Cobourg Galloping Ghosts

1987 Galloping Ghosts reunion program

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Reunions are a common occurrence for longstanding and successful sports teams. This programme is a souvenir from the 1987 Galloping Ghosts Reunion.

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1987
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Accession Number
2017.001.010

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1951 Galloping Ghosts program vs Oshawa

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The game program was one of the major sources of information about the team. This program was for a game between the Galloping Ghosts and the Oshawa Red Raiders on October 12, 1951

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1951
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Accession Number
2017.001.009

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1952 Galloping Ghosts program vs Oshawa

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Before the age of television and electronic scoreboards, the game programme was one of the major sources of information about the team. This example was produced for a game between the Galloping Ghosts and the Oshawa Red Raiders on October 11, 1952.

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1952
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Accession Number
2017.001.008

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1950 Galloping Ghosts supporter pin

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Home games for the Galloping Ghosts were a major local sports event before the age of television. Local fans often wore supporter pins such as this one distributed for the 1950 season.

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1950
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Accession Number
2017.001.006

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1950 Galloping Ghosts supporter pin

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Home games for the Galloping Ghosts were a major local sports event before the age of television. Local fans often wore supporter pins such as this one distributed in the 1950 season.

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1950
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Accession Number
2017.001.005

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1949 Galloping Ghost Ireland Quigley team jersey

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There were many local multi sport athletes who played with the galloping Ghosts. This #77 team jersey was worn by Ireland Quigley in 1949

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1949
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Accession Number
2017.001.004

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1987 Galloping Ghost reunion golf shirt

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1987 Galloping Ghost reunion Golf Shirt. Crest shows 1935-1953

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1987
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Accession Number
2017.001.003

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1938 Galloping Ghosts team jacket

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This 1938 crested woolen team jacket (with letter of authenticity) was worn by Charles Schrum of the Galloping Ghosts. Fred Dufton was the founder and main force behind the establishment of the team

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1938
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Accession Number
2017.001.002

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1937 Galloping Ghost jacket worn by Ken Medhurst

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The Cobourg Galloping Ghosts were a prominent and highly successful member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union beginning in the 1930s. This team jacket was worn by Ken Medhurst

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1937
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Accession Number
2017.001.001

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FRED DUFTON

FRED DUFTON

Fred Dufton was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1886. After public school, his family moved to Toronto where he attended Jarvis Collegiate. In Toronto he went to work for Clark and Clark Tanneries. He became the manager of the Strollers Baseball Team, a semi-professional team that played their games at Christie Pitts Park. In 1926, he moved with his wife, three sons and three daughters to Cobourg, to join the Edwards and Edwards Tanneries.

Fred became interested in football when his sons started playing in high school. He got involved and then became the manager of the Cobourg Collegiate Teams. When the boys left high school, Fred decided to start up an Intermediate football team. The year was 1935 and the team was known as the “Red Raiders.” However, in 1937, with the goal of revitalizing the team, the name was changed to “The Cobourg Galloping Ghosts.”

Over the years he earned the nickname “Ferocious Fred” because of his tremendous desire to surmount all obstacles and bring home a winner. The Galloping Ghosts won a total of eight Ontario Championships and became Dominion (Canadian Amateur) Football Champions in 1946, 1948 and 1950. Fred Dufton managed the team for its full 13-year existence. Layton Dodge, Cobourg’s most distinguished sportswriter ever, proclaimed, “The Galloping Ghosts were, and continue to be, the most famous of all teams in Cobourg’s history”.

This legacy was a direct result of the work ethic, commitment and passion of Fred Dufton.