Overview of the events of 1950 in Canadian football
The Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats merged to form the Hamilton Tiger-Cats . The Regina franchise officially changed their name to become the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday, April 1.
The WIFU allowed the third place team in the standings to be qualified for a playoff berth. The first professional playoff game was played at night under lights – Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Edmonton Eskimos . The 38th Grey Cup , nicknamed "The Mud Bowl", was held at Toronto 's Varsity Stadium with an attendance of 27,101.
Final regular season standings [ edit ] 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. Winnipeg gets a bye and will play in the WIFU Finals.
Note: All dates in 1950
The Edmonton Eskimos will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the WIFU Finals. Winnipeg won the total-point series by 67–35. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup game. Toronto won the total-point series by 35–21. The Balmy Beach Beachers will play the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern finals. Toronto won the total-point series by 35–19. The Argonauts will play the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers in the Eastern finals.
The Toronto Argonauts will advance to the Grey Cup game.
Quarterfinals Semifinals Grey Cup final IRFU Hamilton Tiger Cats 13-6 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 11-24 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 43 EAST ORFU Toronto Balmy Beach 13 ORFU Toronto Balmy Beach 17-18 ORFU Sarnia Imperials 11-10 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 13 WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 0 WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers WIFU BYE WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29 WEST WIFU Edmonton Eskimos 6 WIFU Edmonton Eskimos 24 WIFU Regina Roughriders 1
Grey Cup Championship [ edit ] The Argonauts defeated Winnipeg in what is now known simply as the ‘Mud Bowl ’.[ 1]
[ edit ] 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 , Montreal Alouettes HB – Ulysses Curtis , Toronto Argonauts HB – Bill Gregus , Hamilton Tiger-Cats HB – Edgar Jones , Hamilton Tiger-Cats E – Vince Mazza , Hamilton Tiger-Cats E – Bill Stanton , Ottawa Rough Riders FW – Rod Pantages , Montreal Alouettes C – Ed Hirsch , Toronto Argonauts G – Ray Cicia , Montreal Alouettes G – Vince Scott , Hamilton Tiger-Cats T – Herb Trawick , Montreal Alouettes T – Ralph Sazio , Hamilton Tiger-Cats QB – Al Dekdebrun , Toronto Argonauts HB – Carl Galbreath , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers HB – Virgil Wagner , Montreal Alouettes HB – Bob McFarlane , University of Western Ontario E – Keith Fisher , Sarnia Imperials E – Ralph Toohy , Montreal Alouettes FW – Johnny Chorostecki , Sarnia Imperials C – Dwight Follin , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers G – Fred Black , Toronto Argonauts G – Jack Carpenter , Hamilton Tiger-Cats G – Bruce Mattingly , Sarnia Imperials T – Oatten Fisher , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers T – Jack Kerns , Toronto Argonauts
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
QB – Jack Jacobs , Winnipeg Blue Bombers HB – Tom Casey , Winnipeg Blue Bombers HB – Al Bodine , Saskatchewan Roughriders FB – Mike King , Edmonton Eskimos E – Joe Aguirre , Winnipeg Blue Bombers E – Morris Bailey , Edmonton Eskimos FW – Bob Paffrath , Edmonton Eskimos C – John Brown , Winnipeg Blue Bombers G – Max Druen , Saskatchewan Roughriders G – Riley Matheson , Calgary Stampeders T – Glenn Johnson , Winnipeg Blue Bombers T – Buddy Tinsley , Winnipeg Blue Bombers QB – Lindy Berry , Edmonton Eskimos HB – Del Wardien , Saskatchewan Roughriders HB – Royal Copeland , Calgary Stampeders HB – Harry Hood , Calgary Stampeders FB – Ken Charlton , Saskatchewan Roughriders E – Ed Henke , Winnipeg Blue Bombers E – Rollin Prather , Edmonton Eskimos C – James W. Kynes , Saskatchewan Roughriders G – Gary Deleeuw , Winnipeg Blue Bombers G – Jim Quondamatteo , Edmonton Eskimos T – Bob Bryant , Calgary Stampeders T – Mike Cassidy , Saskatchewan Roughriders T – Don Durno , Edmonton Eskimos
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
QB – Gerry Tuttle , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers HB – Carl Galbreath , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers HB – Johnny Chorostecki , Sarnia Imperials DB – Jim Chaine , Windsor Rockets E – Andy Gilmour , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers E – Keith Fisher , Sarnia Imperials FW – Billy Haddleton , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers C – Dwight Follin , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers G – Bruce Mattingly , Sarnia Imperials G – Ross Taylor , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers T – Oatten Fisher , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers T – George Gilchrist , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
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