1957 in Canadian football explained
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Grey Cup.
Canadian Football News in 1957
In March 1957, the CRU officially adopted a resolution allowing the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) to retain its constitutional right to challenge for the Grey Cup but left it up to the Western Interprovincial Football Union and the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union to decide when the ORFU had sufficiently improved its calibre of play.[1]
The Canadian Football Council (CFC) allowed interference to be legal up to third 5-yard stripe by eligible blockers.
The 45th annual Grey Cup game was televised live from coast to coast in Canada for the first time. TV rights brought in $125,000 for the CFC.
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.
- Edmonton and Hamilton both have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1957
Semifinals
WIFU
- Winnipeg won the total-point series by 28–16. The Blue Bombers will play the Edmonton Eskimos in the WIFU Finals.
IRFU
- The Alouettes will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the IRFU Finals.
Finals
WIFU
- Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–1. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup game.
IRFU
- Hamilton won the total-point series by 56–11. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup game.
Grey Cup Championship
Canadian Football Leaders
1957 Eastern (Interprovincial Rugby Football Union) All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Sam Etcheverry, Montreal Alouettes
- RB – Cookie Gilchrist, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- RB – Gerry McDougall, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
- E – Hal Patterson, Montreal Alouettes
- E – Menan Schriewer, Toronto Argonauts
- FW – Bobby Simpson, Ottawa Rough Riders
- C – Tommy Hugo, Montreal Alouettes
- OG – Dave Suminski, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OG – Larry Hayes, Ottawa Rough Riders
- OT – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
- OT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Defence
- DT – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DE – Pete Neumann, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DE – John Welton, Toronto Argonauts
- DG – Vince Scott, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DG – Larry Hayes, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Tommy Hugo, Montreal Alouettes
- LB – Tony Curcillo, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DB – Hal Patterson, Montreal Alouettes
- DB – Ralph Goldston, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DB – Bobby Kuntz, Toronto Argonauts
- S – Bobby Simpson, Ottawa Rough Riders
1957 Western (Western Interprovincial Football Union) All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Ken Ploen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- RB – By Bailey, British Columbia Lions
- RB – Gerry James, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- RB – Jackie Parker, Edmonton Eskimos
- RB – Johnny Bright, Edmonton Eskimos
- E – Jack Gotta, Calgary Stampeders
- E – Ernie Pitts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- C – Galen Wahlmeier, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Harry Langford, Calgary Stampeders
- OG – Ed Sharkey, British Columbia Lions
- OT – Dick Huffman, Calgary Stampeders
- OT – Roger Nelson, Edmonton Eskimos
Defence
- DT – Dick Huffman, Calgary Stampeders
- DT – Buddy Tinsley, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DE – Frank Anderson, Edmonton Eskimos
- DE – Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- MG – Art Walker, Edmonton Eskimos
- LB – Ed Sharkey, British Columbia Lions
- LB – Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- LB – Bobby Marlow, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB – Ted Tully, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB – Jack Gotta, Calgary Stampeders
- DB – Larry Isbell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- S – Oscar Kruger, Edmonton Eskimos
1957 Canadian Football Awards
1957 Miss Grey Cup
- Miss BC Lions Carol Lucas was named Miss Grey Cup 1957
Notes and References
- Book: The Calgary Herald. registration. 31. 1957 orfu.. 1974. The Calgary Herald. en.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CsExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rOIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6179%2C766480 Ottawa Citizen – Nov 4, 1957
- Web site: CFLapedia.
