Anthony Calvillo -the story that won me over

   Longtime Alouettes QB Anthony Calvillo has retired, a year too late, clearly, as he suffered a pretty bad brain trauma after being ineffective in his short-lived season.
   I was on the fence about Calvillo, who I suspected to be a stats hog, as he never left games even when the team was way ahead.
   But this comment left on Kate's excellent Montreal weblog definitely won me over, and kinda left a little lump in my throat.
Last spring I was at a car dealership negotiating a purchase. Calvillo was there doing promo work for the dealership and I urged my 11 year old son to go over and say hi but he was too shy. The salesman offered to introduce them but the boy wasn’t going for it. While the salesman and I talked in his office I noticed my son go climb into the back of a minivan and have a seat, just checking it out. Calvillo came from across the room and got in the other back seat. The two of them sat and chatted for ten or fifteen minutes before Calvillo shook his hand and left. My son said AC talked to him about his minor hockey team (they had recently lost a championship game) and school and that AC was really supportive and nice. There are still some decent professional athletes.