Category: Canadian Football

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Canadian football (French: football canadien) is sometimes called 3-down football. It is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone).

In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have some key differences, both are sometimes referred to as grid-iron football in other English-speaking countries.

Rugby football in Canada originated in the early 1860s, and over time, the game known as Canadian football developed. Both the Canadian Football League (CFL), the sport's top professional league, and Football Canada, the governing body for amateur play, trace their roots to 1880 and the founding of the Canadian Rugby Football Union.

The CFL is the most popular and only major professional Canadian football league. Its championship game, the Grey Cup, is one of Canada's largest sporting events, attracting a broad television audience. In 2009, about 40% of Canada's population watched part of the game] in 2014, it was closer to 33%, peaking at 5.1 million viewers in the fourth quarter.

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Alton Baldwin 21 Feb 1923 Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States - 23 May 1994

Emery Barnes 15 Dec 1929 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 01 Jul 1998

Melvin Becket abt 01 Jan 1929 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 09 Dec 1956

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James Cain 01 Oct 1927 Eudora, Chicot, Arkansas, United States - 05 Oct 2001

John Carlos 1940s

Alexander (Chorostkowski) Carson 26 Oct 1923 Niżborg Nowy, Husiatyn, Poland - 03 Aug 1981

Henry Cotton abt 1877 Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada - 01 May 1900

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Burke Dales 16 Feb 1977 Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - 06 Jan 2024

Mario DeMarco abt 24 Jul 1924 Boonton, Morris, New Jersey, United States - 09 Dec 1956

Thadeus Dushinski 10 Nov 1943 Ituna, Ituna Bon Accord No. 246, Saskatchewan, Canada - 24 Oct 2005

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Samuel Etcheverry 20 May 1930 Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States - 29 Aug 2009

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Carrol Harris 04 May 1938 Hampton, Calhoun, Arkansas, United States - 04 Jun 2015

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Calvin Jones abt 07 Feb 1933 Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States - 09 Dec 1956

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Joseph Krol 20 Feb 1919 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada - 16 Dec 2008

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Johnny Manziel 1990s

Clarence McHan 16 Dec 1932 Lake Village, Chicot, Arkansas, United States - 23 Nov 1988

William Merritt 08 Jun 1855 St. Catharines, Lincoln, Canada West - 26 Oct 1918

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Douglas Nagle 05 Apr 1933 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada - 11 Apr 1997

Danny Nykoluk 16 Jun 1933 - 29 Jul 2016

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David Ritchie 03 Sep 1938 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States - 09 Mar 2024

Tobin Rote 18 Jan 1928 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States - 27 Jun 2000

Ernest Russell 21 Oct 1883 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 23 Feb 1963

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Richard Stubler 04 Aug 1949 Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, United States - 27 Aug 2023

Gordon Sturtridge abt 1929 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 09 Dec 1956

Ray Syrnyk 25 Aug 1933 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada - 09 Dec 1956

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Travis Tidwell 05 Feb 1925 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States - 01 Jul 2004

Andrew Tommy 24 Dec 1911 Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada - 23 Apr 1972

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Hawley Welch 12 Dec 1907 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada - 15 May 1979

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