Card Description
Before the "golden era" of television, home playoff games were a much anticipated local event as this poster suggests. This poster advertised the ORFU Intermediate B provincial final against the Sarnia Wildcats played at Memorial Park on November 17, 1951
Type Of Object
Vintage
1951
Team or Principal Name
Sport Type
Sport League
Sport Level
Accession Number
2017.001.019
The Cobourg Galloping Ghosts are the most famous team in Cobourg sports history. Managed by Fred Dufton, the Ghosts won eight Ontario championships, five after World War II. They were Canadian Dominion champions in 1946, 1948 and 1950. They were the first team in Canada to wear aluminum cleats and the second to wear white uniforms.
