Ottawa Trojans | |
Founded | 1943 |
Folded | 1948 (Amalgamated with Ottawa Rough Riders in 1948) |
Based in | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Home field | Lansdowne Park |
League | Ontario Rugby Football Union |
Team History | Ottawa Combines (1943) Ottawa Trojans (1944-47) |
Team Colors | Unknown |
Head coaches | Gordie Perry (1943-1944) Arnie McWaters (1945-1946) Wally Masters (1947) |
The Ottawa Trojans were a Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario and competed in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1943-1947. After winning the 1947 ORFU championship, the team would merge with the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1948.[1]
History[]
The team was first admitted into the ORFU on Friday, July 16, 1943, and played for one season as the Ottawa Combines, supplanting the Kitchener-Waterloo Panthers as the sixth team.[2] The club was renamed the Trojans prior to the 1944 season.[3] The team had their most successful season in 1947 where they won the ORFU championship before losing the East Final to the Toronto Argonauts.[4][5] After the 1947 season, they amalgamated with the Ottawa Rough Riders after the Riders were given exclusive rights to Ottawa's Lansdowne Park playing fields.[6] The new football organization would be known as the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club[1] and would compete in the 1948 Grey Cup before finally winning it in 1951.
Seasons[]
Season | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | Finish | Playoffs |
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1943 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 68 | 129 | 4 | 4th, ORFU | Missed Playoffs |
1944 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 74 | 6 | 3rd, ORFU | Missed Playoffs |
1945 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 78 | 6 | 3rd, ORFU | Missed Playoffs |
1946 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 127 | 0 | 6th, ORFU | Missed playoffs |
1947 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 148 | 133 | 11 | 3rd, ORFU | Lost Eastern Finals |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lzMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5276%2C936200 Lansdowne Field Leased by Riders
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_yVkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ansNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3694%2C2005640 Combines in O.R.F.U.
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fpgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865,2170523&dq=ottawa+trojans+combines&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - Nov 12, 1943
- ↑ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.292
- ↑ http://www.cflapedia.com/
- ↑ http://capitalregionfootball.info/Trojans_1944_-_1947.php Ottawa Trojans
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