip, it gave you extra confidence. We really knew we had something when Gerry Dattilio caught a short pass from Sonny Wade and ran right past Larry Highbaugh for a big gain. Gerry will tell you that he was not ... well, he was not very fast. And Highbaugh was known as one of the fastest guys in the league. That's when we knew we had something. It was a big factor in that 41–6 win. Proudfoot was a CFL All-Star in 1977 and 1979. He also played three seasons (1980 to 1982, 41 games) with the B.C. Lions. He retired from the CFL at the end of the 1982 season. Teaching, coaching and broadcasting During his playing career, Proudfoot began teaching physical education at Dawson College in Montreal in 1977, and continued to work there for 30 years. In the years that followed, he also lectured in exercise science at Concordia University and physical education at McGill. Following his playing career, he received some coaching offers in the CFL, but decided to combine his teaching career, which provided financial stability, with coaching in Montreal. Proudfoot coached youth community teams and school teams in Pointe-Claire, Lower Canada College as well as the Junior Alouettes and the Junior Concordes. during the summers, he worked as waterfront director at Camp Nominingue in the Laurentians from 1987 to 1995. For four years, he served as assistant coach for the Concordia Stingers, including 1998 when the Stingers reached the Vanier Cup. Proudfoot also pursued further education, and received a master's degree in sports science at McGill University. When the Alouettes returned to the CFL in 1996, Proudfoot became the team's radio analyst on CJAD. He served as assistant coach to Alouettes head coach Rod Rust in 2001, but continued to work as a broadcast analyst, never betraying the confidences of the team and its players during his broadcasts. In