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During the 1956 season, Edmonton was still the class of the WIFU, when the Eskimos defeated the Roughriders in a best of three series two games to one and went on to play Montreal again in the Grey Cup, which Edmonton won with Canadian quarterback Don Getty leading them to a 50-27 victory. Also during this season, the Grey Cup was shown live to Western Canadians and the only way that people could see this game live was that they had to travel to Winnipeg, this resulting in increases in tourism in Winnipeg.

On a sombre note, at the end of the 1956 season five players from the WIFU lost their lives were coming back from the Shrine Game that was played in Vancouver. These players were Calvin Johnson, Mel Becket, Mario Demarco, Gordie Sturtridge, and Ray Syrnuk.

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The next significant season, was the last season of the WIFU that was in 1960, prior of them becoming the Western Football Confernece. The reason for this change was because the WFC wanted an interlocking schedule with the Eastern Football Conference, and to do so, the rebranding was neccessary. The last champion of the WIFU was once again the Edmonton Eskimos, and Edmonton went on to lose the Grey Cup, as they were defeated by the Ottawa Rough Riders 16-6.