Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers

The Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers were a Canadian football team and a member of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League. The team existed from 1872 to 1935. The Montreal AAA sponsored the Montreal Football Club, founded April 8, 1872. The Montreal Football Club joined the Quebec Rugby Football Union in 1883 and used the AAA grounds to play its games.[2] The AAA Winged Wheelers started in the IRFU in 1919.

Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
Founded1919 (1919)
Folded1935 (1935)
Based inMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Home fieldMontreal AAA Grounds
Owner(s)Montreal AAA
LeagueIRFU (1919-35)
Colours   [1]

The team won the 1931 Grey Cup championship.

Team facts

Founded: 1919
Home stadium: Montreal AAA Grounds
IRFU regular season championships: 3 — 1919, 1931, 1933
IRFU championships: 2 — 1919, 1931
Grey Cup championships: 1 — 1931

Canadian Football Hall of Famers

Seasons

Season W L T PF PA Pts Finish Playoffs
1919420715181stIRFU Champion
1920060357704thLast Place
19210602919004thLast Place
1922240435643rd-
192323145735-3rd-
1924150286524thLast Place
1925330274362nd-
1926150488324thLast Place
1927150256024thLast Place
1928330623462nd-
1929420414062nd-
1930231354463rd-
193160011239121stWon 19th Grey Cup
1932420683282nd-
1933420675581st - tieLost IRFU 2 game playoff
1934321544272nd-
19350904813304thLast Place
Totals3862379-1 Grey Cup

References

  1. The colours of the Montreal Football Club were described as "red and blue" as soon as 1911 "Montreal Was Defeated". The Quebec Chronicle. 1911-10-09. Retrieved 2022-08-10. Then a colorized photograph from 1928 shows team member Clary Foran in a red and blue striped uniform : .
  2. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2011-03-14. HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES
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