Paul Desjardins

Paul Desjardins

Profile
Position	Centre
Personal information
Born	(1943-09-27) September 27, 1943 (age 82) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
University	Ottawa
Career history
1965–1970	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1971–1973	Toronto Argonauts
Awards and highlights
CFL All-Star (1973) 3× CFL East All-Star (1971, 1972, 1973)

Paul Desjardins (born September 27, 1943) is a former all-star professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts. He also had a career as a biochemist: having retired from football after his time in Winnipeg, he moved to California and was engaged in research on skeletal muscles. However, Desjardins was enticed back to the pitch by Argonauts coach Leo Cahill, who had helped secure him a position at the University of Toronto's Banting Institute working on the metabolism of the heart. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. McKee, Ken (July 21, 1971). "This Argo takes the scientific approach". The Toronto Star . p. 18. Retrieved September 18, 2025– via newspapers.com. Better versions of the two photographs in the article are available at Digital Archive Ontario: left, right
2. Mulvoy, Mark (August 23, 1971). "Dodging the draft in Canada". Sports Illustrated Vault. Retrieved September 17, 2025.