Happy Anniversary X2!

The official account for the city of Toronto (of all people) tweeted earlier today that the CFL was celebrating its 62 birthday today.

I looked it up and that is technically correct. Intentions for the two leagues to split from the CRU were announced two days earlier, mind you, apparently out of the blue.

Presumably the agreement was considered finalized on January 19th, 1958, even though there were still wrinkles to iron out.

The above graphic is from the Ottawa Citizen from January 20th 1958. A scroll down the same page reveals that league heads handled other affairs when they got together that weekend as college draft results were also announced. A very familiar name made the list with little fanfare, at the time.

So on its literal day of birth (officially), the CFL also took in the greatest Canadian player it would see for the next decade and well beyond. How fitting.