1957 in Canadian football

1957 in Canadian football
1957 in Canadian football
IRFU champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
WIFU champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
45th Grey Cup
Champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Seasons seasons
	← 1956 1958 →

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

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	2	0	475	142	28
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	4	0	406	300	24
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	221	413	12
BC Lions	16	4	11	1	284	369	9
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	3	12	1	276	438	7

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	250	189	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	8	6	326	237	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	287	301	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	274	410	8

**Ontario Rugby Football Union**^[2]
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
London Lords	12	8	2	2	320	110	18
Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen	12	8	3	1	280	153	17
Sarnia Golden Bears	12	6	5	1	367	169	13
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	12	0	12	0	35	570	0

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

Date	Away	Home
November 9	Calgary Stampeders 13	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13
November 11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 15	Calgary Stampeders 3

Winnipeg won the total-point series by 28–16. The Blue Bombers will play the Edmonton Eskimos in the WIFU Finals.

IRFU

Date	Away	Home
November 13	Montreal Alouettes 24	Ottawa Rough Riders 15

The Alouettes will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the IRFU Finals.

Finals

WIFU

Date	Away	Home
November 16	Edmonton Eskimos 7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19
November 20	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4	Edmonton Eskimos 5
November 23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17 (OT)	Edmonton Eskimos 2

Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–1. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup game.

IRFU

Date	Away	Home
November 16	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17	Montreal Alouettes 10
November 23	Montreal Alouettes 1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39

Hamilton won the total-point series by 56–11. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup game.

Playoff Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			45th Grey Cup

			1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	56 (17+39)
IRFU
			3	Montreal Alouettes	11 (10+1)
2	Ottawa Rough Riders	15

3	Montreal Alouettes	24
						I1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32

						W2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7



			1	Edmonton Eskimos	1 (7,5,2)
WIFU
			2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	2 (19,4,17)
2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28 (13+15)

3	Calgary Stampeders	16 (13+3)

Grey Cup Championship

November 30 The 45th Grey Cup – Toronto, Ontario
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1957 Grey Cup Champions

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

Most Outstanding Player Award – Jackie Parker (RB), Edmonton Eskimos
Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Gerry James (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Kaye Vaughan (OT/DT), Ottawa Rough Riders
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Dick Shatto (RB), Toronto Argonauts
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (WIFU MVP) - Jackie Parker (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
Gruen Trophy (IRFU Rookie of the Year) - Gary W.C. Williams (HB), Toronto Argonauts
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (WIFU Rookie of the Year) - Mike Lashuk (FB), Edmonton Eskimos
DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (WIFU Outstanding Lineman) - Art Walker (DE), Edmonton Eskimos
Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) - ???

1957 Miss Grey Cup

Miss BC Lions Carol Lucas was named Miss Grey Cup 1957

References

^ The Calgary Herald. The Calgary Herald. 1974. p. 31. 1957 orfu.
^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CsExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rOIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6179%2C766480 Ottawa Citizen – Nov 4, 1957
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[1] The Calgary Herald. The Calgary Herald. 1974. p. 31. 1957 orfu.

[2] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CsExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rOIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6179%2C766480 Ottawa Citizen – Nov 4, 1957

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