The
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fie ...
played in their third consecutive
Grey Cup final. A last-second rouge gave Winnipeg its second title in five years.
Regular season, final standings
Column headings: 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
BCRFU playoffs
''Note: All dates in 1939''
BCRFU semifinals
''University of British Columbia Thunderbirds advance to BCRFU finals''
''Victoria Revellers advance to BCRFU finals''
BCRFU final
''University of British Columbia Thunderbirds win the BCRFU championship''
Grey Cup playoffs
''Note: All dates in 1939''
Semifinals
*''Sarnia won the total-point series by 31–14 and played the Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.''
*''Ottawa won the total-point series by 39–6 and played the Sarnia Imperials (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.''
Finals
*''Winnipeg won the total-point series by 35–20 and advanced to the Grey Cup game.''
*''Ottawa advanced to the Grey Cup game.''
Playoff bracket
Grey Cup Championship
1939 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union 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.''
*QB –
Bill Stukus
William Stukus (May 15, 1916 – June 19, 2003) was a Canadian football quarterback.
Stukus started with the Toronto Argonauts, winning a Grey Cup in 1937 and 1938, and being named an all-star. Perhaps his best season was in 1942, with the war ...
, Toronto Argonauts
*FW –
Bill Davies, Montreal Royals
*HB –
Red Storey
Roy Alvin "Red" Storey, (March 5, 1918 – March 15, 2006) was a Canadian athlete, referee and broadcaster. He played football, lacrosse and ice hockey. While active as an athlete, he turned to officiating in all three sports and continued as ...
, Toronto Argonauts
*HB –
Bill Isbister
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Plac ...
, Hamilton Tigers
*FB –
Tony Golab
Anthony Charles Golab, (January 17, 1919 – October 16, 2016) was a Canadian football halfback and flying wing who played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for 11 years with the Sarnia Imperials, O ...
, Ottawa Rough Riders
*E –
Tony McCarthy
Anthony Paul "Tony" McCarthy (born 9 November 1969) is an Irish retired footballer who is currently the physiotherapist at Shamrock Rovers.
Career
Tony started his League of Ireland career with University College Dublin in 1987. During his las ...
, Ottawa Rough Riders
*E –
Bernie Thornton, Toronto Argonauts
*C –
George Willis, Toronto Argonauts
*G –
Charles "Tiny" Herman, Ottawa Rough Riders
*G –
Len Staughton, Ottawa Rough Riders
*T –
Bunny Wadsworth
John Bernard "Bunny" Wadsworth ( – January 23, 1966) was an all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football lineman. Playing in the early days of the Ottawa Rough Riders, before the Canadian Football League was formed, Wadsworth's career spanne ...
, Ottawa Rough Riders
*T –
Dave Sprague
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The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilto ...
, Ottawa Rough Riders
1939 Ontario Rugby Football Union 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.''
*QB –
Clayton "Curly" Krug, Peterborough Orfuns
*FW –
Joe Woodcock, Sarnia Imperials
*HB –
Bernie Moroz, Sarnia Imperials
*HB –
Eddie Thompson, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
*DB –
Johnny Ferraro, Montreal Westmounts
*E –
Ike Norris, Sarnia Imperials
*E –
Leo Deadey, Peterborough Orfuns
*C –
Harry Living, Sarnia Imperials
*G –
Bob Reid, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
*G –
Pat Bulter, Sarnia Imperials
*T –
Cliff Parsons, Sarnia Imperials
*T –
Tommy Burns, Montreal Westmounts
1939 Canadian Football Awards
*
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy The Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy is a Canadian football award recognizing the most outstanding football player of the Quebec Student Sport Federation (RESQ)
The trophy was originally presented to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanshi ...
(IRFU MVP) –
Bill Davies (FW), Montreal Royals
*
Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) -
Eddie Thompson - Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
References
Canadian Football League seasons
Grey Cups hosted in Ottawa
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