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 Canadian Football League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The league's top trophy, the Grey Cup, was donated by Governor General Earl Grey in 1909 to the team winning the Senior Amateur Football Championship of Canada.
From the 1930s to the 1950s the two senior leagues of the CRFU (the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial Football Union) gradually evolved from amateur to professional leagues.
The two division champions then face each other in the Grey Cup, which is held on the 3rd or 4th Sunday of November.
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 Canadian Football League
By 1981 both divisions were playing 16 games in a fully interlocking schedule and the league had reached a peak of success.
The early 1980s appeared promising for Canadian football and the fortunes of the CFL appeared to be at an all-time high.
With the re-emergence of Montréal, the league returned to its traditional format of 4 teams in the east and 5 in the west, with Winnipeg shuttled westwards.
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 Canadian Football League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The leagues top trophy, the Grey Cup, was donated by Governor-General of Canada Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey in 1909 to the team winning the Senior Amateur Football Championship of Canada.
In 2002 the league expanded to nine teams with the Ottawa Renegades.
Although the Canadian Football League is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, the league competes with the American National Football League for the best players.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Sports-leagues/Canadian-Football-League.html   (561 words)

  
 Canadian Football League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From the 1930s to the 1950s the two senior leagues of theCRFU (the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial FootballUnion) gradually evolved from amateur to professional leagues.
In 1993 the league admitted its first U.S. franchise, adding the Sacramento Gold Miners in an attempt to broaden Canadianfootball's popular appeal and boost league revenues.
Although the Canadian Football League is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, the league competes with theAmerican National Football League for the bestplayers.
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 Football - Canadian League
The Canadian Football League can trace its roots back to a soccer game in Rugby, England in 1823 when a player named William Webb Ellis suddenly picked up the ball and started to run with it, only to be tackled by an opponent.
Effective with the 2002 season the league consists of nine teams, with the addition of a new team in Ottawa named the Renegades, as a member of the East Division.
Unlike American football, which only allows eleven men to be on the field, Canadian football requires twelve men to be on the field and only gives three chances to receive a first down.
www.theplayersforum.com /html/ftball_canada.html   (254 words)

  
 A History of Canadian University Football By R
In 1966 the league was officially called the MIAA football conference, in 1969 it became the Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (AIAA) football conference, in 1974, the Atlantic Univerisities Atheltic Association (AUAA) football conference and finally, in late 1999, Atlantic University Sport (AUS) football conference.
The oldest interuniversity football league was the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union (CIRFU) formed in late 1897 and commencing competition in 1898.
For the 1980 season, the OQIFC West Division was renamed the OUAA football conference, in 1997 the OUAA became simply Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and the football conference the OUA football conference.
www.ubishops.ca /gaiters/qufl/football-history-brief.htm   (1504 words)

