proudly served his country in the Canadian Navy during WWII. He
attended the University of Southern California majoring in Journalism
and went on to a successful career as a professional sports executive.
For nearly fifty years Leo excelled in the fields of television
broadcasting, advertising, sales, marketing, publishing and editing.
Leo was mentored by Lester Patrick and John Percy Page. He began his
career with the BC Lions Football Club. Leo was the Vice President of
the World Hockey Association and President of the Portland Beavers
(Triple A baseball club). In the 1970s Leo introduced the new Atlanta
Flames Logo. He worked with friend Charles Schulz to bring Snoopy to
the Flames program covers. Leo was also a Vice President of the
Calgary Flames from their inception through the early 1990s including
the 1989 Flames Stanley Cup championship season. Career highlights
included the trip Leo took to Russia in 1990 with the Stanley Cup
Champion Calgary Flames; publishing and editing the NHL All Star Game
Program and being instrumental in the opening of Philadelphia's
Spectrum, Atlanta's Omni and Calgary's Saddledome as an Executive Vice
President for each organization
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