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The Grey Cup

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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 1909 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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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 1909 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 1909. Below I have listed every fifth grey cup winner from 1909 up until this year, 2005.

1909 - University of Toronto Varsity Blues (26-6) over the  Toronto Parkdale
1914 - Toronto Argonauts (14-2) over the  University of Toronto
1919 - Not held due to the Spanish Flu Pandemic
1924 - Queen's University Golden Gaels (11-3) over the  Toronto Balmy Beach
1929 - Hamilton Tigers (14-3) over the  Regina Roughriders
1934 - Sarnia Imperials (20-12) over the  Regina Roughriders
1939 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (8-7) over the  Ottawa Rough Riders
1944 - Montreal HMCS (7-6) over the  Hamilton Flying Wildcats
1949 - Montreal Alouettes (28-15) over the  Calgary Stampeder
1954 - Edmonton Eskimos (26-25) over the  Montreal Alouettes
1959 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (21-7) over the  Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1964 - B.C. Lions (34-24) over the  Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1969 - Ottawa Rough Riders (29-11) over the  Saskatchewan Roughriders
1974 - Montreal Alouettes (20-7) over the  Edmonton Eskimos
1979 - Edmonton Eskimos (17-9) over the  Montreal Alouettes
1984 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (47-17) over the  Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1989 - Saskatchewan Roughriders (43-40) over the  Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1994 - B.C. Lions (26-23) over the Baltimore Football Club
1999 - Hamilton Tiger-Cats (32-21) over the Calgary Stampeders
2004 - Toronto Argonauts (27-19) over the B.C. Lions

Amont the active teams here are the overall Grey Cup standings for most wins in the CFL:
 - Toronto Argonauts: 15 wins
 - Edmonton Eskimos: 12 wins
 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 10 wins
 - Hamilton Tiger-Cats: 8 wins
 - Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes: 5 wins each
 - British Columbia Lions: 4 wins
 - Saskatchewan Roughriders: 2 wins
 - Ottawa Renegades: 0 wins