The Alberta Rugby Football Union was formed on September 25, 1911, and governed the newly emerging and evolving sport of football in the province for over 2 decades before it was disbanded in 1936. First the Calgary Rugby Football Union (CRFU) was created on September 29, 1908.News: Alberta Rugby Football Union http://iphone.fairelaissez.com/news/Alberta-Rugby-Football-Union.html The CRFU would play the champion from Edmonton to determine the winner of the ''Alberta Rugby Football League'' for 4 seasons from 1907 to 1910. After that the Alberta Rugby Football Union was formed in 1911. It joined the Manitoba Rugby Football Union and the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union to form 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. With a few exceptions, a senior men's football championship has been contested in Western Canada since 191 ...

(WCRFU) in 1911. Alberta Rugby Football Union teams won three WCRFU championships and lost two

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 ...

games in 22 years of competition. With the formation of the WCRFU in 1911, the ARFU Champion would compete in a playoff with the winners of the other Western Canadian unions to determine the WCRFU Champion. After reaching an agreement with the Eastern Canadian based Canadian Rugby Union in 1921, the WCRFU was able to compete in the Grey Cup Championship game. That year, the AFRU champion Edmonton Eskimos (no relation to the modern team) won the WCRFU championship to become the first ever western team to compete for the

Teams

* Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club + Edmonton Esquimaux + Eskimos + Elks - 1911 to 1913 & 1920 to 1924 & 1928 to 1929 * Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club + Calgary Tigers + 50th Battalions + Altomahs - 1911 to 1914 & 1919 to 1920 & 1928 to 1934 * Calgary Canucks - 1915 & 1919 to 1920 *University of Alberta Varsity + Polar Bears + Golden Bears - 1913 to 1921 & 1923 & 1925 to 1926 & 1928 to 1930 & 1932 to 1936 * Calgary Bronks - 1935 to 1936 *Calgary YMCA - 1908 to 1910 & 1912 *Calgary Rough Riders - 1911 *Hillhurst Hornets - 1908 to 1909 *Calgary Rugby Club - 1921 *Edmonton YMCA - 1911 *Edmonton Civics - 1914 *Edmonton Canucks - 1919 *Edmonton Harlequins - 1922 * Edmonton Boosters - 1930 to 1932 *Edmonton Hi-Grads - 1936 *Lethbridge Bulldogs - 1934 to 1936

Champions

* 1891

Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club was an early Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The team was founded in 1907 in Canadian football, 1907 as the ''Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club''. The club was renamed the Edmonton Esquimaux in 1908 an ...

* 1896 Calgary City Rugby Football Club * 1899 Edmonton Rugby Football Club *

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...

''Alberta Rugby Football League'' - Edmonton City Rugby Foot-Ball Club * 1908 ''Alberta Rugby Football League'' - Edmonton Esquimaux * 1909 ''Alberta Rugby Football League'' - Calgary Tigers * 1910 ''Alberta Rugby Football League'' - Calgary Tigers **''Start of Alberta Rugby Football Union'' *

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

Calgary Tigers - WCRFU Champions *

1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

Calgary Tigers *

1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...

Edmonton Eskimos *

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

University of Alberta Varsity * 1915 Calgary Canucks * 1916 ARFU season suspended (

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

) * 1917 ARFU season suspended (World War I) * 1918 ARFU season suspended (World War I) * 1919 Calgary Canucks * 1920 Calgary Tigers *

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

Edmonton Eskimos - 9th Grey Cup * 1922

Edmonton Elks 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 (CFL), West Division and plays their home games at Commonw ...

10th Grey Cup The 10th Grey Cup was played on December 2, 1922, before 4,700 fans at Richardson Memorial Stadium at Kingston. Queen's University defeated the Edmonton Elks 13–1. The match was refereed by Silver Quilty. References External links * ...

1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...

Edmonton Eskimos * 1924 Calgary 50th Battalion *

1925 Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...

University of Alberta Polar Bears *

1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...

University of Alberta Polar Bears ''(declared provincial champions)'' *

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...

''No senior football played in Alberta'' *

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...

Edmonton Eskimos * 1929 Calgary Tigers * 1930 Calgary Tigers * 1931 Calgary Altomah-Tigers *

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 ...

Calgary Altomahs *

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator 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 independen ...

Calgary Altomahs *

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 ...

University of Alberta Golden Bears *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

Calgary Bronks *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

Calgary Bronks "B" sideThe Calgary Daily Herald - Oct 26, 1936
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Totals

*9 - Calgary Tigers + 50th Battalions + Altomahs *5 - Edmonton Esquimaux + Eskimos + Elks *4 - University of Alberta Varsity + Polar Bears + Golden Bears *2 - Calgary Bronks + Bronks "B" side *2 - Calgary Canucks

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