DCHP-1 Online

Grey Cup [< A.H.G. Grey, 4th Earl, 1851-1917]

• 1 the cup, first presented in 1909, awarded annually to the champion professional football team in Canada; also, the game played to decide the winner of this cup.

  • 1953  . . . its beloved Roughriders [have gone] to the Grey Cup finals accompanied by hundreds of loyal home town supporters. . . .
  • 1961  Football, or, more specifically, the Grey Cup game, gives bookmakers the most concentrated action of any Canadian sports event. . . .
  • 1963  Shortly after Nov. 30, this year, the Grey Cup will become unique in sports. It will be the first spectacle which will be able to advertise: "the only game ever played on land, sea, and in the air."

• 2 the festivities accompanying the Grey Cup game, together with the game itself.

  • 1964  . . . Grey Cup 1964 was a weak version of past blowouts.
  • 1964  . . . each year at this time there was a national gathering called the Grey Cup.