It was raining at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Soft. Steady. The kind of rain that does not ruin a day so much as ask something of it.

TAIT: Elks honour former equipment manager Dwayne Mandrusiak, who devoted his career to the team Back to video

I keep thinking about Dwayne Mandrusiak.

He never stood on the field with six minutes remaining until the second half began.

He was always somewhere else — down the tunnel, in the equipment room, bent over a cracked helmet before the second half. That was the job. That was Dwayne.

But on Saturday, surrounded by his family, Mandrusiak was in the field.

A ring, though. Green and gold. The number “50” is designed. Colourful diamonds.

The Elks’ owners, the Thompson family, honoured Mandrusiak’s contribution with the ring and his name on the wall of honour.

It’s a celebration: making a wrong … a right.

He joined Edmonton Football Club as a ball boy in 1971. A teenager. Green and gold in his blood before he could name it.

He took over the........

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