Winners: Joe (King) Krol, Football
Joe Krol with a football in his arms. He is wearing Toronto Argonauts jersey number 73.
Date:1948
Collection:Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
1946 - Feature Story
Joe (King) Krol left his mark on the 1946 Canadian football season. After he won the league scoring title, his Toronto Argonauts won the Grey Cup, as he threw three touchdown passes and caught a fourth in a 28-6 victory over Winnipeg. Then Krol turned to basketball and nearly won a roster spot with the Toronto Huskies in 1946, their only season in the Basketball Association of America that was the forerunner of the National Basketball Association. The best football player in the country was the Huskies’ final cut.
1947 - Feature Story
It was more of the same for Joe Krol in 1947. The Toronto Argonauts became the last All-Canadian team to win the Grey Cup, edging Winnipeg, 10-9. Krol would kick four singles and throw a touchdown pass to Royal Copeland, his partner in the Toronto backfield. The tandem was nicknamed the “Gold Dust Twins”. In a league that would soon come to be dominated by imports, Krol scored 19 of the Argos’ 24 points in the two-game, total-point East Final, as Toronto defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 24-0.
Career Highlights
- 1946, 1947 Lionel Conacher Award (Canada’s male athlete of the year)
- 1946 Lou Marsh Memorial Award
- 1945-1947, 1950, 1952 Grey Cup with the Toronto Argonauts
- 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 All-Eastern Running Back
- 1943 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Flying Wildcats
Joe Krol standing on the football field at Varsity Stadium. He is pictured wearing Toronto Argonauts uniform number 55.
Date: 1950
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Photograph of Joe Krol wearing uniform number 73. He is pictured at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Ontario.
Date: 1948
Collection: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Joe Krol running with a football in his arms. He is wearing Toronto Argonauts jersey number 73.
Date: 1948
Collection: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Joe Krol wearing uniform number 5. He is pictured sitting down with a blanket covering his legs.
Date: 1945
Collection: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Photograph of Joe Krol sitting on a bench in a dressing room. He is wearing uniform number 55 for the Toronto Argonauts.
Date: 1950
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Photograph of Joe Krol wearing uniform number 55.
Date: 1932
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Joe Krol wearing uniform number 77. He is posing for the camera as if he is about to throw the football.
Date: c. 1950
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Joe Krol posing as if he is punting a football. In the background is a section of Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto.
Date: c. 1955
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Photograph of Joe Krol wearing uniform number 73 for the Toronto Argonauts. He is running with a football in his possession. The photograph was taken at Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: c. 1955
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
