He was to be honoured at a roast capping his careers so far as a policeman, pro football player, lawyer, teacher, politician and unparalleled self-promoter.
At Monday night’s Pierrefonds-Roxboro council meeting, council rejected the idea of a zoning change for the green space on Anselme-Lavigne and Richmond near George Springate Park.
â¨When he passed away in November 2109, Pointe Claire and Pierrefonds-Roxboro lowered their flags to half-mast to honour George Springate.
Springate was a police officer, politician, athlete, educator and Citizenship Judge who died at the age of 81. A McGill graduate, Springate played football for the varsity Redmen before playing in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Montreal Alouettes. He worked as a police officer and an MNA for the riding of Sainte Anne in the early 1970s, as a sports personality on CBCâs Midday before teaching at John Abbott College âs Police Technology program. He was also awarded the Order of Canada in 1989.