Background
He grew up in Willowdale, Toronto and was educated at the University of Toronto.
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Bob Nicholson
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Education
University of Toronto.
Career
To become the Washington Nationals. In 1974, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand Chartered Accountants and became a chartered accountants From 1982 to 1994 he was a director at the Toronto Blue Jays.
First stint at the Toronto Argonauts
In 1993, the Blue Jays bought the Toronto Argonauts, a year later, in December 1994, Nicholson then became the president of the Argonauts and remained at the post until 1999, when the team was bought by Sherwood Schwarz.
He was succeeded as team president by Sherwood Schwarz who then appointed Michael "Pinball" Clemons to the position in 2002. After two years working for Neil Jamieson, the owner of the Toronto ThunderHawks, he became Chief financial officer of the Montreal Expos.
He was in charge in 2004, when they moved from Montreal to Washington and were renamed the Washington Nationals to start the 2005 Major League Baseball season. lieutenant was first time a Major League Baseball team had relocated since 1972.
Second stint at the Toronto Argonauts
In May 2009, he returned as team president of the Toronto Argonauts.
On 5 November 2003, Howard Sokolowski and David Cynamon bought the team with assistance from David Braley, so when Braley bought the team from Sokolowski and Cynamon on 9 February 2010, Nicholson remained as president In 2011, he resigned as president of the Argonauts and returned to Wizard Sports Group and was succeeded by Chris Rudge.
Achievements
Membership
In 2007, he left the Nationals and founded Wizard Sports Groups and was a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee.
