1959_CFL_season

1959 CFL season

Sports season

The 1959 CFL season was the sixth season in modern-day Canadian football, although officially it was the second season of the Canadian Football League. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers played the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the third straight time in the Grey Cup final. The Blue Bombers won the rubber match in a defensive showdown.^[1]

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1959 CFL season
Duration	June – October, 1959
East champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
West champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
47th Grey Cup
Date	November 28, 1959
Venue	Exhibition Stadium, Toronto
Champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFL seasons
← 1958 1960 →

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Rough Riders

Alouettes

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

Canadian Football League team locations:

WIFU,

IRFU

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

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**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	4	418	272	24
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	6	370	221	20
BC Lions	16	9	7	306	301	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	8	8	356	301	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	1	15	212	567	2

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**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	298	162	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	8	6	275	217	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	193	305	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	192	274	8

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Winnipeg and Hamilton both have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1959

Semi-finals

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**Western Semi-Finals**
Edmonton Eskimos vs BC Lions
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	October 31	Edmonton Eskimos 20	BC Lions 8
2	November 4	BC Lions 7	Edmonton Eskimos 41
Edmonton won the total-point series 61–15

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**Eastern Semi-Finals**
Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Date	Away	Home
November 7	Montreal Alouettes 0	Ottawa Rough Riders 43

Finals

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**Western Finals**
Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Edmonton Eskimos
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19	Edmonton Eskimos 11
2	November 14	Edmonton Eskimos 8	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16
Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–0

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**Eastern Finals**
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Ottawa Rough Riders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 5	Ottawa Rough Riders 17
2	November 21	Ottawa Rough Riders 7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21
Hamilton won the total-point series by 26–24

Playoff bracket

Semifinals

Finals

47th Grey Cup

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

26
(5+21)

East

Ottawa Rough Riders

24
(17+7)

Ottawa Rough Riders

Montreal Alouettes

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

2
(19,16)

West

Edmonton Eskimos

0
(11,8)

Edmonton Eskimos

61
(20+41)

BC Lions

15
(8+7)

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Grey Cup Championship

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November 28 47th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Western Champions	Eastern Champions
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 7
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1959 Grey Cup Champions
Charlie Shepard (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers – Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.

CFL Leaders

CFL Passing Leaders
CFL Rushing Leaders
CFL Receiving Leaders^[3]

1959 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

QB – Bernie Faloney, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
RB – Cookie Gilchrist, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Dave Thelen, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
E – Bobby Simpson, Ottawa Rough Riders
E – Paul Dekker, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
FW – Ron Howell, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
C – Tommy Hugo, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
OG – Dave Suminski, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OT – Billy Shipp, Montreal Alouettes
OT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Pete Neumann, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Doug McNichol, Montreal Alouettes
DG – Vince Scott, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Bill Sowalski, Montreal Alouettes
LB – Eddie Bell, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Larry Hayes, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Ernie Danjean, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Ralph Goldston, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
S – Duane Wood, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1959 Western All-Stars

Offence

QB – Jim Van Pelt, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – Jackie Parker, Edmonton Eskimos
RB – Gene Filipski, Calgary Stampeders
RB – Charlie Shepard, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – Johnny Bright, Edmonton Eskimos
E – Ernie Pitts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
E – Ernie Warlick, Calgary Stampeders
C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Ed Kotowich, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OG – Tom Hinton, British Columbia Lions
OT – Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OT – Roger Nelson, Edmonton Eskimos

Defence

DT – Art Walker, Edmonton Eskimos
DT – Urban Henry, British Columbia Lions
DE – Ed Gray, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
MG – Steve Patrick, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Rollie Miles, Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Norm Fieldgate, British Columbia Lions
LB – Garland Warren, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Al Ecuyer, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Ken Ploen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – Bill Jessup, British Columbia Lions
S – Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders

1959 CFL Awards

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Johnny Bright (RB), Edmonton Eskimos
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Roger Nelson (OT), Edmonton Eskimos
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (WIFU MVP) - Jackie Parker (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
Gruen Trophy (IRFU Rookie of the Year) - Joe Poirier (DB), Ottawa Rough Riders
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (WIFU Rookie of the Year) - Henry Janzen (DB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (WIFU Outstanding Lineman) - Art Walker (DE), Edmonton Eskimos

1959 Miss Grey Cup

Miss BC Lions Anna Finlayson was named Miss Grey Cup 1959

References

[1]
"Grey Cup Memories: 1959". CFL.ca. 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
[2]
"1963".
[3]
"CFLapedia".

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