Old BC Lions AP articles courtesy of St. Petersburg Times
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:45 pm
It is very hard and difficult these days to find newspapers that still provide free archived articles, especially those that have been around since 1901. But the St. Petersburg Times is one of those articles. If you want to see Associated Press articles on the BC Lions and other CFL news 1901, go to this page:
http://www.tampabay.com/google_archive/search.php
Click on the Google Newspaper Archives radio button, the type in a keyword in the Search text box. Obviously, typing in British Columbia Lions and BC Lions can get you lots of old articles. It’s nice of a Florida newspaper to include Canadian AP stories, including the CFL. Here are some of the articles that caught my eye:
October 19, 1957 – Lions end Dan Edwards is lost for the rest of the season for pneumonia.
November 30, 1963 – BC Lions were the favourite to win the upcoming 1963 Grey Cup.
August 15, 1973 – An unknown Johnny Musso runs for two TD to beat Edmonton 30-11.
January 29, 1975 – Two BC Lions, Harold Nunsperger and Francis Magrum, must pay for $19,700 for damages from fights in hotels. That would be a lot of money back in those days.
November 21, 1983 – Highlights of both the EDF and WDF. The Argonauts barely won the EDF when Cedric Minter scored a TD with 27 second left.
February 15, 1984 – Lions draft pick, bypassing Ian Sinclair and taking Frank Balkovec No. 1 overall.
November 12, 1984 – Winnipeg beat BC 31-14 in the 1984 WDF. Tom Clements was injured early in the second half with a shoulder injury after a hit by Nelson Martin, but was able to throw three TD passes before he left. Lions QB Tim Cowan threw two interceptions.
April 21, 1995 – news on former Lion Deatrich Wise.
November 11, 2002 – after the Lions lose 30-3 to Winnipeg in the WDSF, Eric Carter and Carl Kidd get into an altercation with a fan.
You are probably thinking why I’m not posting pictures, links, and articles. Well it looks like the web page doesn’t allow me so.
Of course, you can type in Grey Cup for such articles such as the 1962 fog bowl, 1966, 1967, 1976, and the exciting 1987 and 1989 and the routes in 1990 and 1997. In the 1987 GC article, it says that after Kauric kicked his 49-yard FG, there was still 1:10 remaining so it wasn’t the last play of the game contrary to what others remember. And since he’s a local from Florida who attended the Florida State University, there are a lot of articles on Lion fan favourite Danny McManus especially during his college years.
http://www.tampabay.com/google_archive/search.php
Click on the Google Newspaper Archives radio button, the type in a keyword in the Search text box. Obviously, typing in British Columbia Lions and BC Lions can get you lots of old articles. It’s nice of a Florida newspaper to include Canadian AP stories, including the CFL. Here are some of the articles that caught my eye:
October 19, 1957 – Lions end Dan Edwards is lost for the rest of the season for pneumonia.
November 30, 1963 – BC Lions were the favourite to win the upcoming 1963 Grey Cup.
August 15, 1973 – An unknown Johnny Musso runs for two TD to beat Edmonton 30-11.
January 29, 1975 – Two BC Lions, Harold Nunsperger and Francis Magrum, must pay for $19,700 for damages from fights in hotels. That would be a lot of money back in those days.
November 21, 1983 – Highlights of both the EDF and WDF. The Argonauts barely won the EDF when Cedric Minter scored a TD with 27 second left.
February 15, 1984 – Lions draft pick, bypassing Ian Sinclair and taking Frank Balkovec No. 1 overall.
November 12, 1984 – Winnipeg beat BC 31-14 in the 1984 WDF. Tom Clements was injured early in the second half with a shoulder injury after a hit by Nelson Martin, but was able to throw three TD passes before he left. Lions QB Tim Cowan threw two interceptions.
April 21, 1995 – news on former Lion Deatrich Wise.
November 11, 2002 – after the Lions lose 30-3 to Winnipeg in the WDSF, Eric Carter and Carl Kidd get into an altercation with a fan.
You are probably thinking why I’m not posting pictures, links, and articles. Well it looks like the web page doesn’t allow me so.
Of course, you can type in Grey Cup for such articles such as the 1962 fog bowl, 1966, 1967, 1976, and the exciting 1987 and 1989 and the routes in 1990 and 1997. In the 1987 GC article, it says that after Kauric kicked his 49-yard FG, there was still 1:10 remaining so it wasn’t the last play of the game contrary to what others remember. And since he’s a local from Florida who attended the Florida State University, there are a lot of articles on Lion fan favourite Danny McManus especially during his college years.