  
 Canadian Football League biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Canadian Football League (French: Ligue Canadienne de Football) is a professional league located entirely in Canada that plays Canadian football.
In 1986 the Concordes were renamed the Alouettes to attract more fan support, however the team folded the next year.
In the days when sports teams were financed almost entirely by ticket sales the two leagues were on equal footing and the CFL could sign top U.S. college football stars such as Rocket Ismail and Heisman Trophy winners Doug Flutie and Johnny Rodgers.
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 Radicus Internet - Coverage of the Canadian Football League
The victory increased their commanding lead in the East Division to 12 points.
Crandell, who played collegiately at East Carolina, was 15-of-34 for 261 yards with two touchdowns and the costly interception.
Calgary's Allen Pitts is the league's all-time leader with 966.
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Born: September 30, 1908, in Paterson, New Jersey Died: June 29, 1984 Lew Hayman, often referred to as "the architect of Canadian football", was involved in the CFL for nearly 50...
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 Canadian Simulation Football League Rules and Regulations
The Canadian Simulation Football League (CSFL) is a computer-simulated professional football association, established for the enjoyment and enrichment of its participants.
The CSFL or the Canadian Simulation Football League, is an 16- team confederation of football teams playing a 16 game regular season (Plus 2 preseason and potentially 3 post season games), with 13 teams located in Canadian cities, and 3 teams in USA cities.
But we are in a sim league, so there has to be some cost/effect to the waiving of the clause.
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 Radicus Internet - Coverage of the Canadian Football League
MONTREAL (Ticker) -- The Montreal Alouettes advanced to the Grey Cup for the 12th time in their history with a 35-18 victory over the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL East Division final.
TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Toronto Argonauts advanced to the Eastern Division final for the first time in five years as Bashir Levingston sparked a comeback by racing 76 yards with a lateral in a 24-14 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The Alouettes have a bye in the first round of the CFL playoffs and will host the East Division final on November 17 at Olympic Stadium.
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 BigSoccer Boards - Canadian Football League
There hasn't been a Canadian QB to make a significant impact in the league in fifteen years.
Canadian Universities don't really offer athletic scholarships, not that higher education is very expensive in Canada, so any HS player who really stands out would probably go to a US school.
Since there are 400+ schools in Division 1 alone, and less than 100(?) football schools in the CIS, you're going to find that the American quarterbacks outnumber their Canadian counterparts by a significant margin.
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 Canadian Football League
In both, the "W" slants towards the right, but the football is "flying" towards the front of the helmet.
The shell color has also supposedly changed to some degree, though the change was not noticeable in the two photographs I have seen of the new helmets.
During the 1960s, possibly as many as three (or more) different earlier versions of the "football ship" logo were used on white helmets; shown here is the only photograph of any of these that I have received so far.
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 Canadian Football League
The victory improved the Lions' best start in their 52-year history to 8-0 while the Ticats are slinking off to an 0-8 beginning to their season for the second time in three years.
This is the first season the league has named an Assistant Coach of the Year.
Foggie, in his first Arena Football coaching position, guided the expansion Dusters to league high 131 touchdowns and 55.8 points per game during the 2005 regular season.
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 Canadian Interuniversity Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
University Football in Ontario and Quebec from 1967 to 1980
Canadian Football in the Halifax and Nova Scotia 1940-1957
Physical education and athletics in Canadian universities and colleges: A statement of recommended policies and standards.
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 Y-File
Football is a man’s game played exclusively by men, coached exclusively by men and run (almost) exclusively by men, said the National Post Nov. 12.
But an exception is York alumna Erin Brooks (BA ’99), who planned to be with the Toronto Argonauts Sunday when they faced the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League’s East Division final.
She might need to have the game explained to her, the article said, if she is not too busy making sure that an Argo or two can make it on to the field.
www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=3607   (618 words)

  
 Hamilton Tigercats - CFL - Tigercats Football
We might have finished the year with a disgusting 1-17 record but throughout the second half of the year they started to resemble a football team for the 1st time all year.
The Canadian Football league also announced the Division nominees for the Rogers AT and T CFL Player Awards and rookie Tiger-Cat fullback JULIAN RADLEIN was honoured with the nomination as Outstanding Rookie in the East Division.
As Hamilton's 1st round pick (3rd overall) in the 2003 Canadian College Draft, the 23 year old UBC grad led the Tiger-Cats in touchdowns this season with a total of 7 as he carried the ball 53 times for a total of 153 yards.
www.tigercats-football.com   (212 words)

  
 A History of Canadian University Football By R
Kossuth, Robert S. The decline of English rugby and the rise of Canadian football in Halifax: 1930 - 1954.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 28(2), 9-10,40.
Stebbins, Robert A. Canadian football: The view from the helmet.
www.ubishops.ca /gaiters/qufl/football-history.htm   (5769 words)

  
 Canadian Football: Point Me to It!
Both leagues resumed competition in 1946 with the same four teams in the East and the original three in the West from Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary.
The Montreal Club withdrew from the League in 1987 and the Winnipeg Club was moved to the East to balance the two divisions at four teams each.
At the conclusion of the 1996 season the Ottawa Club membership was terminated, so for the 1997 season the League operated with eight Clubs, with Winnipeg again in the Eastern Division, which arrangement continued to the end of the 2001 season.
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 Alouettes roll, Blue Bombers blow up
On Opening Night of the 2001 Canadian Football League season, the two East Division finalists showed they are the team to beat in the East.
Two teams, two division finalists, one night to prove to everyone that they are the top contenders in the East Division.
One team, the Alouettes, set out to set a tone for the upcoming season, a season that has them as the favorites in their quest for an elusive Grey Cup.
www.buzzle.com /editorials/7-6-2001-3890.asp   (611 words)

  
 55 Yard Line - Fantasy CFL - Canadian Football League Fantasy Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Standings will be kept throughout the season to determine who the ultimate CFL fantasy team will be.
For a complete listing of the league rules and scoring system view the rules below.
Winners will be named and honored each week and there will be an overall winner at the end of the season.
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 Argonauts 40 Alouettes 13
 The win gave the Argos a 9-6 record, only one point back of the 9-5-1 Als in the battle for second place in the Canadian Football League East Division.
 "They are a good defensive football team, but we were shooting ourselves in the foot a lot in the first half," Argos quarterback Kerwin Bell said.
 Pringle also moved into fifth place on the league's career rushing list with 8,586 yards, passing Dave Thelen, who ran for 8,463 yards as a fullback with Ottawa and Toronto.
www.canoe.ca /Football98Games/oct12_mtl_tor.html   (665 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - East Hamilton
Edmonton Eskimos : other teams in the CFL : East Division: Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, professional Canadian football team and one of four teams in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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 Canadian Football League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Since 1954 it has been awarded only to professional teams.
After three seasons of American teams, the CFL returned to an all-Canadian format in 1996 with eight teams.
In the days when sports teams were financed almost entirely by ticket sales the two leagues were on equal footing, but in recent decades the advent of television revenue has allowed the NFL to far outspend the CFL.
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 Canadian Football League Players' Association - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
Canadian Football League Players' Association - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
The Canadian Football League Players' Association acts as a union representing the interests of the professional sports league's players in negotiations with the Canadian Football League.
Each of the league's teams (the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the West division, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Ottawa Renegades, Toronto Argonauts in the East division) elects two representatives to serve on the Board of Player Representatives.
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 Hamilton ./Montreal . Canadian Football League recap on ESPN
MONTREAL (AP) -- Ronald Williams plunged for a 1-yard touchdown with 1:37 left and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats beat the Montreal Alouettes 27-26 Sunday in the Canadian Football League's East Division championship game.
The Hamilton defense forced Montreal to turn the ball over on downs in the final minute, sending a sellout crowd of 19,461 home disappointed.
Williams also scored on 6- and 1-yard runs as Hamilton beat Montreal in the division final for a second year in a row.
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 deseretnews.com | Sports briefs
TSN.ca reported Wednesday night that Zholtok excused himself from a game and collapsed and died on the way to the locker room.
CAVILLO NOMINATED: Another year, another outstanding player award nomination for former Utah State quarterback Anthony Calvillo, as the Montreal Alouettes quarterback was named the Canadian Football League's East Division nominee for the award Tuesday for the third straight year.
He was a finalist to Winnipeg receiver Milt Stegall in 2002 before winning it last year over B.C. Lions quarterback Dave Dickenson.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595102969,00.html   (1044 words)

  
 Press release
– The STM recommends that fans use the métro to go see the last game in the Canadian Football League’s East Division finals this Sunday, November 14.
As ridership levels are usually much higher after such events, the STM also recommends fans purchase their return fare in advance.
The Tourist Pass is an ideal fare option for visitors wishing to take part in all the football related activities, as it provides unlimited travel aboard public transit for either a one-day ($8) or three-day ($16) period.
www.stcum.qc.ca /English/info/comm-04/a-co041111b.htm   (209 words)

  
 Robert's American Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
World League changes its name to increase the ties with its parent organization
Note: NFL and Arena Football agree to cross promotional efforts and that NFL owners may own Arena League franchises in their home cities.
AFL becomes a "minor league" feeder league much like NFL Europe for the NFL.
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