Grey Cup history
Images from championships played before 1970
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University of Toronto Varsity Blues' Smirle Lawson carries ball in first Grey Cup game in 1909. The Blues defeated the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club at Rosedale Field by a score of 26-6.
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The Calgary Stampeders celebrate in their dressing room after defeating the Ottawa Roughriders to win the 1948 Grey Cup. Holding the Grey Cup is Coach Les Lear (helmet) and centre Chuck Anderson who was the outstanding player on the field.The Globe and Mail
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Conditions in 1950 Grey Cup game, played at Varsity Stadium, were so bad it was referred to as the Mud Bowl Game. Toronto Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13 - 0.Turofsky
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Jackie Parker holds the Grey Cup after the Edmonton Eskimos won it in Toronto Saturday Nov. 27, 1954. The Eskimos defeated the Montreal Alouettes 26-25.The Globe and Mail
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Montreal Alouettes' Hal Patterson (75) makes a spectacular one-handed pass interception at Empire Stadium in Vancouver during Grey Cup game against the Edmonton Eskimos. The ball was intended for Rollie Miles (98). At rear, is Al's Johnny Williams, No. 86. Edmonton went on to win the game 34-19.The Associated Press
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Johnny Bright crashes over goalline for a first quarter Edmonton touchdown in the 1956 Grey Cup final.The Globe and Mail
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Half-time show for 27,391 fans at the last Grey Cup football game played in Varsity Stadium in Toronto on November 30, 1957.John Boyd/The Globe and Mail
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Cookie Gilchrist evades Winnipeg tacklers on fourth quarter touchdown gallop during the 157 Grey Cup at Varsity Stadium. The powerful Hamilton back scored two TDs as Ticats captured Grey Cup with overwhelming 32-7 victory over Western champs.Harry McLorinan/The Globe and Mail
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Spectator Dave Humphrey (circled), is almost mobbed by players after he tripped Hamilton's Ray Bawel in the fourth quarter of the 1957 Grey Cup.John Boyd/The Globe and Mail
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The Winnipeg bench charges on field at game-ending gun. Identifiable players are Gord Rowland (97), Roger Savoie (62) and ex-Argo Rick Potter (80). The Winnipeg Blue Bombers had just won the 1958 Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35-28 at Empire Stadium in Vancouver.The Canadian Press
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Image from the 1959 Grey Cup that featured the Hamilton Tiger-Cats versus Winnipeg Blue Bombers.HARRY MCLORINAN/The Globe and Mail
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Blue Bomber Leo Lewis carries the ball during play against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during the 1961 Grey Cup. Winnipeg won the game 21-14.James Fish/The Globe and Mail
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The nine young ladies who competed for the title of Miss 1962 Grey Cup.
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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats battle the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a fog-filled Exhibition Stadium in Toronto prior to stopping of the 1962 Grey Cup game on Saturday. Play resumed on Sunday and Winnipeg won its fourth national title in five years 28-27.Boris Spremo/The Globe and Mail
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On the second day of delayed game, ball is deflected past outstretched hands of Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Dave Viti (73) by Nick Miller (24) who made diving save for Winnipeg. The Bombers edged Hamilton 28-27, clinching their fourth national title in five years and almost 25 hours after the game had begun in fog shrouded Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.James Fish/The Globe and Mail
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Quarterback Joe Zuger of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats admires the Grey Cup as he puffs a cigar to celebrate the Ti-Cats' 22-16 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the east-west annual classic held at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.The Canadian Press
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Saskatchewan ball carrier, Al Ford (21), is smothered by four belligerent Hamilton tacklers. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats overwhelmed the Saskatchewan Roughriders 24-1 at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa to win the 1967 Grey Cup.James Fish/The Globe and Mail
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Peter Liske (14) leaves ground to get off pass while surrounded by Wayne Giardino (21) Marshall Shirk (53) and Gerry Campbell (54) of Ottawa's rugged defence. The Ottawa Rough Riders went on to defeat the Calgary Stampeders 24-21 during the 1968 Grey Cup game played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.James Fish/The Globe and Mail
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The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Sasktachewan Roughriders 29-11 in the 1969 Grey Cup.Barrie Davis/The Globe and Mail