The Grey Cup, donated in 1909 by Earl Grey, is the oldest trophy in all of football and the second-oldest in all of professional sports. It was originally designed to be a hockey trophy, but became the prize for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada.
This sterling silver trophy stands 33 inches high and is mounted on a base of black-lacquered aluminum to which engraved silver plates are added. The Cup itself is 13 inches high.
It was originally open to teams registered with Canadian Rugby Union. Since 1954, only teams from the Canadian Football League have competed for the Grey Cup. Every Canadian team has won the Cup at least twice.
The Grey Cup itself has had an exciting history. In 1947, the Toronto Argonaut Club House was ravaged by fire. When the smoke cleared, many other valuable trophies had melted, but the Grey Cup, found hooked on a nail to a smoldering wall, miraculously survived.
In 1964, the British Columbia Lions checked out of their hotel and left the cup behind. A team official hurried back to get it.
In 1966 and 1969, the Cup was stolen. In '66, it vanished in Hamilton, Ontario, and police recovered it within the week. No explanation was provided regarding its captors or its whereabouts. In 1969, three weeks before Christmas, the trophy disappeared from a display case in Landsdowne Park in Toronto. Two months later, police got a tip about a key in a designated phone booth. The key opened a locker in the Royal York Hotel, where they found the Cup. Soon after, the CFL had a duplicate Cup made -- just in case.
WINNERS BY CITY
Toronto: .. .. ..19
Hamilton: .. .. ...14
Edmonton: .. .. ...11
Winnipeg: .. .. ...10
Ottawa: .... .. ....9
Montreal: .. .. ....6
Calgary: ... .. ....3
Kingston: .. .. ....3
Sarnia: .. . .. ....3
Vancouver: . .. ....2
Regina: .. . .. ....2
GREY CUP MVPs
1993 -- Damon Allen, QB, Edmonton
1992 -- Doug Fluitie, QB, Calgary
1991 -- Raghib Ismail, WR, Toronto
1990 -- Offense: Tom Burgess, QB, Winnipeg
Defense: Greg Battle, LB, Winnipeg
1989 -- Offense: Kent Austin, QB, Saskatchewan
Defense: Chuck Klingbeil, DT, Saskatchewan
1988 -- Offense: James Murphy, WR, Winnipeg
Defense: Michael Gray, DT, Winnipeg
1987 -- Offense: Damon Allen, QB, Edmonton
Defense: Stewart Hill, DE, Edmonton
1986 -- Offense: Mike Kerrigan, QB, Hamilton
Defense: Grover Covington, DE, Hamilton
1985 -- Offense: Roy Dewalt, QB. B.C.
Defense: James Parker, DE, B.C.
1984 -- Offense: Tom Clements, QB, Winnipeg
Defense: Tyrone Jones, LB, Winnipeg
1983 -- Offense: Joe Barnes, QB, Toronto
Defense: Carl Brazley, DB, Toronto
1982 -- Offense: Warren Moon, QB, Edmonton
Defense: Dave Fennell, DT, Edmonton
1981 -- Offense: J.C. Watts, QB, Ottawa
Defense: John Glassford, LB, Ottawa
1980 -- Offense: Warren Moon, QB, Edmonton
Defense: Dale Potter, LB, Edmonton
1979 -- Offense: David Green, RB, Montreal
Defense: Tom Cousineau, LB, Montreal
1978 -- Offense: Tom Wilkinson, QB, Edmonton
Defense: Dave Fennell, DT, Edmonton
1977 -- Offense: Sonny Wade, QB, Montreal
Defense: Glen Weir, DT, Montreal
1976 -- Offense: Tom Clements, QB, Ottawa
Defense: Cleveland Vann, LB, Saskatchewan
1975 -- Offense: Steve Ferrughelli, RB, Montreal
Defense: Lewis Cook, DB, MOntreal
1974 -- Offense: Sonny Wade, QB, Montreal
Defense: Junior Ah You, DE, Montreal
1973 -- Charlie Brandon, DE, Ottawa
1972 -- Chuck Ealey, QB, Hamilton
1971 -- Wayne Harris, LB, Calgary
1970 -- Sonny Wade, QB, MOntreal
1969 -- Russ Jackson, QB, Ottawa
1968 -- Vic Washington, RB, Ottawa
1967 -- Joe Zuger, QB, Hamilton
1962 -- Leo Lewis, RB, Winnipeg
1961 -- Ken Ploen, QB, Winnipeg
1960 -- Ron Stewart, RB, Ottawa
1959 -- Charlie Shepard, RB, Winnipeg
GREY CUP RESULTS
1993 -- Edmonton 33, Winnipeg 23
1992 -- Calgary 24, Winnipeg 10
1991 -- Toronto 36, Calgary 21
1990 -- Winnipeg 50, Edmonton 11
1989 -- Saskatchewan 43, Hamilton 40
1988 -- Winnipeg 22, British Columbia 21
1987 -- Edmonton 38, Toronto 36
1986 -- Hamilton 39, Edmonton 15
1985 -- British Columbia 37, Hamilton 24
1984 -- Winnipeg 47, Hamilton 17
1983 -- Toronto 18, British Columbia 17
1982 -- Edmonton 32, Toronto 16
