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ness man, with multiple locations of his Shawarma Khan restaurant, as well as his cold-pressed juice bar, Green Car- rot, in Winnipeg, including a location at the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport. More airport connections


Obby is not the only person at the airport with strong Grey Cup connections. Jeff McWhinney works with Delta Air Lines. He is one of the handlers of the Grey Cup, taking it to events around the country, while also working with the Ca- nadian Football Hall of Fame and serving as a mascot with the Bombers. His father, Glenn, won the Grey Cup in 1954 with the Ed- monton Eskimos, before joining the Blue Bombers for two


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seasons. With his father in declining health a few years ago, Jeff arranged for Glenn to be reunited with the Grey Cup for one of his last birthdays. He had the trophy brought to his father’s home. “We redid my dad’s jerseys, and we made it a big deal be-


cause we didn’t know how much longer we’d have with him. When they unveil the Cup in front of you, it comes out from this chest and you look down on it, at this Holy Grail, this chalice. It emotes this unbelievable feeling of moral fibre. My dad was holding onto it, and someone asks him ‘do you want to drink out of the Cup again?’ He replied ‘not without my teammates.’”


Glenn passed away in 2012, but the memories that he Fall 2015 • 21


Photo by Don Windsor.


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