On these trips, he sought to engage with Canadians through various ceremonies and events ; he was keenly interested in his role as Chief Scout of Canada, and, in preparation for his kicking of the opening ball in the 1946 Grey Cup final, practised frequently on the grounds of the royal and viceroyal residence, Rideau Hall.

Grant came to the Vikings from the Canadian Football League as head coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, whom he led to four Grey Cup Championships in ten years.

Replacing Tarkenton at quarterback was eight-year CFL veteran and Grey Cup champion Joe Kapp.

The club won the Grey Cup championship in the first year of the partnership but struggled in the two following seasons, and the partnership sold the team before the 1994 season.

Only McNall's name was engraved on the Grey Cup as team owner, but in November 2007, the CFL corrected the oversight, adding Gretzky's and Candy's names.

* November 27 – The Calgary Stampeders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12 – 7 before 20, 013 fans at Toronto's Varsity Stadium to capture their first Grey Cup and complete the only perfect season to date in Canadian Football.

* November 26 – In Vancouver, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders to win the 54th Grey Cup.

* November 28 – 59th Grey Cup Game sees the Calgary Stampeders beat the Toronto Argonauts 14 to 11.

* Grey Cup, a trophy awarded in the Canadian Football League

While the format means that it is possible for two teams in the same division to play for the Grey Cup, so far only one crossover team has won the divisional semifinal game.

The two division champions then face each other in the Grey Cup game, which is held on the third or fourth Sunday of November.

The Argonauts took home the 1991 Grey Cup beating Calgary 36 – 21 in the final.

A tribute to Candy was hosted by Dan Aykroyd at the 2007 Grey Cup festivities in Toronto in November 2007.

* In the fourth quarter of the 42nd Grey Cup game in 1954, Chuck Hunsinger of the Montreal Alouettes lost the ball on the Edmonton Eskimos ' 15-yard line.

* Scott Milanovich ( Maryland, ' 96 ), former NFL quarterback and current Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator of the Grey Cup Champion Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League hails from Butler.

The Roughriders won the 2007 Grey Cup Championship, with Flick catching a touchdown pass.

Among them are the Calgary Grey Cup Committee, whose volunteers have hosted pancake breakfasts on the day of the Canadian Football League championship game for over three decades, sometimes in spite of poor weather conditions for the annual November contest.

Among examples cited was the infamous 1948 Grey Cup game in which two trains of Stampeder football fans descended on Toronto and launched an unprecedented series of celebrations before, during and after the game that included riding a horse into the lobby of the Royal York Hotel.

The events helped turn the Grey Cup into a national festival and the largest single-day sporting event in the country.

* Rick Black, CFL football player, Grey Cup champion

Kravitz performed at the Grey Cup halftime show in Toronto at the Rogers Centre on November 25, 2007, where the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-19.

The idea for building an enclosed sports venue came following the Grey Cup game in November 1982, held at the outdoor Exhibition Stadium.

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 48 – 10 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 17-9 over the Montreal Alouettes

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 20-13 over the Montreal Alouettes

There have been three Grey Ghost Press editions, the most current being the Fudge 10th Anniversary Edition, which includes several suggested rules systems for common RPG elements and an example basic fantasy " build " of the game.

This again was changed when Grey Ghost Press released their 1995 hardcopy version of the game, to " Free-form Universal Do-it-yourself Gaming Engine ".

* In X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Jean Grey, who is a playable character, has some attacks related to the Phoenix Force, such as the ability to resurrect another character during game play, and the player can also select for her both the original and Dark Phoenix costumes.

In addition to Jean Grey, the PlayStation Portable version of this game also includes the Dark Phoenix separately as an unlockable bonus character.

* Jean Grey appears as " Phoenix " as a playable character in the crossover fighting game Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.

* Jean Grey appears as " Phoenix " as a playable character in the Adobe Flash network game Marvel: Avengers Alliance.

Tim Hortons advertising on the field at BC Place during the 2005 Grey Cup game

* November 21 – the Toronto Argonauts win the 92nd Grey Cup game, defeating the BC Lions 27-19 at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa.

* November 25 – the Calgary Stampeders win the 89th Grey Cup game, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

* November 24 – the Montreal Alouettes win the 90th Grey Cup game, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 25-16 at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

Three times, the game has been played in the same city and during the same weekend as the Grey Cup: 1973 and 2007 in Toronto and the 2011 game was played in Vancouver at BC Place Stadium.

The 2011 game was the held in Vancouver, on the same weekend as the 99th Grey Cup and for the first time it was fully integrated into the Grey Cup Festival as a festival event.

The Grey Cup () is the name of both the championship game of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team.

The 2012 game, to be played in Toronto, will be the 100th Grey Cup.

Traditionally held on a Sunday at the end of November, the Grey Cup has been played in inclement weather at times, including the 1950 " Mud Bowl ", where a player reportedly came close to drowning in a puddle, the 1962 " Fog Bowl ", where the final nine minutes of the game had to be postponed to the following day due to a heavy fog, and the 1977 " Ice Bowl ", contested on the frozen-over artificial turf at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.

The first Grey Cup game was held on December 4, 1909, between two Toronto clubs: the University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Parkdale Canoe Club 26 – 6 before 3, 800 fans.