The Vancouver Meralomas football team was a Canadian football team 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 from

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

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 ...

. 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.Meraloma - Football (Past Section)
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BCRFU season-by-season

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1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

, , 6 , , 3 , , 1, , 2 , , 92 , , 43 , , 8, , 1st , , Lost BCRFU Championship final to University of British Columbia Varsity, 8-5 , - ,

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

, , 6 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 73 , , 30 , , 12, , 1st , , Won BCRFU Championship, lost west final to Regina, 17-0 & 4-0 , - ,

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 ...

, , 6 , , 5 , , 1 , , 0 , , 91 , , 41 , , 10, , 1st , , Won BCRFU Championship, lost west semi final to Calgary Altomahs, 11-10 total points (6-5 & 4–6) , - ,

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 ...

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Won BCRFU Championship by beating Vancouver Athletic Club 2 games to 1, New Westminster Dodekas 2 games to 0, and Vancouver Athletic Club in a final, 12–5; lost west semi final to Calgary Altomahs, 13-11 , - ,

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 ...

, , 5 , , 5 , , 0 , , 0 , , 66 , , 19 , , 10, , 1st , , Won BCRFU Championship, won west semi final over University of Alberta Golden Bears (5-0 & 8–6), lost west final to Regina (2-22 & 2–7) , - ,

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. * ...

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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 ...

, , 7, , 5 , , 2 , , 0 , , 82 , , 36 , , 10, , 1st - tied, , Lost BCRFU playoff to Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves, 7-0 , - ,

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 ...

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