1960, Sept. 15th: "Riders Grind Argos to First Defeat, Thelen Nears Big 4 Rushing Mark"

This post is inspired by the Redblacks' announcement earlier this week that three former Rough Rider players would be added to the stadium's wall of honour, including Dave Thelen.

The announcement lists Thelen's accomplishments quite thoroughly so there's no point in rehashing them here. Rather, the Ottawa Journal story below summarizes a game in which Thelen ran for 209 yards on his way to leading the league in rushing yards that year (1960) and being named an Eastern all-star. The Rough Riders would win the Grey Cup that year, 16-06, against Edmonton.  

Nov. 20th, 1960: Ottawa Rough Riders 21 @ Toronto Argonauts 20

Companion to a post from earlier today, here is the summary to the second game of a two-game series against Toronto for the right to represent the East at the Grey Cup in 1960.

Nov. 12th, 1960: Toronto Argonauts 21 @ Ottawa Rough Riders 33

This was the first of a two-game playoff series for the Eastern championship that year.  

Nov 5th, 1960: "Last-Quarter TDs Send Riders Into Finals"

The images that follow are from the November 7th, 1960, Ottawa Citizen summary of the playoff game between Ottawa and Montreal played here two days earlier and won by Ottawa 30-14. 

"Bob Simpson: How We Won Grey Cup"

While suffering through yet another Redblacks loss, I completed the bulk of the work on the page dedicated to the Rough Riders seasons between 1945 and 1960.

1960 was a Grey Cup winning season so while gathering some details about that year, I took some time to also fatten up the Grey Cups page. I've now added a more standard game summary article by Jack Koffman for the Ottawa Citizen.

While looking for that additional content, I also came across the following article by Riders receiver Bobby Simpson. It appeared the Monday after the Grey Cup game in his hometown newspaper, the Windsor Star. As you'll see, it's essentially his take on what caused Ottawa to be capable of taking home the Cup and provides an interesting perspective, I think.