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13-500: The winner does not necessarily have to play for the Grey Cup winning team in order to qualify. The award was introduced at the 1971 Grey Cup , and the first winner was Dick Suderman , a Canadian defensive end . A year later, just six weeks before the playing of the 1972 Grey Cup , Suderman collapsed and died from a brain hemorrhage after playing a regular season game; the trophy was subsequently renamed in his honour. The most wins by

26-408: A Grey Cup championship game since 1952 . The Stampeders were making their third Grey Cup appearance in four years, but had not actually won a championship since 1948 . The 10-4 Argonauts faced the 9-6-1 Stampeders for the first time in the Grey Cup. Both teams finished in first place in their divisions, but Toronto, led by star rookie quarterback Joe Theismann , was the favourite. The 1971 Grey Cup

39-504: A field goal from Ivan McMillan. Jesse Mims added another Stampeder major, ending the scoring for the half and for Calgary on the day. The second half saw Joe Theismann replaced by Greg Barton, but the Argos could not move the ball. Their only touchdown came when sure-handed Calgary punt returner Jim Silye dropped a punt which was then recovered by Joe Vijuk . Vijuk had the presence of mind to lateral to Roger Scales , who ran 33 yards for

52-400: A player is three, for both Don Sweet (completed in 1979 ) and Dave Sapunjis (completed in 1995 ). Four other players have won the award twice each. Dave Sapunjis is the only player to win the award in consecutive ( 1991 , 1992 ) Grey Cup games. Garry Lefebvre is the only player to be awarded the trophy for his performance at three distinct positions, in three distinct aspects, during

65-422: A single ( 1973 ) Grey Cup game: defensive back , part of the defense unit of the team; punter , part of the special teams unit of the team; and wide receiver , part of the offense unit of the team. Four other players (one a double winner) have been awarded the trophy for their performance in playing the two distinct, yet related, positions of punter and placekicker . Andrew Harris and Hénoc Muamba are

78-527: A slick, rain-covered field, 14–11. First Quarter Calgary - TD - Herm Harrison 14 yard pass from Jerry Keeling ( Larry Robinson convert) Second Quarter Toronto - FG - Ivan MacMillan 11 yards Calgary - TD - Jesse Mims 6 yard run ( Larry Robinson convert) Third Quarter Toronto - TD - Roger Scales 33 yard fumble return (lateral from Joe Vijuk ) ( Ivan MacMillan convert) Toronto - Rouge - Ivan MacMillan 27 yard missed FG Fourth Quarter No scoring The Argonauts had not appeared in

91-434: Is still some dispute about this play, as McQuay dropped the ball when his elbow hit the ground and he had not been contacted by a Stampeder defender, thus bringing up the football adage that "the ground can't cause a fumble." Nevertheless, Toronto still had a chance to pull out a victory. With 1:53 left in the game and Calgary deep in their own end, they punted on third down. Argo returner Harry Abofs , in an effort to capture

104-459: The 1971 Coach of the Year award, would later say, "When Leon (McQuay) slipped, I fell." He was fired in 1972 after the team, beset by injuries, stumbled to a 3-11 finish. He would return to coach the Argos in 1977, but was fired midway through the 1978 season. Jim Silye was later a Member of Parliament for Calgary. Dick Suderman, the first recipient of the newly created Most Valuable Canadian award for

117-431: The game, died the following year and the trophy was renamed in his honour. The 1971 Argonaut team was the focus of an episode of Engraved on a Nation . This was the first Grey Cup game to be played on a Sunday on a permanent basis; the first such game to be played in full on a Sunday came two years earlier . Jesse Mims Jesse Mims (born August 27, 1948) is a former Canadian football player who played for

130-597: The only players to win both the Dick Suderman Trophy and the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player award in the same Grey Cup game. Teams represented by Dick Suderman Trophy winners through the years. Notes: 59th Grey Cup The 59th Grey Cup was played on November 28, 1971, before 34,404 fans at Vancouver 's Empire Stadium . The Calgary Stampeders defeated the Toronto Argonauts on

143-557: The touchdown. Late in the fourth quarter Dick Thornton , a great two-way player who had already made a fantastic reception, intercepted a Calgary pass and returned it to the Stampeder 11-yard line. Theismann, now back in the game, handed the ball off to Leon McQuay , the Argonauts' star running back. As McQuay cut left, he promptly slipped on the soggy turf and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Stampeder Reggie Holmes. To this day, there

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156-426: The wet ball, accidentally kicked it out of bounds while reaching down. CFL rules state that when a ball is kicked out of bounds, possession goes to the opposing team, thus giving Calgary possession once again. Had Abofs knocked the ball out of bounds with his hand, Toronto would have had one last offensive series. Instead, Calgary ran out the clock and captured the 1971 Grey Cup . Argonaut coach Leo Cahill , who won

169-503: Was the first to be played on artificial turf (Tartan Turf). Field conditions were poor, as a steady downpour left sheets of water over the artificial turf at Empire Stadium. Calgary opened the scoring with Herm Harrison making an incredible one-handed grab of a Jerry Keeling pass in the end zone for a touchdown. Toronto countered with a big play, a 55-yard pass reception by fan favourite tight end Mel Profit , but would come away from this drive deep into Stampeder territory with only

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