By Graham Kelly

INSIDE THE CFL

“It’s not easy being Green,” Kermit the Frog.

In 1948, the black and red Regina Roughriders became the Saskatchewan Roughriders and donned green and white after the team president saw them on sale in Chicago. In 1951 a tall Tulsan named Glenn Dobbs took the province by storm(they named Regina Dobberville) and led a battered bunch into the big game against Ottawa, losing 21-14. I remember listening to the game on the radio with my Dad. The next morning, Sunday, he got to the drug store early to buy a copy of a special Toronto Grey Cup edition of the game, which was filled with photos, a Canadian tradition until the advent of television.

The Riders had a great team in 1956 but lost the conference final in three games to the even greater group of Jackie Park

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