5th Grey Cup
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The 5th Grey Cup
was played on November 29, 1913, before 2,100 fans at A.A.A. Grounds at Hamilton
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The Hamilton Tigers
defeated the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 44 to 2.
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
was played on November 29, 1913, before 2,100 fans at A.A.A. Grounds at Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
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The Hamilton Tigers
Hamilton Tigers (football)
The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in...
defeated the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 44 to 2.
Notable facts
- The 44–2 score stands as the second-largest margin of victory in a Grey Cup game.
- It was the final time Parkdale advanced to the Grey Cup.