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  • Queen’s Over Elks in 1922 Grey Cup

    On Saturday December 2, 1922, Queen’s University defeated the original Edmonton Elks 13-1 in the 10th Grey Cup game held at Richardson Stadium in Kingston, Ontario. In those days, the road to the national championship was a convoluted affair featuring playoffs between the champions of multiple leagues across the country. The Wikipedia article “1922 in…

  • Tiger-Cat Defence Strangles Roughriders

    “Tiger-Cat defence strangles Roughriders” read the headline in The Ottawa Citizen on Monday December 4, 1967. That pretty much sums up Hamilton’s 24-1 win over Saskatchewan in the 1967 Grey Cup game played a couple days earlier. 1967 – being Canada’s Centennial and all – featured the Grey Cup being played at Lansdowne Park in…

  • Roaring B.C. Lions Surprise Mighty Blue Bombers

    On August 28, 1954, the British Columbia Lions made their debut in the Western Interprovincial Football Union narrowly losing to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8-6 at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. Winnipeg halfback Tom Casey (#91) was a key player in the Bombers’ victory. The game attracted a crowd of 20,606.

  • Sacramento Gold Miners in a Wild West Shoot Out

    In 1993, the CFL expanded into the United States with the addition of the Sacramento Gold Miners. Here is an ad that appeared in the Sacramento Bee hyping the Gold Miners’ home opener at Hornet Field vs. the Calgary Stampeders. The ad features a comparison of Sacramento quarterback David Archer to Calgary quarterback Doug Flutie.…

  • Presenting Hamilton’s New Ivor Wynne Stadium

    In 1970-71, Hamilton’s Civic Stadium was heavily rebuilt to meet the needs of a modern professional football stadium. Originally built in 1928 for the British Empire Games (the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games), the stadium was dated and considered one of the worst stadiums in the country. A new north grandstand was built, bringing the…