Today we are marking the anniversary of the first Grey Cup Game ever played. The game was played at Rosedale Field in Toronto, Ontario. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues played against the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club. The University Club won the game by a score of 26-6. The Varsity Blues put the game away with 11 points in the fourth quarter. The Parkdale Club would return but not win the game in 1913. The Varsity Blues would return to the game the next two years and then again in 1920. They won the cup each time that they played. Although the game has returned to Toronto 44 times, the game would not return to Rosedale Field.
Today the game is played between members of the professional Canadian Football League. The latest game was played last Sunday at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta between the Montreal Alouettes and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Next years game will be played for an eighth time to BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, which recently hosted the Winter Olympic Games.
Tomorrow we will look at the opening of the MCI Centre in Washington, DC.
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