The CFL Alumni Association Legends Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/11/2012
What a great find is this neat 1940 Ottawa Rough Riders combo program / schedule / guide. The program comes in a 4 1/4" x 6" folder which, when opened, reveals on the inside back the complete roster of the Ottawa Rough Riders. It gets better when you unfold the accordion-style pages (10) which features 31 photos of the Riders players from 1940 and their I.R.F.U. schedule for 1940. The 1940 Ottawa Rough Riders won the Grey Cup which was played as a two-game series with the first game played on November 30, 1940, before 4,998 fans at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. The second game was played on December 7, 1941, with cold weather and snow contributing to a small attendance of 1,700 fans, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. This two-game series format was set up as a result of the Canadian Rugby Union disallowing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers the right to play in the title game due to a rule dispute. Consequently, what would have been the Eastern Final game became a two-game Grey Cup series. The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers by a total-points score of 20 to 7. The program folder exhibit light surface wear and has a few creases, the inside accordion-style pages are nice and clean. A great vintage Ottawa Rough Riders piece of memorabilia.
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