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Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years

Author : Frank Cosentino

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 30,67 MB

Release : 2017-05-26

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1365981827

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Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years traces the first sixty years of the Grey Cup and its influence as a catalyst for the growth of football in Canada. Football moved from an occasion for competition among local teams, to inter-city and inter-provincial rivalries and eventually to the national scene. It began as a purely amateur sport and morphed into the Canadian Football League. Key elements in its growth are discussed: the rise of professionalism, rules of the game and the style of play as well as many of the defining moments and personnel of the era. The book stands alone as well as a lead-in to three other books on Canadian football by Cosentino: Closed Doors and Edmonton Crude, Gone South, and Home Again.



The Baltimore Stallions

Author : Ron Snyder

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 205 pages

File Size : 14,80 MB

Release : 2020-04-06

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1476678413

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Baltimore is home to some of the greatest football players ever to step onto the gridiron. From the Colts' Johnny Unitas to the Ravens' Ray Lewis, Charm City has been blessed with multiple championship teams and plenty of Hall of Fame players. Between the Colts and Ravens, a brief but significant chapter of Baltimore football history was written--the Stallions. Formed in 1994, they posted the most successful single season in the history of the Canadian Football League, when in 1995 they became the only U.S. team to win the Grey Cup. By 1996 the Stallions were gone, undermined by the arrival of the Ravens and the overall failure of the CFL's U.S. expansion efforts. Drawing on original interviews with players, coaches, journalists and fans, this book recalls how the Stallions both captured the imagination and broke the hearts of Baltimore football fans in just 24 months.



History of the Grey Cup

Author : Graham Kelly

Publisher :

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 38,6 MB

Release : 2012-11-01

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ISBN : 9781926677873

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In 1909, the cup was commissioned by Albert Grey, Canada's Governor General, and was awarded for the first time to the Univerisity of Toronto Varsity Blues. The trophy is a silver chalice mounted on a large base, which holds the names of all the players and staff of the winning team. It has survived fire, breaking and being stolen and held for ransom twice in its life so far.



End Zones and Border Wars

Author : Ed Willes

Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 27,34 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 9781550176148

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End Zones and Border Wars is the story of the CFL's ill-fated period of expansion into the United States during the early to mid- 1990s. It was a time filled with intriguing characters, from John Candy to Nick Mileti to Pepper Rodgers, the coach who loved everything about the Canadian game except the rules and the teams. With a cast of investors who are hopeful but unfamiliar with the game, bizarre stories emerge, from the Las Vegas Posse practising in the parking lot of the Riviera to the Shreveport Pirates camping out above a barn full of circus animals. The CFL's attempts to push the Canadian game into expanded territory brought both heartbreak and victory, with the 1994 Grey Cup victory of the BC Lions coming alongside the quick decline of every American club under low sales and resistance to new rules. The CFL survived these turbulent times to the harsh realization that it is a game for Canada alone, breaking through to a promising new era for the venerable institution.



Art Ross

Author : Eric Zweig

Publisher : Dundurn

Page : 396 pages

File Size : 32,79 MB

Release : 2015-09-12

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1459730429

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The first authorized biography of Art Ross, Hockey Hall of Famer, NHL founding father, and long-time member of the Boston Bruins. Though he last played the game nearly one hundred years ago, Art Ross remains connected with the greatest stars in hockey. Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky, and Sidney Crosby have all won the award that bears his name, the trophy given annually to the NHL’s top scorer. Ross himself managed just one goal during his NHL career; however, in the dozen years leading up to the formation of the NHL in 1917, he was one of the biggest stars in the game. After his playing career ended, Ross became one of the founding fathers of the Boston Bruins, holding the positions of coach, general manager, and vice president. He was one of the men most responsible for making the NHL a success in the United States, and was integral to the modernization of hockey. All these accomplishments led to him being one of the first players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Hockey historian Eric Zweig brings to life the early days of hockey. From the mining towns of Northern Ontario to the hallowed halls of Boston Garden, Art Ross was one of the biggest names in hockey over his six decades in the game.



Blue & Gold

Author : Bob Irving

Publisher :

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 41,79 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 9781894283595

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From the early days of Fritzie Hanson to the glory days of Bud Grant to the exciting operation of today, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have been one of Canada's most loved football teams. Well—known sports broadcaster Bob Irving has assembled a Who's Who of Winnipeg journalists to tell the story of this legendary team.



Goin' Deep

Author : Matt Dunigan

Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company

Page : 302 pages

File Size : 48,42 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781550174489

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"Put aside the fact that it ended my playing career, punched holes in my memory and put life as I knew it on indefinite hold, it wasn't that tough a hit." Thus begins Goin' Deep, Matt Dunigan's gritty, often startling memoir of his 14-year journey as a Canadian Football League quarterback, a career brought to a shattering halt on an afternoon in Hamilton in 1996 in a game he still cannot remember. It is a story that takes readers where football fans cannot go--down the stadium runway into the dressing rooms--where injury is a fact of life, injections can put agony on temporary hold, and the tough-minded live by the credo that "Pain is mind over matter. If you don't mind the pain, it doesn't matter." But Goin' Deep is more than a football story. The concussion suffered in that game against the BC Lions marked the end of Dunigan's brilliant Hall of Fame career in the no-quarter world of professional football--and the beginning of another journey still in progress, where some days start third-and-long and memories can be shrouded in a drifting, frustrating fog that may or may not clear. "You play the hand you're dealt," he says. "There are good days and bad days. Sometimes putting sentences together can be a struggle. Some days Kathy will say 'Remember when such-and-such,' and I can't. But these are my cards, and I'll play 'em." The way he's played and continues to play them as a TSN football CFL analyst makes Goin' Deep a riveting, heart-warming read.



