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unusual facts about Canadian football


IFAF World Championship

Similarly, Canada (where Canadian football, a related sport, has widespread popularity) did not field a team until the 2011 competition, where the Canadian team finished second to the United States.


1941 American Football League season

At the beginning of the 1941 season, the Bullies accepted a challenge from the defending Western Interprovincial Football Union champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers for a three-game series; the Bombers had been banned from Grey Cup contention that year due to rules discrepancies between the WIFU and the other organizations playing Canadian football at the time.

1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Herb Gray was the WIFU nominee for CFL Most Outstanding Lineman Schenley Award, and won the award over Kaye Vaughan of the Ottawa Rough Riders.

American football strategy

In leagues where "onside punting" is legal (as of 2013, only Canadian football allows it), the pooch punt can be recovered by the kicking team, which has led to its occasional use as a surprise strategy (the XFL, which allowed onside punting if the ball went 25 yards or more, saw noticeable use of it).

Arland Bruce III

Arland Richard Bruce III (born November 23, 1977 in Olathe, Kansas) is a Canadian football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium

Built in 1970 when Civic Stadium was renovated to football only, it is named for former Hamilton police sergeant Bernie Arbour, who was the director of Hamilton youth baseball from 1948 to his death in 1967.

Bob Stephen

He joined the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1981 CFL season as a centre and played all five years of his professional career for the Riders.

Brandon Boudreaux

Brandon Alan Boudreaux (born June 26, 1989 in Auburn, Alabama) is a professional Canadian football defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.

Denis Whitaker

Whitaker's sports career was equally illustrious, beginning with captaincy of the RMC ice hockey and Canadian football teams.

Fair catch

The XFL removed the fair catch rule in an effort to make the game more "extreme." Canadian football and Arena football also do not have fair catch rules, with XFL and CFL preferring a five yard "no-yards" rule instead.

Hal Ledyard

After not being signed during the 1960 football season, Ledyard returned to the CFL in 1961 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, splitting playing time with Dick Thornton and future Canadian Football Hall of Famer Ken Ploen.

HMCS York

Some of the notable players and coaches associated with the team were: Royal Copeland, Steve Karrys, Bob Stewart and the coach Teddy Morris.

Jeff Bentrim

In Saskatchewan, he played third string quarterback behind Kent Austin and Tom Burgess.

Julian Feoli-Gudino

Julian Feoli-Gudino (born June 22, 1987, in San José, Costa Rica) is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

McGill Executive Institute

Recent guest speakers of note have included business leaders Daniel Lamarre, Larry Smith, Jim Cherry, Alan Allnutt, Paul Côté and Pierre Boivin.

Nine-man football

A similar nine-man modification of Canadian football is played on 100-yard fields (as opposed to the 110-yard standard field for that sport) by small schools in the province of Saskatchewan and has been proposed, but not yet adopted, in Alberta.

North Shore Lions

The North Shore Lions football organization is currently a member of the QBFL (Quebec Bantam Football League) operating in the West Island of Montreal, Canada.

Orville Lee

In his rookie year he racked up 1075 rushing yards to lead the CFL becoming only the fourth Canadian (Normie Kwong, Gerry James and Ron Stewart being the others) to accomplish that feat.

Patrick Kabongo

Watshidimba "Patrick" Kabongo (born June 27, 1979 in Kinshasa, Zaire) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman with the BC Lions.

Prechae Rodriguez

Against the Edmonton Eskimos on July 26, Richie Williams threw a pass to Rodriguez for 46 yards which helped Jesse Lumsden score a touchdown on the next play.

Quincy Stewart

Quincy Stewart (born March 27, 1978 in Tyler, Texas) is a former American football and Canadian football player.

Sherko Haji-Rasouli

Sherko Haji-Rasouli (born September 1, 1980 in Shiraz) is an Iranian professional Canadian football player who is currently a free agent.

Sinc McEvenue

Sinc McEvenue was a Canadian football coach who was the head coach of Toronto Argonauts in 1919 and 1921.

Solomon Elimimian

Solomon Elimimian (born October 21, 1986 in Calabar, Nigeria) is a Canadian football linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.

Steve Goldman

During his 13 years in the CFL, Goldman coached many successful quarterbacks, including Condredge Holloway, Tom Clements, Dieter Brock, Matt Dunigan, Damon Allen, and Tom Burgess.

SWX Right Now

Normal programming on SWX Right Now includes 4-minute weather briefs called "The Weather Authority" and sports segments titled "Sports Right Now." Live event programming includes local sports as well as select programming from America One (including CFL Football).

The Bachelor Canada

Brad Smith was born on October 2, 1983 in Hudson, Quebec by his parents, Larry Smith, a Senator, former CFL Commissioner, and former President and CEO of the Montreal Alouettes, and his mother Leesa Smith.

Tom Manastersky

Thomas Timothy Manastersky (March 7, 1929 – March 11, 2012) was a Grey Cup Champion Canadian Football League halfback and the youngest to ever play in the CFL.


see also

1925 in Canadian football

McGill coach Frank Shaughnessy introduced the huddle system to Canadian football.

