Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers explained

Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
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Location:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Field:Montreal AAA Grounds
League:IRFU (1919-35)
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Owner:Montreal AAA

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.

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

SeasonWLTPFPAPtsFinishPlayoffs
1919 4 2 0 71 51 8 1st IRFU Champion
1920 0 6 0 35 77 0 4th Last Place
1921 0 6 0 29 190 0 4th Last Place
1922 2 4 0 43 56 4 3rd -
1923 2 3 1 45 73 5- 3rd -
1924 1 5 0 28 65 2 4th Last Place
1925 3 3 0 27 43 6 2nd -
1926 1 5 0 48 83 2 4th Last Place
1927 1 5 0 25 60 2 4th Last Place
1928 3 3 0 62 34 6 2nd -
1929 4 2 0 41 40 6 2nd -
1930 2 3 1 35 44 6 3rd -
1931 6 0 0 112 39 12 1st Won 19th Grey Cup
1932 4 2 0 68 32 8 2nd -
1933 4 2 0 67 55 8 1st - tie Lost IRFU 2 game playoff
1934 3 2 1 54 42 7 2nd -
1935 0 9 0 48 133 0 4th Last Place
Totals 38 62 3 79 - 1 Grey Cup

Notes and References

  1. The colours of the Montreal Football Club were described as "red and blue" as soon as 1911 Web site: Montreal Was Defeated . . 1911-10-09 . 2022-08-10. Then a colorized photograph from 1928 shows team member Clary Foran in a red and blue striped uniform : https://capsports2000.com/en/item33918440.php.
  2. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2011-03-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101201094734/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_teams_mtl . 2010-12-01 . HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES