Bob Nicholson

Bob Nicholson (born 1955) is a sport executive who was president of the Toronto Argonauts and an executive of the Montreal Expos when they moved to Washington D.C. to become the Washington Nationals.

Biography He grew up in Willowdale, Ontario and was educated at the University of Toronto. In 1974, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand Chartered Accountants and became a chartered accountant. From 1982 to 1994 he was a director at the Toronto Blue Jays.

After two years working for Neil Jamieson, the owner of the Toronto ThunderHawks, he became Chief financial officer of the Montreal Expos. He was in charge in 2004, when they moved from Montreal to Washington and were renamed the Washington Nationals to start the 2005 Major League Baseball season. It was first time a Major League Baseball team had relocated since 1972.

Second stint at the Toronto Argonauts In 2007, he left the Nationals and founded Wizard Sports Groups and was a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee. In May 2009, he returned as team president of the Toronto Argonauts. On 5 November 2003, Howard Sokolowski and David Cynamon bought the team with assistance from David Braley, so when Braley bought the team from Sokolowski and Cynamon on 9 February 2010, Nicholson remained as president.

In 2011, he resigned as president of the Argonauts and returned to Wizard Sports Group and was succeeded by Chris Rudge.