The 36th Grey Cup was played on November 27, 1948 before 20,013 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. The Grey Cup (in Coupe Grey is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team Varsity Stadium was a collegiate stadium primarily used for Canadian football, but occasionally playing host to Soccer and other events that was situated on the Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario
The Calgary Stampeders defeated Ottawa Rough Riders 12 to 7. The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa Ontario, founded in 1876
The game is remembered fondly for being the year in which Calgary fans brought pageantry to the Grey Cup as much as its was Calgary's first Grey Cup victory. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada The Grey Cup (in Coupe Grey is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team The Grey Cup (in Coupe Grey is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team Calgary fans created a party atmosphere by staging pancake breakfasts on the steps of City Hall, riding horses into the lobby of the pretigious Royal York Hotel, and starting parades, dances and parties everywhere. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada After the lean years during World War Two, Calgarians can take pride in reinvigorating the game and turning it into the national celebration that it remains.
Game Summary
The Calgary defence was able to stop the favoured Rough Rider drives at the 8, 10 and 22 yard lines and hold them scoreless. On one of these Ottawa had successfully faked a punt. On the next possession they ran the fake punt again but Howie Turner was stopped short and Calgary took over at their 46 yard line.
They quickly drove into Ottawa territory and scored on a sleeper play pass from Keith Spaith to Norm Hill in the end zone. This meant that Hill ran over to the far sidelines and flopped on the field, essentially hiding. Everybody in the stadium, excepting the Rough Riders on the field, saw this coming. Hill slipped before he had possession of the ball but he fell on his back and the ball dropped into his hands. Hill's score is sometimes called the "sit-down touchdown".
Bob Paffrath scored a touchdown for the Riders and they scored a single.
In the final quarter Ottawa's Pete Karpuk fumbled a lateral. Calgary's Woody Strode recovered and returned it to the Ottawa eleven yard line. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (born July 25, 1914, Los Angeles California; died December 31, 1994) was a decathlete and Karpuk did not attempt to recover his own fumble, believing that the whistle had blown. Pete Thodos scored the winning touchdown on an end rush that opened a large hole in the Ottawa defence.
Trivia
The sleeper play was made illegal in the CFL in 1961. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in
Calgary's line up was: Archie McGillis (Manager), Woody Strode, Dave Tomlinson, Johny Aguirre, Paul Rowe, Keith Spaith, Dave Berry, Chick Chikowsky, Bill Pullar, Harry Anderson, Jim Mitchener, Chuck Anderson, Rod Pantages, Jack McGill, Jack Grogan (Past President), Rube Ludwig, Bert Iannone, Harry Hood, Fritz Hanson, Normie Kwong, Tom Brook (President), Les Lear (Coach), Pete Thodos, Bill Wusylk, Cliff Kliewer, Dave Adams, Rudy Singer, Bob Leatham, Fred Wilmot, Frank Porteous (Trainer), Bill Sherriff (Equipment Manager), Norm Carter, Cedric Gyles, Norm Hill, Jim Dobbin, Harry Irving. Melvin "Fritz" Hanson (July 13 1914 in Perham Minnesota – February 14 1996 in Calgary, Alberta) was a Canadian Football League Norman Lim Kwong CM AOE (born Lim Kwong Yew, also known as Normie Kwong) (林佐民 Pinyin: Lín Zuǒmín born
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