The Canadian Football League (CFL) was formed on January 19, 1958. It was an amalgamation between the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) and their eastern counterpart, the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU, but better known as "the Big Four"). The Western teams were: British Columbia Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Big Four teams were: Hamilton Tigercats, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes. The first CFL game took place in Winnipeg, on August 14, 1958, between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Edmonton Eskimos. For more information on the CFL, copy and paste into your browser: http://cfl.ca/
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Canadian (not just CFL) football was not 'invented.' It developed over many years, just like American football did. Countless numbers of people were involved in the development of both the Canadian and American games.
Carl Weathers played 7 games in 1970 for OAK and one game in 1971 for OAK. Then he went to the CFL BC Lions in 1971 and played 18 games until 1973. Retired Football in 1974.
The NFL started in 1920 and the Canadian Football Leauge started in 1958.
Not the record, but cold. -17 degrees Celsius. 1991 Grey Cup- Toronto Argonauts 36, Calgary Stampeders 21