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Royal Copeland (gridiron Football)
Royal Copeland (October 12, 1924 – August 8, 2011) was a Canadian football running back who played at the elite level from 1943 to 1956. Copeland won four Grey Cups with the Toronto Argonauts. Along with Joe Krol they were known as the ''Gold Dust Twins''. Copeland is the only player to score a touchdown in three consecutive Grey Cup games: 33rd Grey Cup, 1945, 34th Grey Cup, 1946, and 35th Grey Cup, 1947. He became a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1988. During the Second World War when the Argonaut football operations were suspended, Royal Copeland played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) in 1943 with Toronto Navy . 1924 births 2011 deaths Calgary Stampeders players Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian football running backs Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Players of Canadian football from Ontario Canadian football people from Toronto Toronto Argonauts players Ontario Rugby Football Union players Deaths from dementia in Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
