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Grey Cup

Lord Grey, Canada’s governor general from 1904 to 1911, donated trophies to the Montreal Horse Show and for figure skating, but his best known contribution to the promotion of Canadian amateur sport is the Grey Cup. Donated in 1909 for the encouragement of football at the behest of Philip Dansken Ross, editor and owner of the Ottawa Evening Journal, this challenge cup was first won, on 4 Dec. 1909, by the varsity team of the University of Toronto.

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GREY, ALBERT HENRY GEORGE, 4th Earl GREY

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