Canadian Football News in 1948

The

WIFU The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), its counterpart being the East Division. Although the CFL was not founded until 1958, the West Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagu ...

increased their games from 8 to 12 games per team. The

Hamilton Tigers The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1920 to 1925. The Tigers were formed by the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton intere ...

, formerly of the

IRFU The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) ( ga, Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ...

joined the ORFU, and the

Hamilton Wildcats The Hamilton Wildcats were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) from 1941 to 1947, and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) from 1948 to 1949. The team was formed ...

joined the IRFU on Friday, April 9. The Regina/Saskatchewan Roughriders and the

Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third-old ...

changed their team colours. The Roughriders adopted

green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...

and

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...

and the Stampeders reverted to

red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...

and white. In the

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

game, the Stampeders introduced pageantry with saddle horses and chuck wagons as they defeated the

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

12–7 to win their first Grey Cup.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points'' *Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

Grey Cup playoffs

''Note: All dates in 1948''

FINALS

*''Calgary won the total-point series by 21–10. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup game.'' *''Hamilton won the total-point series by 39–1. The Tigers will play the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Eastern Finals.'' *''Ottawa won the total-point series by 34–28. The Rough Riders will play the Hamilton Tigers in the Eastern Finals.''

Eastern Finals

*''The Ottawa Rough Riders will advance to the Grey Cup game.''

Playoff Bracket

Grey Cup Championship

It was the first Grey Cup win for Calgary after the team became the first (and still only) team to go undefeated in the regular season and playoffs.

1948 Eastern (Interprovincial Rugby Football Union) All-Stars

''NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.'' *QB –

Bob Paffrath Robert William Paffrath (July 3, 1918 – May 21, 2005) was an American former professional football player who was a halfback. He played for the Miami Seahawks and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference, for the Ottawa ...

, Ottawa Rough Riders *HB –

Howie Turner Howard "Touchdown" Turner (October 13, 1922 – November 2, 2004) was a Canadian football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1951. He previously played football for and attended North Carolina State ...

, Ottawa Rough Riders *HB –

Virgil Wagner Virgil Wagner (February 27, 1922 - August 22, 1997) was an award-winning, all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football halfback for the Montreal Alouettes. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame The Canadian Football Hall of ...

, Montreal Alouettes *HB –

Joe Krol Joseph "King" Krol (February 20, 1919 – December 16, 2008) was a Canadian gridiron football quarterback, running back, defensive back, and placekicker/ punter from 1942 to 1953 and 1955. Considered as possibly the most versatile player in Can ...

, Toronto Argonauts *E –

Bert Haigh Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Son ...

, Ottawa Rough Riders *E –

Ralph Toohy Ralph Toohy (October 6, 1926 – July 19, 1998) was a Grey Cup champion and all-star Canadian Football League player. He played offensive and defensive end. Toohy played football with Loyola High School, and later attended Colorado College. He ...

, Montreal Alouettes *FW –

Tony Golab Anthony Charles Golab, (January 17, 1919 – October 16, 2016) was a Canadian football halfback and flying wing who played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for 11 years with the Sarnia Imperials, ...

, Hamilton Wildcats *C – Don Loney, Ottawa Rough Riders *G – Eddie Michaels, Ottawa Rough Riders *G – Lloyd "Bronco" Reese, Montreal Alouettes *T –

Herb Trawick Herb Trawick (February 22, 1921 – September 16, 1985) was a professional Canadian football player and was the first African American to play professional Canadian football. Trawick spent his entire 12-year career as an offensive lineman and def ...

, Montreal Alouettes *T –

John Wagoner John Bryan Wagoner (June 7, 1923 – February 6, 2017) was a Canadian football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions co ...

, Ottawa Rough Riders

1948 Ontario Rugby Football Union All-Stars

''NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.'' *QB –

Frank Filchock Frank Joseph Filchock (October 8, 1916 – June 20, 1994) was an American gridiron football player and coach. As a consequence of a famous scandal regarding the 1946 NFL Championship Game, he was suspended by the National Football League (NF ...

, Hamilton Tigers *HB – Jack Harper, Hamilton Tigers *HB – Jack Stewart, Hamilton Tigers *DB –

Doug Pyzer Douglas Alexander Pyzer (October 8, 1923 – October 25, 2016) was a Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos. He won the Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of th ...

, Toronto Beaches-Indians *E – Verne Picard, Toronto Beaches-Indians *E – Danny DiFrancisco, Hamilton Tigers *FW – Gerry Walsh, Hamilton Tigers *C –

Jake Gaudaur Jacob Gill Gaudaur, Jr., (October 5, 1920 – December 4, 2007) was a Canadian Football League (CFL) player, executive, and commissioner. His 45-year career in Canadian football, including 16 years as the league's fourth commissioner (and its ...

, Hamilton Tigers *G – Don McKenzie, Toronto Beaches-Indians *G – Eddie Remigis, Hamilton Tigers *T – Pat Santucci, Hamilton Tigers *T – Lorne Parkin, Toronto Beaches-Indians

1948 Western (Western Interprovincial Football Union) All-Stars

''NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.'' *QB –

Keith Spaith Keith Spaith (April 8, 1923 – March 1, 1976) was a Canadian football player for the Calgary Stampeders from 1948 to 1954. Early life Spaith was born in Dinuba, California. He played college football with Saint Mary's College of California an ...

, Calgary Stampeders *HB – Don Hiney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers *HB – Ken Charlton, Saskatchewan Roughriders *HB –

Gabe Patterson Gabe Patterson (September 9, 1919 – October 26, 1991) was an American professional multi-sport athlete who played Canadian football and Negro league baseball. Career Patterson played high school football at Schenley High School in Pitt ...

, Saskatchewan Roughriders *FB – Paul Rowe, Calgary Stampeders *E –

Johnny Bell Johnny W. Bell (born June 15, 1965) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 23 from 2007 to 2016. He also served as the Majority Whip of the Kentucky House of R ...

, Saskatchewan Roughriders *E –

Woody Strode Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. Aft ...

, Calgary Stampeders *C – Chuck Anderson, Calgary Stampeders *G – Bud Irving, Winnipeg Blue Bombers *G – Bert Iannone, Calgary Stampeders *G – Dave Tomlinson, Calgary Stampeders *T –

Johnny Aguirre John Aguirre (born Juanito Aguirre; August 22, 1919 – November 2007) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1948. From 1948–50, Aguirre played 27 games with the Stampeders. Prev ...

, Calgary Stampeders *T – Mike Cassidy, Saskatchewan Roughriders

1948 Canadian Football Awards

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy The Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy is a Canadian football award recognizing the most outstanding football player of the Quebec Student Sport Federation (RESQ) The trophy was originally presented to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship ...

(IRFU MVP) – Eric Chipper (OT), Ottawa Rough Riders *

Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy The Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy is a trophy awarded to the Canadian Football League West Division's most outstanding player, chosen from the nominees from each team in the division. Either this trophy winner or the winner of the Terry Evanshen T ...

(WIFU MVP) -

(QB), Calgary Stampeders * Gruen Trophy (IRFU Rookie of the Year) - Keith English (E), Montreal Alouettes * Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) -

- Hamilton Tigers

References

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