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===Legacy=== [[File:Grey Cup! 07122006.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Grey Cup]]]] Throughout his tenure as governor general, Grey supported the arts and, when he departed Canada in 1911, he left behind him the Grey Competition for Music and Drama, first held in 1907. Grey also donated trophies to the Montreal Horse Show and for figure skating.<ref name=TCE /> He was a patron of sport, his feelings on health and fitness a part of his broader desire for a reform movement.<ref name=TCE /> He supported [[Canadian football]] and established the [[Grey Cup]], which is awarded to the winner of the Senior Amateur Football Championship of Canada; it is today presented to the champions of the professional-level [[Canadian Football League]]. In 1963 Grey was elected to the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] for his contributions to the game. He gave to the Crown a horse-drawn carriage he had purchased from the [[Governor-General of Australia]], which is still today used as the state landau,<ref>{{Cite book| last=Bousfield| first=Arthur|author2=Toffoli, Gary| title=Fifty Years the Queen| publisher=Dundurn Press| year=2002| location=Toronto| page=13| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8l5reK7NjoC| isbn=1-55002-360-8}}</ref> and added a study and conservatory to [[Rideau Hall]], the sovereign's and governor general's Ottawa residence; the latter was torn down in 1924.<ref name=GG /> Grey and his wife were commended for their work in Canada and for their championing social reforms. Laurier said Lord Grey gave "his whole heart, his whole soul, and his whole life to Canada."<ref name=GG />
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