Gerry James
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1982)
Gerald Edwin James (born October 22, 1934) is a former professional Canadian football running back and professional ice hockey player. He played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). His is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, like his father, Eddie James, who also played for the Blue Bombers.
In a short 18-week span of the overlapping 1959 CFL season and 1959–60 NHL season, James became the only player in history to play in the finals for the CFL's Grey Cup (November 28, 1959—won cup) and the NHL's Stanley Cup (first game April 9, 1960—lost cup) in the same season. He joins Lionel Conacher as the only two people to play the finals for both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup in their careers. (Conacher won the 1921 Grey Cup, then later won the 1934 and 1935 Stanley Cup.)
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“The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)