Weird Facts about Canadian Football

Author : Stephen Drake

Publisher :

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 23,41 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Canadian football

ISBN : 9781897277263

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Weird Facts About the Canadian Football League. "The football they play is quirky too. That's what makes it unique. That's what makes it Canadian. And that's what makes it worth protecting." - Alison Gordon, Toronto Star * Known as the Crazy Football League in the 1990s, the CFL, in its long history as the oldest professional sporting league in North America, has had numerous outrageous and madcap moments on the field and in the boardrooms:* The Grey Cup was stolen from Lansdowne Park in Ottawa and held for ransom for two months before being returned safely* During World War II the CFL was about to shutdown when the Canadian military stepped up in an effort to boost morale; for three years non-civilian squads won the Grey Cup* The 1950 Grey Cup was called the "Mud Bowl" --at one point, fans in Toronto's Varsity Stadium thought a Winnipeg player lying face down in the ankle deep slush was drowning* Conditions were so bad in the " Fog Bowl" Grey Cup game of 1962 that the contest was played over two days* During the American expansion years in the 1990s, the short-lived Las Vegas Posse trucked in tons of sand and turf to hold their training camp in the parking lot of a sponsoring casino* In 1974, the minority liberal federal government introduced legislation to prevent the World Football League from expanding into Canada, and so the Toronto Northmen moved south of the border to become the Memphis Southmen* The 1957 Grey Cup was immortalized by the famous "Tripper" incident when fan on the sidelines stuck his leg out to take down a Hamilton player as he raced down the field after intercepting a Winnipeg pass (the tripper later went on to become an Ontario judge). And more...



The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia

Author : Tod Maher

Publisher :

Page : 632 pages

File Size : 48,40 MB

Release : 2013-05

Category : Football

ISBN : 9780983513667

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The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia is without question the most comprehensive resource on the rich history of the Canadian Football League ever published. This edition is updated to include the 2012 season and the historic 100th Grey Cup game. The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia goes beyond the players with game scores, historical highlights, standings, team statistics, all-time leaders and the records of the game's head coaches. It is a lineup that will satisfy any football fan. PRAISE FOR THE CANADIAN PRO FOOTBALL ENYCLOPEDIA "The authors have taken CFL research to a new level and added a long overdue and valuable resource to the recorded history of professional football in Canada. The attention to detail is extraordinary and has allowed us to strengthen our league's own historical records in too many ways to count. This is quite simply a must have for any fan of the history of the Canadian game." -Steve Daniel Head Statistician of the Canadian Football League "A well-researched encyclopedia of the Canadian Football League. The presentation is excellent and this voluminous work covers every aspect of the game. A must for any researcher or fan of the CFL." -Ken Crippen Executive Director of the Professional Football Researchers Association ABOUT THE AUTHORS TOD MAHER is an award-winning historian. He is the 2001 Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) recipient of the Ralph Hay Award for career achievement in professional football research. He is also a three-time winner of the PFRA's annual Nelson Ross Award. He is the co-author of The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia, The Pro Football Encyclopedia, The Pro Football Playoff Encyclopedia and several other books on the history of professional football. BOB GILL is a former newspaper editor who is the 1990 winner of the PFRA's Ralph Hay Award and a three-time winner of the Nelson Ross Award. He is also the author of Pro Football Trivia and the co-author of The Pro Football Encyclopedia, The Pro Football Playoff Encyclopedia and several books on the history of professional football.



Never Give Up on Your Dream

Author : Warren Moon

Publisher : Da Capo Press

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 20,96 MB

Release : 2009-07-21

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0786749644

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Inducted in 2006, Warren Moon is the only African-American quarterback in the NFL Hall of Fame. His path to success was neither easy nor assured. As a seven-year-old growing up in Los Angeles, he lost his father to alcoholism and helped his single mom raise six sisters. Playing football as a kid, coaches questioned whether, because he was black, he had the smarts to play quarterback. Repeatedly asked to switch to another position, Moon refused, knowing that he had both the ability and the intelligence. In college, he played at the University of Washington, beating the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. Undrafted by the NFL, he went to Canada and played for the Edmonton Eskimos, leading his team to five consecutive championships. In 1984, he signed with the Houston Oilers and played for the Oilers, Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings, and Kansas City Chiefs over his 17-year career. This is the triumphant story of how Warren Moon overcame all obstacles to become one of the Top 5 quarterbacks of all time.