Paul Desjardins

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.