60th Gray Cup
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| date | 3rd December 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadion | Ivor Wynne Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chuck Ealey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Canadian | Ian Sunter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Don Barker | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of visitors | 33.993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Television broadcast | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBC , CTV , SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
The 60th Gray Cup was the 60th Gray Cup and the final of the championship of the 1972 season of the Canadian Football League (CFL). At Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton , the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 13:10. For Gray Cup MVP was quarterback Chuck Ealey chosen for valuable Canadian kicker Ian Sunter (both Hamilton).
background
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats won the East Division with a record of eleven wins and three losses. The Saskatchewan Roughriders won only half of their games, but only defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the semi-finals of the West Division and then the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the final of the division.
Course of the game
The game started with a 52- yard drive from Hamilton, which ended with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Chuck Ealey to running back Dave Fleming . This touchdown was controversial as television footage showed the pass was caught off the field of play. After a punt was blocked by Hamilton's Bon Krouse , the Tiger-Cats captured the ball themselves and ended their drive with a 27-yard field goal by Ian Sunter . In the second quarter, Saskatchewan leveled the game after an 8-yard touchdown pass from Ron Lancaster to Tom Campana and a 20-yard field goal from Jack Abendschan with 10:10. After a pointless third quarter, it took until two minutes before Ealey started the final scoring drive with a 27-yard pass to Tony Gabriel from his own 15-yard line. After a 12-yard pass to Gabriel, a third pass to Gabriel brought Hamilton to the opponent's 41-yard line. After gaining two yards of space, Ealey found wide receiver Garney Henley , who brought the ball to the 26-yard line. When the time was running out, Sunter Hamilton shot with a field goal for a 13:10 victory.
Rookie Chuck Ealey, who made 18 of 29 passes for 291 yards and a touchdown and ran for 63 more yards, was elected Gray Cup MVP . The 18-year-old Ian Sunter was voted Most Valuable Canadian after two field goals and a conversion .
Starting grid
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | position | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
|---|---|---|
| Offence | ||
| Chuck Ealey | Quarterback | Ron Lancaster |
| Dave Fleming | Halfback | Tom Campana |
| Dave Buchanan | Fullback | George Reed |
| Bob Richardson | Halfback | Bobby Thompson |
| Tommy-Joe Coffey | Split end | Bob Pearce |
| Jerome Ganit | Tackle | Clyde Brock |
| Jon Hahman | Guard | Gary Brandt |
| Doug Mitchell | center | Larry Bird |
| Ed Chalupka | Guard | Jack Abendschan |
| Bill Danychuk | Tackle | Ralpf Galloway |
| Tony Gabriel | End | Allan Ford |
| Garney Henley | Flanker | Gord Barwell |
| Defense | ||
| George Wells | Defensive end | Bill Baker |
| Bruce Smith | Defensive tackle | Don Bahnuik |
| Angela Mosca | Defensive tackle | Skirt perdoni |
| Gary Inskeep | Defensive end | Tim Roth |
| Bob Krause | Linebacker | Wayne Shaw |
| Mark Kosmos | Middle linebacker | Steve Svitak |
| Mike Blum | Linebacker | Chuck Collins |
| Lewis Porter | Defensive halfback | Lewis Cook |
| Garry Sternberg | Defensive halfback | Bob Kosid |
| Allen Brenner | Safety | Bruce Bennett |
| Rick shaw | Defensive halfback | Roy Robinson |
| John Williams | Defensive halfback | Ted Dushninski |
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referee
| position | Surname |
|---|---|
| Referee | Don Barker |
| Umpire | Bill Fry |
| Head Linesman | Tom Cheney |
| Field Judge | Chuck Paul |
| Back umpire | Maurry Mulhern |
| Standby Official | Harry Ross |
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Others
For the 100th Gray Cup , Canada Post brought out a special series of stamps on the Gray Cup. One of the nine motifs showed a picture of the 60th Gray Cup. The Tiger-Cats became the first team in CFL modernism to win the Gray Cup at home. It was the last Gray Cup played in December.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c GRAY CUP MOMENTS: 1972. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Chuck Ealey: champion and still winner. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Januska: Gray Cup Century . Dundurn, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4597-0449-7 , pp. 158 .
- ↑ a b Ticats win the Gray Cup . In: The Hamilton Spectator . September 24, 2016, p. BA65 .
- ↑ Pioneering QB Chuck Ealey doesn't look back. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Kenny Ploen: Quarterbacks hold key to Gray Cup . In: The Calgary Herald . December 2, 1972, p. 28 .
- ^ Doug Gilbert: Wind would favor Reed-powered Riders . In: The Montreal Gazette . December 2, 1972, p. 33 .
- ↑ Hamilton Tiger-Cats get a new stamp. Retrieved September 18, 2017 .
- ^ Gray Cup: Sixth Earl Gray shares his memories of the big game from Britain. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .