The annual Grey Cup Football Trophy will be played for between the Western Davison Champions, the Calgary Stampeders, and the Eastern Division Champions, the Toronto Argonauts, on Sunday in Toronto.
The trophy is 100 years old this year. It was Earl Grey, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, who commissioned and donated the trophy, which bears his name.
In the spirit of promoting Canadian sports and culture, Lord Grey first intended to donate a trophy for the senior amateur hockey championship in Canada. But Sir Hugh Andrew Montagu Allan beat him to it, and today the Allan Cup continues to serve that role. Not to be deterred from making a name for himself in Canadian sports, Lord Grey donated the Grey Cup as an annual award for the senior amateur football champions, in 1909.
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) holds many resources relating to the history of the Grey Cup. To learn more about the life and activities of Grey himself, you can consult the Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey fonds.
LAC is also pleased to feature footage of the first Grey Cup game in 1909 between two Toronto teams, the 1931 final; and the legendary “Mud Bowl” from 1950, on its YouTube channel.
Don’t forget to browse LAC’s football Flickr set at www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/sets/72157631613788649
You can visit the Canadian Hall of Fame and Museum at http://www.cfhof.ca
While there, you can visit the following websites –
Football Hall of Famers www.cfhof.ca/page/players
Grey Cup Winners www.cfhof.ca/page/grey_cup_winners
Research at the Museum www.cfhof.ca/page/researchrequest
The trophy is 100 years old this year. It was Earl Grey, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, who commissioned and donated the trophy, which bears his name.
In the spirit of promoting Canadian sports and culture, Lord Grey first intended to donate a trophy for the senior amateur hockey championship in Canada. But Sir Hugh Andrew Montagu Allan beat him to it, and today the Allan Cup continues to serve that role. Not to be deterred from making a name for himself in Canadian sports, Lord Grey donated the Grey Cup as an annual award for the senior amateur football champions, in 1909.
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) holds many resources relating to the history of the Grey Cup. To learn more about the life and activities of Grey himself, you can consult the Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey fonds.
LAC is also pleased to feature footage of the first Grey Cup game in 1909 between two Toronto teams, the 1931 final; and the legendary “Mud Bowl” from 1950, on its YouTube channel.
Don’t forget to browse LAC’s football Flickr set at www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/sets/72157631613788649
You can visit the Canadian Hall of Fame and Museum at http://www.cfhof.ca
While there, you can visit the following websites –
Football Hall of Famers www.cfhof.ca/page/players
Grey Cup Winners www.cfhof.ca/page/grey_cup_winners
Research at the Museum www.cfhof.ca/page/researchrequest
