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Canadian Football History
Canadian Football HistoryAug 13, 2026
New Canadian Football League Kicks Off in Winnipeg, No Interlocking Schedule Just Yet
On August 14, 1958, the Canadian Football League played its first-ever game with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hosting the Edmonton Eskimos at Winnipeg Stadium. The new CFL was founded earlier in the year when the Canadian Football Council withdrew from the Canadian Rugby Union to become a completely separate entity, renaming itself the “Canadian Football...
1950s in Canadian FootballCFL
Canadian Football History
Canadian Football HistoryMar 11, 2026
1955 East-West Game a Success
In the 1950s, the Shriners organization sponsored an East-West all-star game featuring the best players of Canadian football. The game was played the week after the Grey Cup between all-stars from the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). The first such game was played on December 3, 1955, at...
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1950s in Canadian FootballCFL
Canadian Football History
Canadian Football HistoryOct 28, 2025
Getting Ready for the Grey Cup’s TV Debut
It’s September 1952 and a new technology - black and white television - is taking the country and much of the world by storm. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) entered the TV business with two flagship stations: CBFT in Montreal and CBLT in Toronto. Grey Cup Advertisement for Sweet Caps cigarettes in the Toronto Star...
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