- 1956 in Canadian football
=Canadian Football News in 1956=
On Sunday,
January 22 nd, the Canadian Football Council was formed inWinnipeg and the national negotiation list was introduced. G. Sydney Halter, QC was named as the Canadian Football Council Commissioner.Television rights for Canadian football games were sold for $101,000. The touchdown point value was increased from five to six points.
The first East-West All-Star game was played at
Vancouver 's Empire Stadium. After the game, the crash ofTrans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 intoMount Slesse onDecember 9 killed five players and one official who were on their way from Vancouver toCalgary . The five players who died from the crash wereSaskatchewan Roughriders players:Mario DeMarco ,Mel Beckett ,Gordon Sturtridge andRay Syrnyk ;Winnipeg Blue Bombers player:Cal Jones ; and the lone official wasEd Pettit .Regular season
Final regular season standings
"Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points"
*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
*"Edmonton and Montreal both have first round byes."
Grey Cup playoffs
"Note: All dates in 1956"
EMI-FINALS
* "Montreal won the total-point series by 78-62. The Alouettes will advance to the Grey Cup game."
