Named after Frank Gnup, head coach of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds football team, from 1955 to 1973.
Frank Theodore Gnup was an American quarterback, halfback and coach who played Canadian football from 1946 to 1952.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, UBC is British Columbia's oldest university. The university is ranked among the top 20 public universities worldwide and among the top three in Canada. With an annual research budget of $600 million, UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year.
Frank Gnup died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on September 27, 1976.
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from 603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre, which makes it the fifth-most densely populated city with over 250,000 residents in North America behind New York City, Guadalajara, San Francisco, and Mexico City according to the 2011 census. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada according to that census; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English. Roughly 30% of the city's inhabitants are of Chinese heritage. Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city.
The British Columbian provincial AAA football championships was named in his honour.
The Shrine Bowl Provincial Championships gave way to the American style of ranking schools. Schools are divided into three classes by total enrollment in grades 9-11 only: A (0-337 students), AA (340-618 students), and AAA (619 students and up). The championships then became known as Frank Gnup AAA Provincial Championships and the Gary Scott AA Provincial Championships.
The Shrine Bowl Provincial Championships is a high school varsity football playoff championship, in the province of British Columbia, Canada; from the years 1966 to 1975.
The championships are a part of the Subway Bowl held at BC Place Stadium, in the province of British Columbia, and televised across Canada.
In British Columbia High School Football, the Subway Bowl is the championship game of BC High School Football (BCHSF). The games are usually played on the first weekend of December and include a Grade 8 championship, a Junior AA championship, a Junior AAA championship, a Senior AA championship, and a Senior AAA championship.
Year | Champion | Runner Up | Year | Champion | Runner Up | Year | Champion | Runner Up | Year | Champion | Runner Up | |||
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1976 | Richmond 3 | Notre Dame 0 | 1986 | Kamloops 38 | South Delta 6 | 1996 | Richmond 25 (OT) | Vancouver College 22 | 2006 | Terry Fox 21 | Vancouver College 18 | |||
1977 | Notre Dame 14 | Vancouver College 6 | 1987 | Notre Dame 40 | Richmond 6 | 1997 | Richmond 43 | W J Mouat 7 | 2007 | Holy Cross 49 | St. Thomas More 19 | |||
1978 | Notre Dame 9 (OT) | West Vancouver 6 | 1988 | Notre Dame 30 | Vancouver College 7 | 1998 | Richmond 27 | St. Thomas More 20 | 2008 | |||||
1979 | Handsworth 20 | Kamloops 0 | 1989 | Notre Dame 14 | Vancouver College 0 | 1999 | St. Thomas More 29 | Pinetree 6 | 2009 | |||||
1980 | Notre Dame 23 | Steveston 0 | 1990 | Kamloops 36 | Centennial 8 | 2000 | St. Thomas More 46 | W J Mouat 12 | 2010 | |||||
1981 | Kamloops 7 | Notre Dame 0 | 1991 | Vancouver College 34 | St. Thomas Moree 3 | 2001 | Carson Graham 41 | Vancouver College 8 | 2011 | |||||
1982 | Notre Dame 13 | Kamloops 0 | 1992 | W J Mouat 27 | Vancouver College 12 | 2002 | W J Mouat 52 | Vancouver College 27 | 2012 | |||||
1983 | Kamloops 13 | Richmond 12 | 1993 | Notre Dame 34 | Vancouver College 20 | 2003 | St. Thomas More 20 | Rick Hanson 7 | 2013 | |||||
1984 | Abbotsford 14 | Notre Dame 4 | 1994 | Vancouver College 34 | Kamloops 25 | 2004 | Rick Hanson 21 | Vancouver College 19 | 2014 | |||||
1985 | Kamloops 20 | Vancouver College 7 | 1995 | North Delta 39 | W J Mouat 21 | 2005 | W J Mouat 7 | Vancouver College 6 | 2015 | |||||
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