The most important thing to understand about John Cleghorn is that he is still, at heart, the centre of his college football team. Centres aren't glamorous. They don't score the fancy touchdowns or throw the game-winning long bombs.
Nobody remembers their name.
They line up over the ball, patiently await the signal, and then at the quarterback's command snap the ball back and lunge head-first into the competition, in unison with their linemates. John Cleghorn, BCom'62, was part of the fabled 1960 McGill team that won the national championship under star quarterback Tom Skypeck, DDS'63. The team was runner-up the next year. The fiercely competitive Cleghorn doesn't intend to finish second again. The competition isn't carefully scheduled and demarcated.