The 1st

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 ...

was played on December 4, 1909, between the Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union champion University of Toronto Varsity Blues and the

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champion

Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club Toronto Parkdale was an amateur Canadian football and hockey club based in the Parkdale neighbourhood in the west end of Toronto. As a branch of the Parkdale Canoe Club established in August 1905, the club's hockey and football teams were nickna ...

. The University of Toronto won the game, 26–6. While the

Canadian Dominion Football Championship The Canadian Dominion Football Championship was awarded to the best amateur football team prior to the Grey Cup in 1909. Teams from the Ontario Rugby Football Union, Quebec Rugby Football Union, Interprovincial Rugby Football Union The East Div ...

had been contested since 1884, this was the first such game that was awarded a trophy. This was the University of Toronto's third Dominion Championship and their fifth appearance in the national championship game. This was Toronto Parkdale's first appearance in a Dominion Championship game. 1909 Grey Cup Champions

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U. of Toronto Varsity Blues (26) - TDs, Hugh Gall,

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; cons.,

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; singles,

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(8),

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(2). Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club (6) - TD, Tom Meighan; single,

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