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8 GREY CUP PLAYBOOK SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2015 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS GREY CUP HISTORY UTBEFCBUFUIBUTCFFOHPJOHPOGPSOFBSMZ BTMPOHBTUIFHBNFJUTFMGoXIJDI(SFZ$VQ NBUDIVQSBOLTBTUIFCFTUJO$'-IJTUPSZ 'PPUCBMMGBOTJOUIJTDPVOUSZDFSUBJOMZIBWF QMFOUZUPDIPPTFGSPNBTUIFMFBHVFQSFQBSFT UPIPTUUIFSE(SFZ$VQBU8JOOJQFHT*OWFTUPST (SPVQ'JFME4UJMMDIPPTJOHKVTUPOFXJOOFSJTOFBSMZ BTEJóDVMUBTUSZJOHUPUBDLMF1JOCBMM$MFNPOT XJUICPUIIBOETUJFECFIJOEZPVSCBDL 5IBUTXIZXFBTTFNCMFEBQBOFMPGFYQFSUT 3JDL#SPXOMFF4QPSU)FSJUBHF.BOBHFSBU 4QPSU.BOJUPCB#PC*SWJOHMPOHUJNFWPJDFPG UIF8JOOJQFH#MVF#PNCFSTGPS$+0#BOE SFTQFDUFEGPPUCBMMXSJUFS&E5BJUPGUIF8JOOJQFH 'SFF1SFTTUPTIBSFUIFJSUIPVHIUTPOTPNF PGUIFNPTUNFNPSBCMFDIBNQJPOTIJQHBNFTJO UIFIJTUPSZPG&BSM(SFZTQSJ[FETJMWFSDIBMJDF 1909 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 26 - TORONTO PARKDALE 6 What would a roundup of the most memorable Grey Cup games of all time be without a look back at the very first one? Toronto Varsity were considered heavy favourites against Parkdale after going a perfect 8-0 in the regular season. Brownlee says today's football fans likely wouldn't recognize the game that was played that day at Rosedale Field as it was a cross between rugby and North American-style football. "It was much different than what we are used to now," he says. "It would have been a lot of running and laterals and bodies squishing together to stop people from going forward." 1935 WINNIPEG PEGS 18 - HAMILTON TIGERS 12 The 'Pegs, who would later be dubbed the Blue Bombers by legendary sportswriter Vince Leah, were the first team from Western Canada to win a Grey Cup. Prior to this game Western teams had been outscored 236- 29 by their Eastern rivals in 10 previous Grey Cup meetings. The 'Pegs were led by the likes of Fritz Hanson, who had over 300 yards in punt returns, quarterback Bob Fritz and receiver Bud Marquardt. Brownlee says Winnipeg's win over Hamilton went a long way in putting the city on the national sporting map. "It showed we were not just a bunch of country bumpkins coming in and getting knocked down. It proved we were a force to be reckoned with." 1962 WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 28 - HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 27 Dubbed the Fog Bowl, this game might rank as the best Grey Cup never seen. Commissioner G. Sydney Halter was forced to suspend the game with 5:31 remaining in the fourth quarter after a thick fog rolled into Exhibition Stadium in Toronto and poor visibility made it impossible to continue. Action resumed the following day and the Bombers held on for a 28-27 victory. "It really is (timeless)," Brownlee says. "The game had been played in some awful conditions before but nothing like this. If you can't see you can't play and that's basically what happened." (The Fog Bowl was one of two championships played over two days: In 1940, the Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto's Balmy Beach played a two-game points match: The Riders took Game One during a snowstorm in Toronto and clinched the victory at the rematch in Ottawa the following week.) 1977 MONTREAL ALOUETTES 41 - EDMONTON ESKIMOS 6 This game was as much about footwear as it was about football. A blizzard hit Montreal two days prior to the game and the field at Olympic Stadium was coated in ice. A number of Als players, led by defensive back Tony Proudfoot, put staples into the bottom of their shoes to gain traction. It worked as the Als led from the opening quarter to the final whistle. "It's become even more infamous since that day because more and more people have come out and said, 'I cheated too,' " says Tait, a lifelong CFL fan who has covered more than 20 Grey Cups. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES Great moments in Grey Cup championships By Jim Timlick for the Winnipeg Free Press 1962 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers Leo Lewis (29) runs the ball as Hamilton Tiger-Cats John Barrow (61) and Tim Reid (24) go in for the tackle during the Grey Cup final in Toronto, on Dec. 1, 1962. THE CANADIAN PRESS/The Hamilton Spectator 2009 - Montreal Alouettes Shea Emry hoists the Grey Cup after the Alouettes beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 to win the 97th Grey Cup in Calgary, Sunday November 29, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld 1909 - The University of Toronto Seniors, who won the first Grey Cup. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Football Hall of Fame Archives