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1929 In Canadian Football
Canadian Football News in 1929 CRU adopted use of the forward pass on a limited basis in Junior, Interscholastic, Western Canada Rugby Union, Western Intercollegiate Union and the Grey Cup final. The first legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and the first reception was by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton on September 21. Jersey Jack Campbell of Regina threw the first forward pass in a Grey Cup game and Jerry Erskine made the first reception. The first touchdown pass was by Edmonton's Joe Cook to Pal Power in the second quarter of a game against the University of Alberta on September 28. The first interception return for a touchdown was by Joe Hess of the University of Alberta in the same game when he caught a pass by Cook. Regular season Final regular season standings ''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points'' *Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1910 as the Regina Rugby Club. Although Saskatchewan was not the first team to play football in Western Canada, the club has maintained an unbroken organizational continuity since their founding. The Roughriders are the fourth-oldest professional gridiron football team in existence today (only the Arizona Cardinals, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts are older), and one of the oldest professional sports teams still in existence in North America. Of these teams, the Roughriders are both the oldest still in existence that continuously has been based in Western Canada (as well as the oldest surviving team in the CFL's present-day West Division) and the oldest in North America to continuously have been based west of St. Louis, Missouri. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg St
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club
Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club was one of the first football teams based in Calgary, Alberta, formed March 14, 1906 at Calgary City Hall. It was part of the Calgary Rugby Football Union. Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club played its first game on October 31, 1907, defeating the Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15–0 at Calgary. The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, founded in 1945, do not trace their lineage to this club. Calgary RFC was renamed the Calgary Tigers in 1908 and joined the Alberta Rugby Football League in the same year. It later joined the then newly formed Western Canada Rugby Football Union in 1911 and won the first-ever Western championship that year. The team would change names, fold and be reborn several names in next few decades: * Calgary Tigers - 1908–14, 1919–20, 1925, 1928–30 * 50th Battalion - 1923-24 * Calgary Altomah-Tigers - 1931 * Calgary Altomah-Indians - 1932-34 These teams were succeeded by a separate club: * Calgary Bronks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Athletic Club
The Vancouver Athletic Club football team (''the Wolves'') was a Canadian football that played in the British Columbia Rugby Football Union and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), its counterpart being the East Division. Although the CFL was not founded until 1958, the West Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagu ... from 1929 in Canadian football, 1929 to 1936 in Canadian football, 1936. The team was part of the popular and successful Vancouver Athletic Club, which fielded teams in several other sports. The ''Vancouver Athletic Club'' were a very successful team, winning 3 championships in 8 seasons. Vancouver ''Knights of Columbus'' football team No sooner had the ''Vancouver Athletic Club'' team disbanded, than a couple days later the ''Knights of Columbus'' football team was founded, with most of their players. While the players were very much the same, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Some institutions are members of both bodies for different sports. Its name until October 20, 2016, was Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS; french: Sport interuniversitaire canadien, SIC, links=no). On that date, the organization rebranded as "U Sports" in both official languages. The original Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) Central was founded in 1906 and existed until 1955, composed only of universities from Ontario and Quebec. With the collapse of the CIAU Central in the mid-1950s, calls for a new, national governing body for university sport accelerated. Once the Royal Military College of Canada became a degree granting institution, Major W. J. (Danny) McLeod, athletic dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1910 as the Regina Rugby Club. Although Saskatchewan was not the first team to play football in Western Canada, the club has maintained an unbroken organizational continuity since their founding. The Roughriders are the fourth-oldest professional gridiron football team in existence today (only the Arizona Cardinals, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts are older), and one of the oldest professional sports teams still in existence in North America. Of these teams, the Roughriders are both the oldest still in existence that continuously has been based in Western Canada (as well as the oldest surviving team in the CFL's present-day West Division) and the oldest in North America to continuously have been based west of St. Louis, Missouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Canada Rugby Football Union
