With Canadians serving on battlefields across Europe and the Pacific, the first ever non-civilian

Grey Cup The Grey Cup () 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 between the winners ...

took place in 1942. The

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defeated the

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on an icy field at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.

Canadian Football News in 1942

The WIFU and the

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suspended operations for the duration of

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. A couple of military teams based in Toronto, the RCAF Hurricanes and the Navy York Bulldogs joined the regular

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teams like Balmy Beach and the Toronto Indians. The

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continued operation, but as part of an Ottawa based league. Out West, a three team Winnipeg city league was formed with the Winnipeg Bombers, the

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and a military team called the

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Regular season

Final regular season standings

''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points''

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*NO LEAGUE PLAY

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*NO LEAGUE PLAY *Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

Grey Cup playoffs

''Note: All dates in 1942''

Winnipeg City playoffs

*''The Bombers won the total-point series by 34–29''

Ottawa City Finals

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Finals

Western Finals

Winnipeg Tribune - November 9, 1942

Eastern Finals

Playoff bracket

Grey Cup Championship

1942 Ottawa City Senior Rugby Football Union All-Stars selected by ''Canadian Press''

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

*QB – P/O

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, Ottawa RCAF Uplands *FW – Joseph "Curley" Moynahan, Ottawa Rough Riders *HB – P/O

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, Ottawa RCAF Uplands *HB – Tommy Daley, Ottawa Rough Riders *DB – Arnie McWatters, Ottawa Rough Riders *DB –

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, Ottawa RCAF Uplands *E – Pete O'Conner, Ottawa Rough Riders *E – Hart Findley, Ottawa RCAF Uplands *E – Jack Beull, Ottawa RCAF Uplands *C – Doug Turner, Ottawa RCAF Uplands *G – Leo Seguin, Ottawa Rough Riders *G – George Fraser, Ottawa Rough Riders *T – F/O

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, Ottawa RCAF Uplands *T –

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, Ottawa Rough Riders

1942 Canadian Football Awards

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(IRFU MVP) – ''no award given due to World War II'' * Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) -

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- Toronto RCAF Hurricanes

References

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