Norbert "Nobby" Wirkowski (August 20, 1926 – October 15, 2014) was an American and Canadian football player and coach.
From 1952 to 1957, Wirkowski coached the senior football team at De La Salle College (Toronto)[1] which won consecutive league championships in 1955, 1956 and 1957.
The following year Nobby saw his final action as a professional player when he injured his knee in a preseason exhibition game with the NFL St. Louis Cardinals.
In 1963, Argonauts General Manager Lew Hayman promoted Wirkowski to the head coaching position after Lou Agase was fired.
He accepted the offer from York and was named Athletic Director and Head football coach and joined the Faculty of Physical Education as a professor.