The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), its counterpart being the East Division. Although the CFL was not founded until 1958, the West Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagues. The five teams in the West Division are the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Elks, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. There were also two now-defunct teams from the mid 1990s United States expansion of the CFL who played in the West Division. Additionally, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have played three separate stints in the East Division, during seasons in which the divisions needed to be rebalanced due league expansion, contraction, or reorganization. History Pre–1936 The first organized football club in Western Canada was the ''Winnipeg Rugby Football Club'' which was founded in 1879. At the time the sport was generally called ''rugby'' or ''rugby football'' because its rules were similar to rugby union's, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
The East Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League, its counterpart being the West Division. Although the CFL was not founded until 1958, the East Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagues. The four teams in the division are the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, and Ottawa Redblacks. Several now-defunct teams have also played in the East Division including two teams from the United States and a large number of teams that have played in Hamilton, Montreal, and Ottawa prior to the current teams from those cities. Additionally, current West Division team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have, in the past, spent a number of seasons in the East over three separate stints. History Pre–1907 The first organized football club in Canada was the Hamilton Foot Ball Club, a predecessor of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, in 1869. This was followed by the formation of the Montreal Foot Ball Club in 1872, the Toronto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Travellers Football Club
The Victoria Travellers Football Club was a Canadian football that played in the British Columbia Rugby Football Union and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union from 1926 to 1933 Club. The team was sponsored by the Order of United Commercial Travelers, a service organization known for its good works, which had recently expanded into Canada. The sponsorship ended in 1928 but the club continued on under another name. The ''Victoria Travellers Football Club'' won the first ''BCRFU championship'', their only one in 8 seasons. Victoria Capitals The team was renamed ''Capitals'' in 1929, and lasted to 1933. A popular sports club, it fielded several other sports teams. Victoria Revellers The final BCRFU team in Victoria was the ''Revellers'', playing in 1939 and 1940 and winning the championship in the league's final season. BCRFU season-by-season Other Victoria, B.C. based team {, class="wikitable" , - ! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="10" , Victoria Revellers , - ! Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Meralomas
The Vancouver Meralomas football team was a Canadian football team that played in the British Columbia Rugby Football Union and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union from 1926 to 1938. The team was part of the popular and successful Meraloma Club. The Meralomas also fielded championship junior football sides for many decades. The Meralomas were a very successful team, winning 5 championships in 13 seasons. In 1926 the Meralomas were awarded the ''Harry Duker Cup'' for being Senior City Champions. In 1927 the team entered the Senior City League for the second time, winning the ''Harry Duker Cup'' again, but lost the Provincial Championship. Additionally, the team was a magnet for the best junior talent in Vancouver, benefiting from their rival's, the ''New Westminster Dodekas'', program. BCRFU season-by-season {, class="wikitable" ! Season ! G ! W ! L ! T ! PF ! PA ! Pts ! Finish ! Playoffs , - , 1926 , , 3 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 24 , , 15 , , 3, , 2nd , , , - , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves
The Vancouver Athletic Club football team (''the Wolves'') was a Canadian football that played in the British Columbia Rugby Football Union and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union from 1929 to 1936. The team was part of the popular and successful Vancouver Athletic Club, which fielded teams in several other sports. The ''Vancouver Athletic Club'' were a very successful team, winning 3 championships in 8 seasons. Vancouver ''Knights of Columbus'' football team No sooner had the ''Vancouver Athletic Club'' team disbanded, than a couple days later the ''Knights of Columbus'' football team was founded, with most of their players. While the players were very much the same, the team was supported by the venerable service organization and was a distinctively separate club. Unfortunately, the ''KoC'' team did not enjoy any of the previous success, and ceased play after three seasons, from 1937 to 1939. - BCRFU season-by-season {, class="wikitable" , - ! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia Rugby Football Union
The British Columbia Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league, founded on September, 1, 1926. It lasted for 15 seasons, disbanding in 1941 as the Second World War brought most league football to a close. It was a member of the Western Canada Rugby Football Union along with the Alberta Rugby Football Union, Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union and the Manitoba Rugby Football Union. In 1941, the Vancouver Grizzlies joined the WIFU and lasted only a season. Later, in 1954 Vancouver was awarded a Western Interprovincial Football Union franchise: the British Columbia Lions. Teams * Victoria Travellers Football Club + Victoria Capitals *Vancouver Meralomas *University of British Columbia Varsity *New Westminster Wildcats * Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves *New Westminster Dodekas *North Shore Lions *Knights of Columbus *Victoria Revellers *Vancouver Bulldogs BCRFU Champions * 1926 Victoria Travellers Football Club * 1927 University of British Columbia Varsity * 1928 Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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