by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
During his playing career, Eagle Keys was selected to three all-star teams, and played on two grey cup winning teams in 1949 and 1954. Keys is often remembered for his final game, the 1954 Grey Cup because he played it with a broken bone in his knee. After Keys’...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Ed Henick was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on December 10, 1927. His passion was to help young men enjoy the same experiences he had in the game of Canadian football beginning with high school football at Bedford Road in Saskatoon. Henick joined the Saskatoon...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Wilfrid (Billy) Hughes began coaching at Montreal’s Westhill High School and led the team to an interscholastic championship. In 1922 Hughes was asked to take over the coaching position at Queen’s. He taught the team some fundamentals and a few new plays, and they...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
John (Jake) Ireland was a CFL official for 555 games which lasted 30 seasons. Ireland’s first game as a CFL official was on June 12, 1979 when the Ottawa Rough Riders played the Montreal Alouettes. During his career, Ireland was an official in 15 Grey Cups, and...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Lew Hayman arrived in Canada in 1932 and within a few months assumed the position of coach of the Argonauts. Hayman coached his first Grey Cup winning team in 1933, when he was only 25 years old. He stressed a “hot potato” style of offence which was entertaining to...
