The last train home occasionally stopped running before Thiadric Hansen was finished with football practice. So, on the nights when practice ran later than usual, he slept in the train station for four or five hours, until service started running again in the early morning. And it was worth it.”He was a 6-foot-two, 200-pounder back then, so nobody gave him any trouble at the train station. And at 240 pounds, he’s one of the best linebackers in the German Football League, fully deserving of this rare chance to muscle his way into the CFL. “Next year I think a lot of guys will try to be better, train harder, to get this opportunity,” he said.

Source: National Post March 23, 2019 21:11 UTC