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\u00ab J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s surpris et ravi d'apprendre que j'allais \u00eatre intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e du baseball canadien. J'en ai m\u00eame eu les larmes aux yeux. \u00catre intronis\u00e9 dans cette merveilleuse institution est l'un des plus grands honneurs de ma vie. J'adore le baseball et mon entr\u00e9e au Temple me procure une \u00e9motion inou\u00efe. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9 \u00e0 Toronto en 1939, Paul Godfrey a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le crucial dans l'arriv\u00e9e du baseball majeur dans sa ville natale. En tant que jeune conseiller municipal \u00e0 North York en 1968, il a vu Montr\u00e9al obtenir une franchise dans la Ligue nationale et a voulu avoir la m\u00eame chose pour sa ville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 1969, cet ambitieux politicien de 30 ans s'est donc rendu \u00e0 ses frais aux r\u00e9unions d'hiver de la MLB, tenues \u00e0 l'h\u00f4tel Americana de Bal Harbor, en Floride. Il a attendu le commissaire Bowie Kuhn au bas d'un escalier de l'h\u00f4tel et l'a abord\u00e9 audacieusement en lui disant qu'il voulait obtenir une \u00e9quipe des Majeures pour Toronto. Kuhn r\u00e9pond \u00e0 Godfrey qu'il faut qu'il y ait un stade de baseball \u00e0 Toronto avant qu'il n'envisage de le faire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort de ces informations, Godfrey retourne \u00e0 Toronto avec l'intention de b\u00e2tir un stade. En 1973, Godfrey est \u00e9lu pr\u00e9sident de la communaut\u00e9 urbaine de Toronto et, d\u00e8s son premier jour dans ses nouvelles fonctions, il promet d'obtenir une \u00e9quipe de la MLB pour la ville et de veiller \u00e0 la construction d'un stade couvert.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 court terme, cependant, il a besoin d'une alternative \u00e9conomique, et il a donc l'id\u00e9e de r\u00e9nover l'Exhibition Stadium pour en faire un double stade de baseball et de football. En novembre 1973, il convainc le Premier ministre de l'Ontario, Bill Davis, de fournir la moiti\u00e9 des 15 millions de dollars n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 la r\u00e9novation du stade. Cette r\u00e9novation, ainsi que les solides comp\u00e9tences de Godfrey en mati\u00e8re de n\u00e9gociation, contribuent \u00e0 pr\u00e9parer le terrain pour que le groupe de propri\u00e9taires compos\u00e9 des Brasseries Labatt, de la CIBC et d'Howard Webster obtienne une \u00e9quipe des Majeures en 1976. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s 11 ans comme pr\u00e9sident de la communaut\u00e9 urbaine de Toronto, Godfrey devient \u00e9diteur et PDG du Toronto Sun en 1984. La m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, il est nomm\u00e9 \u00e0 la Crown Corporation charg\u00e9e de la conception, de la construction et du choix de l'emplacement d'un stade couvert \u00e0 Toronto, un projet qui sera connu sous le nom de SkyDome et qui ouvrira ses portes en 1989. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godfrey a conserv\u00e9 son poste au Toronto Sun jusqu'en 2000, avant d'\u00eatre nomm\u00e9 le pr\u00e9sident et PDG des Blue Jays de Toronto. Il a occup\u00e9 ce poste jusqu'en 2008. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depuis qu'il a quitt\u00e9 les Blue Jays, Godfrey a occup\u00e9 plusieurs postes de direction importants, notamment en tant que pr\u00e9sident de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario et pr\u00e9sident-directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du r\u00e9seau Postmedia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour son travail de leader, Godfrey a re\u00e7u le prix du m\u00e9rite civique de Toronto en 1990. Il a aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 membre de l'Ordre du Canada en 1999 et de l'Ontario en 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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