The Grey Cup

The Grey Cup

Summary: The Grey Cup is the name of both the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy (Cup) that is awarded to the victorious team (The Grey Cup Winners). The Cup was donated in by the then Governor General of Canada, Lord Earl Grey. The cup was to be recognized to the top amateur rugby football team in Canada. At this time Canadian rugby had become extremely different from the rugby union football from which it originated. The Cup, over time, became the property of

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Article Body: The Grey Cup is the name of both the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy (Cup) that is awarded to the victorious team (The Grey Cup Winners). The Cup was donated in by the then Governor General of Canada, Lord Earl Grey. The cup was to be recognized to the top amateur rugby football team in Canada. At this time Canadian rugby had become extremely different from the rugby union football from which it originated. The Cup, over time, became the property of the Canadian Football League, which is known as the CFL. The CFL had evolved and become a professional league that played Canadian football. The university football teams compete now for the Vanier Cup. Recent changes in the league have brought about the consideration of changing the name of the Grey cup to the name of the current years corporate sponsor. Traditionalists of the CFL have openly objected the idea, stating that the Canadian Football league should not trade a historical and national treasure for shore term leage profit. So far the cup hasn't been renamed!

As I mentioned earlier the cup was first used in . Below I have listed every fifth grey cup winner from up until this year, .

- University of Toronto Varsity Blues (-) over the Toronto Parkdale - Toronto Argonauts (-) over the University of Toronto - Not held due to the Spanish Flu Pandemic - Queen's University Golden Gaels (-) over the Toronto Balmy Beach - Hamilton Tigers (-) over the Regina Roughriders - Sarnia Imperials (-) over the Regina Roughriders - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (-) over the Ottawa Rough Riders - Montreal HMCS (-) over the Hamilton Flying Wildcats - Montreal Alouettes (-) over the Calgary Stampeder - Edmonton Eskimos (-) over the Montreal Alouettes - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (-) over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats - B.C. Lions (-) over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats - Ottawa Rough Riders (-) over the Saskatchewan Roughriders - Montreal Alouettes (-) over the Edmonton Eskimos - Edmonton Eskimos (-) over the Montreal Alouettes - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (-) over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats - Saskatchewan Roughriders (-) over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats - B.C. Lions (-) over the Baltimore Football Club - Hamilton Tiger-Cats (-) over the Calgary Stampeders - Toronto Argonauts (-) over the B.C. Lions

Amont the active teams here are the overall Grey Cup standings for most wins in the CFL: - Toronto Argonauts: wins - Edmonton Eskimos: wins - Winnipeg Blue Bombers: wins - Hamilton Tiger-Cats: wins - Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes: wins each - British Columbia Lions: wins - Saskatchewan Roughriders: wins - Ottawa Renegades: wins