1957 in Canadian football

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1957 in Canadian football
IRFU championsHamilton Tiger-Cats
WIFU championsWinnipeg Blue Bombers
45th Grey Cup
ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
Seasons seasons
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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Grey Cup.

Canadian Football News in 1957[edit]

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[edit]

Final regular season standings[edit]

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 T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 10 4 0 250 189 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 8 6 0 326 237 16
Montreal Alouettes 14 6 8 0 287 301 12
Toronto Argonauts 14 4 10 0 274 410 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[edit]

Note: All dates in 1957

Semifinals[edit]

WIFU[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

WIFU[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

November 30

The 45th Grey CupToronto, Ontario

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1957 Grey Cup Champions

Canadian Football Leaders[edit]

1957 Eastern (Interprovincial Rugby Football Union) All-Stars[edit]

Offence[edit]

Defence[edit]

1957 Western (Western Interprovincial Football Union) All-Stars[edit]

Offence[edit]

Defence[edit]

1957 Canadian Football Awards[edit]

1957 Miss Grey Cup[edit]

  • Miss BC Lions Carol Lucas was named Miss Grey Cup 1957

References[edit]

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