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LEADER: 02903cam 2200553 i 4500
001 ocn777304379
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008 120202s2012 onca 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aBrunt, Stephen,$eauthor.
245 10 $a100 grey cups :$bthis is our game /$cStephen Brunt.
264 1 $aToronto, Ontario :$bMcClelland & Stewart,$c[2012]
300 $axvii, 204 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aThis country and its people are made of the same hardy stuff that makes our game and our league. The Grey Cup has helped unite our country for 100 years now. And it has revealed us, built our pride and our sense of Canadianness in annual tributes to effort, sweat and toil. But what does 100 years of history and cultural relevance add up to? When we Canadians look at the Grey Cup, we see far more than a gleaming football trophy; we see a reflection of ourselves. After its first years as an amateur challenge cup, the Grey Cup would go on to be awarded to the best football team in Canada, with Western challengers traveling back east to fall at the hands of the more established Toronto teams. That is, until a group of frustrated Winnipeggers paid an enormous sum during the Depression to buy up star players and bring the cup west for the first time. Following this, the games became about the pride of the country,
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