Canadian Football News in 1921

Western Canada Rugby Football Union joined the CRU and challenged for the

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

. The

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

became the first Western team to play in a

game, but lost to the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

23–0. Rule changes included reducing players from 14 to 12 per side; putting ball into play by snapping it back; limit of 18 players with substitutes permitted freely.

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 ''* Final game of the season was cancelled - not necessary

League Champions

Grey Cup playoffs

''Note: All dates in 1921''

SRFU Playoff

*''Regina won the first game (score 10 to 8) played on October 29. After a successful protest, the game was replayed on November 4.'' *''Saskatoon advances to the WCRFU semifinal''

Eastern semifinal

*''Toronto Argonauts advance to the Eastern Final.''

Eastern final

*''Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.''

Western semifinal

Western final

*Edmonton advances to the Grey Cup

Playoff bracket

Grey Cup Championship

1921 Toronto Globe Eastern All-Stars

''NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.''

*FW - Warren Synder, University of Toronto *HB -

Harry Batstone Harry "Red" Batstone (September 5, 1899 – March 10, 1972) was a Canadian football player who played three seasons in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for the Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut F ...

, Toronto Argonauts *HB -

Joe Breen Joseph M. Breen (April 23, 1897 – October 13, 1978) was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for two seasons for the Toronto Argonauts. Later, he coached at the University of Western Ontario and was a referee from 1935 throug ...

, Toronto Parkdale *HB -

Lionel Conacher Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MP (; May 24, 1900 – May 26, 1954), nicknamed "The Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. ...

, Toronto Argonauts *QB - Johnny Evans, Queen's University *QB - Hugh Cochrane, Toronto Argonauts *C - Lionel Shoebottom, Toronto Parkdale *C - Jimmy Douglas, Toronto Argonauts *G - R. McCombe, McGill University *G - Harold Pugh, Toronto Argonauts *G - ???, Hamilton Tigers *T - Doug Ambridge, McGill University *T -

John McKelvey John "Mac" Wellington McKelvey (1847–1944) was a shortstop for the Rochester Alert amateur baseball team for a number of years and played one year for the professional New Haven Elm Citys in 1875. Baseball career John McKelvey was born in 1847 ...

, Queen's University *T -

Alex Romeril Alexander Edward "Porky" Romeril (December 29, 1893 – May 17, 1968) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player, football player, National Hockey League referee, and the first coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Career Romeril played junior hockey w ...

, Toronto Argonauts *E - Ernie Rolph, University of Toronto *E - Bud Thomas, Ottawa Rough Riders

References

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