The Vancouver Athletic Club football team (''the Wolves'') was a

Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

that played in the

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 Can ...

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 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

. 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 The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. It is led by Patrick E. Kelly, the order's 14th Supreme Knight. ...

'' football team was founded, with most of their players.Vancouver Knights of Columbus
/ref> 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 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

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BCRFU season-by-season

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

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1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

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1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Lost semi final to Meralomas 1 games to 2, and lost again to Meralomas in BCRFU final, 5-12 , - ,

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

, , 4 , , 3 , , 1 , , 0 , , 33 , , 43 , , 6 , , 1st - tied, , Lost BCRFU playoff to Meralomas, 8-1 , - ,

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, , 7 , , 2 , , 5 , , 0 , , 34 , , 56 , , 4, , 3rd, , , - ,

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

, , 8 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 43 , , 56 , , 6, , 3rd, , , - ,

, , 6 , , 4 , , 2 , , 0 , , 63 , , 63 , , 8, , 2nd, , Lost BCRFU playoff to Victoria Revellers, 6-1

References

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