1952 in Canadian television

29 November - CBLT Toronto presents the 40th Grey Cup game, the first time this Canadian football championship was televised.

1987 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

Angelo Mosca was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a player on, May 2, 1987.

2011 Pan American Games national flag bearers

Prominent flag bearers included Canadian football star Christine Sinclair, American rower Jason Read, Mexican archer Juan René Serrano and Brazilian table tennis player Hugo Hoyama, who is the all-time Pan American Games leader in total medals won for Brazil.

5-3 defense

A more modern variant are a series of defenses with 5 man lines, stemming from defenses Rich Ellerson was exposed to while coaching Canadian football.

Adrion

Adrion Smith (born 1971), American player of Canadian football and announcer

Andrew Green

Andrew Greene (born 1969), Canadian Football League offensive tackle

Benoit, Mississippi

Lavarus Lakeith Giles, professional American and Canadian football running back

Billy Booth

Billy Joe Booth (1940–1972), Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League

Blake Kessel

His brother, Phil Kessel, plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL), his sister Amanda Kessel plays for the United States women's national ice hockey team, his father played football for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, and his cousin, David Moss, plays for the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL).

Canadian Rugby Union

Football Canada, the governing body of amateur Canadian football in Canada, previously known as the Canadian Rugby Union from 1892 to 1967.

Cavil

Kwame Cavil (born 1979), Canadian Football League wide receiver

Churchill Cup

Commonwealth is also the home of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos.

Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, Baltimore

The Memorial Stadium was discontinued by the Colts when they moved to Indianapolis in 1984 and only briefly afterwards used by several other teams such as the Canadian Football League's Baltimore Stallions and the transferred NFL franchise Baltimore Ravens from Cleveland in 1996 to 1998 and also by the Orioles when Oriole Park at Camden Yards was built in 1992.

Daniel Barrett

Danny Barrett (born 1961), former Canadian Football League quarterback

Darche

J. P. Darche (born 1975), a retired American and Canadian football long snapper

David Knight

Tuffy Knight (born 1936), David "Tuffy" Knight, Canadian football coach

Dermoid cyst

Such is the case of Canadian Football League linebacker Tyrone Jones, whose teratoma was discovered when he blew a tooth out of his nose.

Douglas Brei

He has contributed to the Pro Football Encyclopedia, the PGA Tour Media Guide, the Archives of the Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Association for Professional Basketball Research, the American Soccer History Archives, the Canadian Football League Record Book, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Rochester Public Library, and the Rochester Museum and Science Center among others.

Evenson

Jim Evenson, running back who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League

Ferrone

Dan Ferrone (born April 3, 1958, in Oakville, Ontario) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League from 1981 to 1992.

Fog Bowl

50th Grey Cup, the 1962 Canadian Football League Championship Game won by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Gerald Brown

Jerald Brown (born 1980), American-born Canadian football player

Gino Cavicchioli

To the left of this paragraph is the portrait bust of football player Pinball Clemons created by Gino Cavicchioli, created for the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Induction 2008.

Grenfell Glen

Russ Jackson, the famous Canadian football player, used to live on Avonlea Road near the corner of Burnbank Street.

Heatly

Kenny Heatly (born 1982), American football player and player of Canadian football

Indians in Fiji

Bobby Singh, retired professional American and Canadian football guard

James McGee

James A. McGee, (1879–1904), Canadian football and ice hockey player

Joe Krol

Considered as possibly the most versatile player in Canadian football history as a triple-threat to pass, run, and kick, he was one of Canada's greatest athletes and also famously known as a "Gold Dust Twin" for his teamwork with Royal Copeland.

Jonte

Jonté Buhl (born 1982), a professional Canadian football cornerback free agent

Kabongo

Patrick Kabongo (born June 27, 1979 in Kinshasa, Zaire), an offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League

Kendial Lawrence

Kendial Lawrence (born April 13, 1991) is an American football running back who is currently playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League.

Kohon

Mark Cohon (born 1966), Canadian Football League's 12th Commissioner

Matthew Kirk

:For the Canadian football player, see Matt Kirk.

McKinnis

Hugh McKinnis (born 1946), American football player and Canadian football player

Michael Wadsworth

Mike Wadsworth (1943–2004), Canadian football defensive linesman

Neil Taylor

Piffles Taylor (1893/4-1946), Canadian World War I pilot, Canadian football player, coach, and executive

Parenteau

Marc Parenteau (born 1980), professional Canadian football offensive lineman

Sam Abbott

Sam Abbott was a Grey Cup champion Canadian football player and a sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War Two .

Taylor Field

Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan, the home field of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League

Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831

Also killed was Charles Stone of Montreal, a former co-owner of the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Montreal Alouettes; his death occurred during the CFL's Grey Cup week in Vancouver.

Trawick

Herb Trawick (1921–1985), American player of Canadian football

Van der Jagt

Mike Vanderjagt (born 1970), Canadian football player and American football player

Wayne Smith

Wayne A. Smith (born 1979), Canadian football offensive lineman

Western Football Conference

Canadian Football League West Division, one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League

Willie Middlebrook

:Not to be confused with American & Canadian football player Willie Middlebrooks