1957

[D]

New President Bill McMahan brought Kelowna native Herb Capozzi back from Montreal to become General Manager. On the field the club still struggled to find a winning combination, 4-11-1.

[D]

Western Interprovincial Football Union Standings Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 14 2 0 475 142 28
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 12 4 0 406 300 24
Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 221 413 12
British Columbia Lions 16 4 11 1 284 369 9
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 3 12 1 276 438 7

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Standings Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 10 4 0 250 189 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 8 6 0 326 237 16
Montreal Alouettes 14 6 8 0 287 301 12
Toronto Argonauts 14 4 10 0 274 410 8

SEMI-FINALS

WIFU Semi-Finals
November 9 Calgary Stampeders 13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13
November 11 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 15 Calgary Stampeders 3
Winnipeg won the total-point series by 28-16. The Blue Bombers will play the Edmonton Eskimos in the WIFU Finals.

IRFU Semi-Finals
November 13 Montreal Alouettes 24 Ottawa Rough Riders 15
The Alouettes will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the IRFU Finals.

WIFU Finals
November 16 Edmonton Eskimos 7 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19
November 20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4 Edmonton Eskimos 5
November 23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17 Edmonton Eskimos 2 OT
Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2-1. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup game.

IRFU Finals
November 20? Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17 Montreal Alouettes 10
November 23? Montreal Alouettes 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39
Hamilton won the total-point series by 56-11. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup game.

Grey Cup Championship
The 45th Annual Grey Cup Game - Toronto, Ontario
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1957 Grey Cup Champions

[Robbie]

Here's a CFL card for Joe Yamauchi who played for the Lions in 1957-60 and is perhaps the first and one of very few Japanese-Canadian players for the Lions in the CFL for that matter.