Nelson Skalbania

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Nelson M. Skalbania (born February 12, 1938) is a flamboyant Canadian businessman from Vancouver, British Columbia best known for signing a 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky to the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association.

In March of 1981, he purchased the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League from long-time owner Sam Berger. Skalbania has also owned the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, the Memphis Rogues of the North American Soccer League, who became the Calgary Boomers, and the Vancouver Canadians baseball team. On March 11, 1996 Bill Comrie announced that he had sold the British Columbia Lions football club to a group of 10 Vancouver area businessmen headed by Skalbania and Michael Jensen.

Skalbania is currently an investor in D2Fusion, Inc.

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