TORONTO -- Quebec had a little something extra to celebrate after the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV on Sunday versus the San Francisco 49ers 鈥� a hometown hero becoming a champion.
Right guard for Kansas City and McGill University Alumnus became the first medical doctor to ever play in a Super Bowl when he stepped onto the field Sunday night in Miami, Fla., and then went on to become the first ever doctor to win a Super Bowl.
鈥淭his is amazing, this is my best moment ever,鈥� Duvernay-Tardif said in a on Sunday. Kansas City won 31-20 in a comeback victory over San Francisco.
After Kansas City鈥檚 big win, congratulations poured in from all over the country 鈥� including from 鈥揳nd Duvernay-Tardif鈥檚 name began to .
Duvernay-Tardif graduated from McGill University鈥檚 medical program in 2018, and despite his US$42 million dollar NFL contract, has continued his medical work in the off-season. He as a doctor for helping him strategize on the field.
Duvernay-Tardif鈥檚 parents run a boulangerie in Montreal, and his father told 麻豆传媒鈥� Vanessa Lee that he was most proud of his son remaining level-headed and resisting the 鈥渢emptation in the kind of life he is doing [sic].鈥�
