20 Facts About Grey Cup

Grey Cup is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football.

The Grey Cup has been broken on several occasions, stolen twice, and held for ransom.

Grey Cup was first won by the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

Grey Cup instead offered an award for the Canadian amateur rugby football championship beginning in 1909.

Grey Cup initially failed to follow through on his offer; the trophy was not ordered until two weeks prior to the first championship game.

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The University of Toronto failed to reach the 1912 Grey Cup, which was won by the Hamilton Alerts over the Argonauts.

Competition for the Grey Cup was limited to member unions of the CRU, the champions of which petitioned the league body for the right to challenge for the national championship.

Grey Cup play was expected to be suspended along with the unions; however, the military felt the game and sport would serve as a morale booster and organized teams at bases across the country.

Grey Cup placed the ball half the distance to the Winnipeg goal line from the point Bawel was tripped.

The 55th Grey Cup, played at the end of the 1967 CFL season, was held in Ottawa as part of celebrations to mark 100 years of Confederation.

The Grey Cup itself was later cancelled in August along with the 2020 CFL season, which was the first year that the Grey Cup was not contested since 1919.

Many other trophies and artifacts in the clubhouse melted or were damaged beyond repair but the Grey Cup survived by catching onto a nail attached to a surviving wall when the shelf upon which it sat collapsed.

Grey Cup has been stolen on two occasions: it disappeared for three days in 1967 when it was taken from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a prank, and in December 1969 it was stolen from the offices of the Ottawa Rough Riders at Lansdowne Park.

Current design of the Grey Cup's base was introduced in 1987, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the first Grey Cup championship.

Similar to the more famous Stanley Grey Cup used exclusively today by the NHL, members of the winning teams are allowed time to celebrate with the trophy in their own fashion, often taking it to their home towns or tours in locations across Canada.

Grey Cup received the pass from quarterback Keith Spaith while still on his back.

The Calgary Grey Cup Committee maintains the tradition of organizing a pancake breakfast at each year's championship.

Toronto Argonauts have won the most Grey Cup championships, followed by the Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers .

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have the most losses in Grey Cup play, including five consecutive losses between 1928 and 1932.

The Grey Cup continues to be one of Canada's most-viewed sporting events.