what happened with the argonaut being sold in the 90s?

Answer 1

The Toronto Argonauts were sold by Harry Ornest to Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy on February 25. Ottawa Rough Riders Board of Directors resigned on July 24 and two days later the CFL assumed ownership of the club. On October 19, Bernie and Lonnie Glieberman purchased the club from the CFL. Five days later, Larry Ryckman purchased the Calgary Stampeders from the Stampeder Football Club Limited. The eight clubs combined for a record 64.2 points per game and attendance figures broke two million (2,001,858) for the 10th time. Winnipeg played host to the Grey Cup Game for the first time on November 24. Toronto defeated Calgary 36-21 before a crowd of 51,985 fans. The Game was the most-watched Canadian TV show with an audience of 3,531,000 viewers. J. Donald Crump resigned as Commissioner on December 31.

Answer 2

A recent timeline of the Toronto Argonauts' ownership situation:

Dec. 1988 - St. Louis Blues owner Harry Ornest becomes the fifth owner in franchise history after purchasing the Argonauts from Carling O'Keefe Breweries.

June 1989 - The team moves from Exhibition Stadium to SkyDome.

Feb. 1991 - Hollywood comes north, as Los Angeles businessman Bruce McNall, hockey star Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy purchase the team. The club signs U.S. college star Raghib (Rocket) Ismail out of Notre Dame, book big-name halftime acts and put together a successful on-field product. The Argos win every home game en route to a 13-5 season and Grey Cup championship.

Aug. 1992 - The Argos draw the largest regular-season crowd in team history (44,921 in 24-16 over Ottawa).

May 1994 - TSN Enterprises buys the team from the McNall group. Labatt appoints Blue Jays President Paul Beeston to take the same job with the Argos.

Dec. 1994 - Beeston names Bob Nicholson as new president, where he remains until 1999 under the Labatt ownership group.

Feb. 1999 - The Toronto Raptors move from SkyDome to the new Air Canada Centre, leaving the Blue Jays and Argos as the only regular tenants at the dome.

Dec. 1999 - New York businessman Sherwood Schwarz buys the club, appointing J.I. Albrecht as managing director, ushering in one of the darkest times in franchise history.

2000-2002 - The Argos undertake a number of questionable and now infamous marketing moves, ranging from an aborted wet T-shirt promotion to big-ticket musical acts. Mixed results ensue.

July 2003 - The CFL Board of Governors revokes the Argonauts franchise from owner Sherwood Schwarz. A judge orders Schwarz to pay former managing director J.I. Albrecht $120,000 for breach of contract.

Answer 3

I remember going to an argo game in those days and Candy was on the sidelines. He was actually larger than any of the players! Gretzky was said to be in the press box. Pinball played great-those were the days. LOL-JI Albrecht-he used to live up the street from me in Dartmouth when he coached the SMU Huskies. That ended in tears.

Answer 4

well stopm the yard!!!