45th Grey Cup
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The 45th Grey Cup was the Canadian Football League's (CFL) championship game of the 1957 season. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32-7 at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.
This was the first Grey Cup game to be covered on coast-to-coast television.
The game is famous for a play in which Hamilton defensive back Ray Bawel intercepted a Winnipeg pass and raced unopposed for an apparent touchdown. As he passed the Winnipeg bench, however, Dave Humphrey, a Winnipeg fan who was standing in front of the Winnipeg bench, put his foot out and tripped Bawel. After the officials huddled together for a while to discuss the situation not covered by the rulebook, referee Paul Dojack assessed a penalty of half the distance to the goal line as a sort of compromise. As it turned out, the incident had little effect as Hamilton scored on the ensuing drive and the game ended in a 32-7 rout for Hamilton.[1][2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Maki, Allan. "Fifty years later, The Tripper returns to the scene of the crime", Globe and Mail, 2007-11-20. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ "1957 – The Tripper", Grey Cup Oddities, CFL.ca, 2007-11-21. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ Jones, Terry. "He's king of the zebras", Edmonton Sun, 2003-11-12. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
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