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The Calgary Altomah-Tigers became the Altomahs.

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10-580: 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. 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

20-697: 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

30-684: A three-way tie) 1898 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1899 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1900 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1901 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1902 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1903 - Winnipeg Shamrocks 1904 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1905 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1906 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1907 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1908 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1909 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1910 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1911 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1912 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1913 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1914 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1915 - No League Play - Winnipeg Tigers won

40-763: 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 (WCRFU) in 1911. Alberta Rugby Football Union teams won three WCRFU championships and lost two Grey Cup games in 22 years of competition. With the formation of the WCRFU in 1911, the ARFU Champion would compete in

50-1636: The Grey Cup . Manitoba Rugby Football Union Manitoba Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league, founded on Monday February 22, 1892. The league merged with the Alberta Rugby Football Union and Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union to form the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on Saturday October 21, 1911. MRFU teams [ edit ] Winnipegs - 1930 to 1935 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club - 1892 to 1906 St.John's Rugby Football Club - 1892 to 1913 & 1919 & 1925 to 1931 Winnipeg Rowing Club - 1902 to 1914 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers - 1913 to 1929 Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club - 1919 to 1927 & 1935 Winnipeg Shamrocks - 1903 & 1905 Brandon Football Club - 1906 Wesley College Football Club - 1897 to 1898 Royal Canadian Dragoons - 1897 to 1898 Royal School of Infantry / 90th Regiment - 1888 Garrison Rugby Club - 1932 to 1933 University of Manitoba Varsity & Bisons - 1920 to 1926 & 1934 Osborne Rugby Football Club - 1892 to 1893 Winnipeg Canoe Club - 1915 MRFU Champions [ edit ] 1892 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1893 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1894 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1895 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1896 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 1897 - No Champion ( Wesley College Football Club , St.John's Rugby Football Club and Winnipeg Rugby Football Club finished in

60-1530: The Decades - 1930s "The Tigers played their last game in 1929 and a year later morphed into the Winnipeg Football Club, which swallowed up the Garrison – made up of Army servicemen – and then merged with the St. John’s Tigers in 1933." ^ The Winnipeg Tigers beat the Winnipeg Canoe Club, 10-4, at River Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 23 Football Canada - CANADIAN FOOTBALL TIMELINES (1860 – PRESENT) HISTORY OF THE WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manitoba_Rugby_Football_Union&oldid=1255518796 " Categories : Defunct Canadian football leagues Defunct rugby union leagues in Canada Sports leagues established in 1888 1888 establishments in Manitoba Sports leagues disestablished in 1911 1911 disestablishments in Manitoba 1932 in Canadian football The Regina Roughriders made history by playing in their fifth consecutive Grey Cup game. It

70-951: The Western Inter-Provincial Rugby Football League 1929 - Winnipeg St.John's 1930 - Winnipeg St.John's 1931 - Winnipeg St.John's 1932 - Winnipeg St.John's 1933 - Winnipegs 1934 - Winnipegs 1935 - Winnipegs TOTALS [ edit ] 13 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 10 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 6 - Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club 3 - Winnipegs ( Winnipeg Blue Bombers ) 3 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 2 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1 - Winnipeg Shamrocks References [ edit ] ^ From Rugby to Football: The History of Canadian Football ^ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Inducted Into Manitoba Rugby Hall Of Fame ^ Football in Winnipeg ^ Manitoba Rugby Hall of Fame - The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club ^ Quest Through

80-571: The Winnipegs and St.John's * Quakers defaulted final game of season to Varsity Note: All dates in 1932 20th Annual Grey Cup Game : Civic Stadium – Hamilton, Ontario NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions. NOTE: This was the first Canadian Press eastern all-star selection. This Canadian football -related article

90-479: The only game played in 1915 1916 - World War I 1917 - World War I 1918 - World War I 1919 - Winnipeg Victorias 1920 - Winnipeg Victorias 1921 - Winnipeg Victorias 1922 - Winnipeg Victorias 1923 - Winnipeg Victorias 1924 - Winnipeg Victorias 1925 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1926 - Winnipeg St.John's 1927 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1928 - St Johns Royalists and Winnipeg Tammany Tigers played in

100-492: Was a record that would last 50 years, only surpassed by the 1977–1982 Edmonton Eskimos . It also marked the fifth straight defeat at the Grey Cup. The Hamilton Tigers took home their third Grey Cup in five years. Note: 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. * The Garrison team defaulted one game to each of

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