Len Peto

Leonard Arthur Peto... he moved to Canada in 1912... worked for the Canadian Car and Foundry Company... he was 95 years old when he passed away on 10 November 1985 in Solano County, CA, USA... in 1946, he tried to move the Montréal Maroons to Philadelphia...

served as the 11th President of the Dominion of Canada Football Association (1935-39)... honoured as a Canada Soccer Life Member... posthumously honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (he was was shortlisted as an alternate builder in the inaugural year of 2000 and later honoured in 2011)... honoured as a Québec Soccer Life Member... named in his honour, the L.A. Peto Cup was presented to the Montréal Independent League champions...

wrote Bill Cole in 1935, “Len Peto brings a wealth of experience to the position (of Canada Soccer President); above all, he has the good of soccer as one of his main ambitions. Peto has done plenty for the game in the past and now in his executive position he can be depended upon to make all his decisions and all his actions count just for the betterment of the sport”... wrote Al Parsley in 1961, “one group of oldtimers may immediately identify Leonard Arthur Peto with soccer, at which his teams won greater renown than later gridiron ventures, or the ice sport”...