1981 -- Edmonton 26, Ottawa 23
1980 -- Edmonton 48, Hamilton 10
1979 -- Edmonton 17, Montreal 9
1978 -- Edmonton 20, Montreal 13
1977 -- Montreal 41, Edmonton 6
1976 -- Ottawa 23, Saskatchewan 20
1975 -- Edmonton 9, Montreal 8
1974 -- Montreal 20, Edmonton 7
1973 -- Ottawa 22, Edmonton 18
1972 -- Hamilton 13, Saskatchewan 10
1971 -- Calgary 14, Toronto 11
1970 -- Montreal 23, Calgary 10
1969 -- Ottawa 29, Saskatchewan 11
1968 -- Ottawa 24, Calgary 21
1967 -- Hamilton 24, Saskatchewan 1
1966 -- Saskatchewan 29, Ottawa 14
1965 -- Hamilton 22, Winnipeg 16
1964 -- British Columbia 34, Hamilton 24
1963 -- Hamilton 21, British Columbia 10
1962 -- Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27
1961 -- Winnipeg 21, Hamilton 14
1960 -- Ottawa 16, Edmonton 6
1959 -- Winnipeg 21, Hamilton 7
1958 -- Winnipeg 35, Hamilton 28
1957 -- Hamilton 32, Winnipeg 7
1956 -- Edmonton 50, Montreal 27
1955 -- Edmonton 34, Montreal 19
1954 -- Edmonton 26, Montreal 25
1953 -- Hamilton 12, Winnipeg 6
fTC 1952 -- Toronto 21, Edmonton 11
1951 -- Ottawa 21, Saskatchewan 14
1950 -- Toronto 13, Winnipeg 0
1949 -- Montreal 28, Calgary 15
1948 -- Calgary 12, Ottawa 71947 -- Toronto 10, Winnipeg 9
1946 -- Toronto 28, Winnipeg 6
1945 -- Toronto 35, Winnipeg 0
1944 -- Montreal Navy 7, Hamilton Wild 6
1943 -- Hamilton Wild 23, Winnipeg R.C.A.F. 14
1942 -- Toronto R.C.A.F. 8, Winnipeg R.C.A.F. 5
1941 -- Winnipeg 18, Ottawa 16
1940 -- Ottawa 8, Balmy Beach 2
-- Ottawa 12, Balmy Beach 5
1939 -- Winnipeg 8, Ottawa 7
1938 -- Toronto 30, Winnipeg 7
1937 -- Toronto 4, Winnipeg 3
1936 -- Sarnia 26, Ottawa R.R. 20
1935 -- Winnipeg 18, Hamilton 12
1934 -- Sarnia 20, Regina 12
1933 -- Toronto 4, Sarnia 3
1932 -- Hamilton 25, Regina 6
1931 -- Montreal 22, Regina 0
1930 -- Balmy Beach 11, Regina 6
1929 -- Hamilton 14, Regina 3
1928 -- Hamilton 30, Regina 0
1927 -- Balmy Beach 9, Hamilton 6
1926 -- Ottawa Senators 10, Toronto Univ. 7
1925 -- Ottawa Senators 24, Winnipeg 1
1924 -- Queen's Univ. 11, Balmy Beach 3
1923 -- Queen's Univ. 54, Regina 0
1922 -- Queen's Univ. 13, Edmonton 1
1921 -- Toronto 23, Edmonton 0
1920 -- Univ. of Toronto 16, Toronto 3
1916-19 -- No playoff games due to war
1915 -- Hamilton Tigers 13, Toronto R.A.A. 7
1914 -- Toronto 14, Univ. of Toronto 2
1913 -- Hamilton Tigers 44, Pardale 2
1912 -- Hamilton Alerts 11, Toronto 4
1911 -- Univ. of Toronto 14, Toronto 7
1910 -- Univ. of Toronto 16, Hamilton Tigers 7
1909 -- Univ. of Toronto 26, Parkdale 6
RECORDS
Highest attendance -- 68,318, Montreal vs. Edmonton at Montreal (1977)
Most points scored in one game by a team -- 54, Queen's Univ. vs. Regina (1923)
Most points combined scored in one game -- 83, Saskatchewan vs. Hamilton (1989)
Most total yards in one game by a team -- 656, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1954)
Most total yards combined in one game -- 1115, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1955)
Most points in one game, individual -- 23, Don Sweet, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1977)
Most yards rushing -- 171, Johnny Bright, Edmonton vs. Montreal (1956)
L Longest run -- 80, Vic Washington, Ottawa vs. Calgary (1968)
Most passes completed -- 34, Danny Barnett, Calgary vs. Toronto (1991)
Most yards passing -- 508, Sam Etcheverry, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1955)
Most touchdown passes -- 4, Russ Jackson, Ottawa vs. Saskatchewan (1969)
Most pass receptions -- 13, Red O'Quinn, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1954)
Most receiving yards -- 316, Red O'Quinn, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1954)
Longest pass reception -- 90, Red O'Quinn from Etcheverry, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1954); Paul Dekker from Faloney, Hamilton vs. Winnipeg (1961)
Most interceptions -- 4, Sam Etcheverry, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1956); Bruce Lemmerman, Edmonton vs. Montreal (1977)
Most total offense -- 316, Red O'Quinn, Montreal vs. Edmonton (1954)
Longest punt -- 87, Alan Ford, Saskatchewan vs. Hamilton (1967)
Most sacks -- 4, Tyrone Jones, Winnipeg vs. Hamilton (1984)