Canadian Football Hall of Fame Opens

Our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the day comes from the June 20, 1963, edition of the Red Deer Advocate in Red Deer, Alberta, Canad,a when they listed the headline of :

Nineteen Added to Football's Hall of Fame

This article was about a June 19, 1963, event in Toronto, Ontario, where the Charter members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame were chosen and announced. The inaugral class of the new Hall were: Al Ritchie, John DeGruchy, Seppie Demoulin, Billy Foulds, Frank Hannibal, Harry Batstone, Jack Jacobs, Fritz Hanson, Dr. Smirle Lawson, Frank "Pep Leadley, Tim Reeve, Dave Sprague, Ormond Beach, Lionel Conacher, Ernie Cox, Eddie "Dynamite" James, Norm Perry, Jeff Russel and Earl Grey the former Governor-General of Canada who donated the Grey Cup, a symbol of Canadian football to the League. These names were joined with Wes Brown, Joe Breen, and Brian Timmis, who were announced at the 1962 Grey Cup game.

The CFL Hall of Fame is located in Hamilton, Ontario, and celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. The Canadian Football League maintains it. It includes displays about the CFL, Canadian university football and Canadian junior football history.