Wednesday 30 August 2017

St. Francis High School, University of Calgary, Three Sons Following their Fathers:



What do freshmen Christian Cardone, Cole Belway and Jacob Izquierdo have in common? All three attended the same high school their fathers, they are now attending the same university as their father playing post-secondary football with the Dinos. All three also won City Championships in High School, just like their father. But that is where the similarity ends.  All three play different positions than their father.

Christian Cardone is defensive back, Cole Belway is a quarterback, and Jacob Izquierdo an inside receiver.

Remo was a fullback for the Dinos from 1988 through 1992 graduating with a Management degree and is currently employed by TD Wealth Management. Young Christian hopes to pursue a career in Accounting and is enrolled in the Haskayne School of Business.

“It is good to follow in my father’s footsteps. He talked me a lot about the program here but was completely behind me whatever decision I made to play after St. Francis,” stated the 5’10” 175 lbs Cardone.

“It makes one wonder how fast 30 years went by,” stated the elder Cardone at practice. “Having Christian with the Dinos brings back a lot of great memories,” Remo stated.

Brian was a member of the Dinos 1985 Vanier Cup Championship starting on the defensive line and a first round selection of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 1986 Canadian Football League Draft. He is now employed as manager of Western Canada for CSL Behring.

“I feel honored another generation is now with the Dinos,” said Brian who played in 1984 and 1985 before spending five seasons in the CFL with Winnipeg and BC. “The tradition at St. Francis was phenomenal and that has helped Cole,” he added.

“He (Brian) talked to me about the relationships he had especially with the 1985 Championship team and the tradition with the program here,” stated Cole who quarterbacked the Browns to City and Provincial 4A Championships in 2016. “It is a great to be here,” stated Cole who is studying Kinesiology.

“I knew how good my father was. It is a honor to playing here and keep the tradition going, that tradition played a choice in helping me decide to come here,” stated the 6’3”, 200 lbs. Haskayne School of Business student.

“It is nice to see the next generation come up,” stated Jacob’s father, a four year starter who played with the Dinos from 1987 through 1990 earning all-Canadian status before embarking on a seven year professional career that saw him win three Grey Cups.

J.P. sees a difference between football now and when he played.

“Seeing Jacob at training camp reminds me on how difficult it was when we played. We had two a days with full equipment and contact but it in this era this is the way football has to go,” said J.P. who currently teaches at St. Francis and coached his son but let his son decide where he wanted to attend university.

“Calgary is home and he wanted to stay home and play here,” J.P. stated.

Three players following in their father’s footsteps, with the tradition of being a St. Francis Brown, a University of Calgary Dino, and hopefully a Vanier Cup champion, just their father.

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