1962 CFL season
- 1962 CFL season
The 1962 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 9th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 5th Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 1962
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was established in Hamilton.
The 50th Grey Cup game, nicknamed "The Fog Bowl", was postponed due to fog on Saturday, December 1st. The final 9 minutes and 29 seconds was played on Sunday as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 28-27 to win their third championship in four years.
Regular Season Standings
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.
* "Winnipeg and Hamilton have first round byes."
Grey Cup playoffs
"Note: All dates in 1962"
Conference Semi-Finals
* "Hamilton won 2 game total-point series by 58-38. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game."
Grey Cup Championship
1962 CFL All-Stars
OFFENCE
*QB - Eagle Day, Calgary Stampeders
*RB - Earl Lunsford, Calgary Stampeders
*RB - George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
*RB - Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
*RB - Ray Purdin, Saskatchewan Roughriders
*TE - Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*TE - Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
*C - Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
*OG - Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
*OG - Gerry Patrick, Toronto Argonauts
*OT - Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
*OT - Bronko Nagurski Jr., Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DEFENCE
*DT - Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
*DT - John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*DE - Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders
*DE - Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
*MG - Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
*LB - Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
*LB - Tom Brown, British Columbia Lions
*LB - Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
*LB - Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders
*DB - Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders
*DB - Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts
*DB - Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1962 CFL Awards
* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - George Dixon (RB), Montreal Alouettes
* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Harvey Wylie (DB), Calgary Stampeders
* CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award - John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* CFL's Coach of the Year - Steve Owen, Saskatchewan Roughriders
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