Football stolen from Jackie Parker during 1956 Grey Cup presented to son in Edmonton
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A football that was stolen in the dying minutes of the Edmonton football team’s 1956 Grey Cup victory game has been returned to the son of the player it was originally stolen from.
It’s a full-circle moment nearly seven decades in the making.
A football that was stolen in the dying minutes of the Edmonton football team’s 1956 Grey Cup victory game has been returned to the son of the player it was originally stolen from nearly 68 years ago.
It was Nov. 24, 1956. Edmonton was about to claim its third Grey Cup title in a row.
With just minutes left in the blowout game, Jackie Parker, one of the CFL’s greatest players, ran the ball into the end zone for his third touchdown of the night for Edmonton.
What happened next made history.
As Parker ran into the end zone, he was swarmed by fans who had made their way onto the field. Security wasn’t as tight in the ‘50s as it is nowadays. Amid the chaos, one of the fans — a man by the name of Doug Bower — stole the ball from Parker, tucked it into his jacket and disappeared.
To make matters worse, it was the only ball they had left to play with.
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