[BCMA] BC Sports Hall of Fame is set to celebrate the 102nd Grey Cup in our house!

Wed Nov 26 11:12:24 PST 2014

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Celebrate Grey Cup Week at the BC Sports Hall of Fame!

Vancouver, B.C. (November 25, 2014) - The BC Sports Hall of Fame is ready to
celebrate the 102nd Grey Cup! 

At the HALL special football themed displays and activities:

*	The amazing football helmet collection of BC Sports Hall of Fame
past chair Bill Maclagan are on display featuring over 20 different signed
and game-worn lids, including those from Jon Cornish, Anthony Calvillo, and
Rudy Ruettiger. The collection is the largest privately-owned helmet
collection ever displayed at the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

*	Courtesy of the BC Football Hall of Fame and Kaye and Scott Ackles
we proudly display items from the private collection of Honoured Member Bob
Ackles (Inducted 2004) will be on display.
*	 

.         Hero In You speaker presentation with former BC Lion and Honoured
Member Tommy Europe at 1PM on November 29

In the CITY be sure to visit us in a few locations:

.         Jack Poole Plaza FAMILY ZONE - November 27, 28 & 29  

11:00 am to 9:00 pm 

.         Grey Cup Festival Parade - November 29 

BC Sports Hall of Famers Sean Millington, Jim Young, Brent Hayden and more
will be waving to the crowd and tossing out footballs

.         Terry Fox Plaza FAMILY ZONE - November 30 
10:00 am to 3:00 pm (Game starts at 3:00 pm) 

GREY CUP/FOOTBALL STORY IDEAS FOR MEDIA - the BC Sports Hall of Fame has
photos and artifacts supporting most of these stories:

1)    Victoria's Paul 'Pappy' Rowe captained the 1948 Calgary Stampeders to
their very first Grey Cup championship, defeating the Ottawa Rough
Riders12-7.  Rowe, one of the earliest British Columbians to win the Grey
Cup and one of the great plunging fullbacks of his day, was awarded the Dave
Dryburgh Memorial Trophy that season as the top scorer in the West Division.

2)    2014 marks the 60th Grey Cup since Vancouver first held the Grey Cup
championship in 1955 at newly-built Empire Stadium.  This was only the
second Grey Cup held outside Ontario and the first held in western Canada.
The 39,000+ spectators that watched Edmonton defeat Montreal 34-19 was an
attendance record that lasted for over twenty years.  

3)    Also marking its' 60th anniversary is the BC Lions' fight song 'Roar
You Lions Roar' originally written in September 1954 by Edmonton's Peggy
Miller, a passionate Edmonton Eskimos fan who also wrote the Esks' fight
song.  Miller based the music on the song 'I Love the Sunshine of Your
Smile.'  The BC Sports Hall of Fame recently acquired Miller's original
handwritten sheet music to 'Roar You Lions Roar' as well as typewritten
lyrics.  The first time this song was played at a Grey Cup was in 1963 when
the Lions fell to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21-10 in front of a partisan BC
crowd at Empire Stadium.  This game is remembered most for Tiger-Cat
linebacker Angelo Mosca's controversial hit that knocked Lions star running
back Willie Fleming out of the game.

4)    Out of BC's six Grey Cup championships (1964, 1985, 1994, 2000, 2006,
2011), perhaps the most dramatic was the 1994 Lions' cinderella run.  After
defeating heavily favoured Edmonton and Calgary on the final play of both
games, BC played host to Baltimore in the first-ever Canadian-American Grey
Cup final.  Drama prevailed once again, as Vancouver's Lui Passaglia kicked
the winning field goal for BC with no time remaining on the clock to give
the Lions the 26-23 victory and keep the Grey Cup in Canada for another
season.  

Media Contacts:

Allison Mailer, Executive Director                             Cecilia
Olmos, Media Events Coordinator                       

604-687-5520 ext 32
604-687-5520 ext 24                                

Allison.mailer at bcsportshalloffame.com
cecilia at bcsportshalloffame.com

Jason Beck, Curator  604-687-5520 ext 30

Jason.Beck at bcsportshalloffame.com

About the BC Sports Hall of Fame

The BC Sports Hall of Fame is located at Gate "A" of BC Place with an
inspiring Hall of Champions, Vancouver 2010 Gallery and many other
exceptional galleries. The BC Sports Hall of Fame, a non-profit society, is
the 'go to' organization for BC sport heritage. For over 40 years, we have
honoured BC's teams, builders, athletes, pioneers, and media through the
annual induction ceremony the Banquet of Champions. To date 354 individuals
and 57 teams have been inducted onto the BC Sports Hall of Fame. In
everything it does, the BC Sports Hall of Fame honours, educates, and
inspires through the Hero In You Youth Education Programs. The BC Sports
Hall of Fame is open daily at Gate A of BC Place from 10am-5pm. For more
information please visit:  <http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com>
http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com follow us on twitter at bcsportshall and like
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