LARRY, THE CABLE GUY
EDMONTON — From the sounds of Larry Thompson’s voice, he seems like the kind of gentleman a breakfast visit, budgeted for an hour, would be welcomingly exceeded. I think he would graciously accept the kindness of the morning wait staff dutifully filling his empty coffee cup. But perhaps his enthusiastic self probably, would, let the conversation roll on, and on and on: cold coffee, anyone? Thompson would settle back comfortably in his chair, spinning tales of growing up in Gibbons, just a — fresh — cup of coffee northeast of Edmonton, and going to his first Eskimo game as a 12-year-old. Then, he would swing over to his successful business career: a construction company, first in Barrhead, before migrating south to Spruce Grove, which, according to glasdoor.com had revenues of well over $100 million After selling his company, he was given the resources to kick off his football dream — not of catching a Grey Cup winning touch
