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A 2005 hazing scandal forced the cancellation of the final two games in the McGill Redbirds football season. [15] An investigation into the incident showed that "the event did involve nudity, degrading positions and behaviours, gagging, touching in inappropriate manners with a broomstick, as well as verbal and physical intimidation of rookies by a large portion of the team."
The McGill Redbirds football team represents McGill University in Canadian football in U Sports and is based in Montreal, Quebec. The program is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1874. The team won its first collegiate championship in 1902 and also won in 1912, 1913, 1919, 1928, 1938 and 1960 prior to the ...
- The World's First Football Game
- Writing The Rules of Hockey
- Inventing Basketball
The very first modern football games were played in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 14 and 15, 1874*, between McGill University and a squad from Harvard. This “foot-ball” diversion, as Harvard’s Magenta newspaper called it, was still in its infancy, and the rules evolved even as the match progressed. In fact, the Harvard squad so enjoyed the Canadi...
McGill is arguably the birthplace of hockey—although Kingston, Halifax, Dartmouth and perhaps Windsor have also laid claim to that title, depending upon how hockey is defined. But one thing is certain: McGillians certainly had a hand in shaping the sport as it’s played today. The first game of organized indoor hockey took place on March 3, 1875, at...
James Naismith, BA1887, would probably have difficulty imagining how popular basketball is today—let alone wrap his head around LeBron James's salary. While working at a Massachusetts YMCA in 1891, the McGill grad was ordered to invent an “athletic distraction” for rowdy kids trapped indoors by the harsh winter. His boss gave him two weeks. Wanting...
Oct 20, 2024 · THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (Oct. 23, 1874): First intercollegiate rugby-style football game in Canada was played at McGill. Oct 22. Men's Football.
Dec 19, 2003 · McGill students participated informally in many of these activities in the late 1840's and early 1850's. In the mid-1870s, McGill students played a prominent role in the founding of football and hockey. That was followed by basketball, which was invented by McGill graduate James Naismith in 1891.
Nov 19, 2023 · The team was inducted to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Sadly, 12 players from the 33-man roster and all of the coaches are no longer alive. Coached by Bruce Coulter, the season began with an ominous 0-3 start but McGill bounced back to win their first game in two years en route to reeling off six consecutive contests. They finished ...
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Nov 14, 2018 · Edward Percy, BSc'49, MDCM'51, MSc'54, DipSurg'57, and Hugh Brodie, BSc'49, MDCM'51, were physicians for McGill's Department of Athletics in the '50s, '60s and '70s. Together they wrote this short history of intercollegiate football, illuminating McGill's role in the evolution of the game, which appeared in a 1982 edition of the News.
