The Greatest Football Thunderbird - Glenn Steele

VANCOUVER — The greatest player in the history of UBC Thunderbirds football is asked to remember his favourite moment from the game which propelled his team into the 1982 Vanier Cup national final. Read Howard Tsumura's full interview with Glenn Steele on Varsity Letters. All these years later, Glenn Steele remains the ever-humble 'Bird, yet even his best attempt at a simple recollection winds up sounding a bit like a fairy tale.
And that's because when he tucked a football under his arm and engaged his vision up the field, this kid from a mid-1970s working class East Vancouver neighbourhood suddenly became equal parts Peter Pan and The Flash. Read Howard Tsumura's full interview with Glenn Steele on Varsity Letters.