David Mudge (born October 22, 1974) is a former professional

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who played in the

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from 1997 to 1999 for the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

, from 2000 to 2005 with the

Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fiel ...

and from 2005 to 2008 with the

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. He won the

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in 2001 while playing for the Blue Bombers. On February 16, 2009, he became a

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. Since retiring from football, Mudge has worked Alouettes games for

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radio broadcasts of Montreal games. He joined the Alouettes Alumni Committee in late 2012. After his professional football career, David Mudge joined

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in 2015, five years after becoming an Investment Advisor and completing an MBA (Finance) from

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. In 2018, th
Canadian Focused Equity portfolio
was launched, which he now leads as Portfolio Manager.

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