Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers

Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
Founded 1919
Folded 1935
Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
League IRFU (1919-35)
Team colors          [1][2]
Owner(s) Montreal AAA
Home field(s) Montreal AAA Grounds

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 Foot Ball Club, founded April 8, 1872. The Montreal Foot Ball Club joined the Quebec Rugby Football Union in 1883 and used the AAA grounds to play its games.[3] The AAA Winged Wheelers started in the IRFU in 1907.

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
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

References

  1. ↑ The team colours are an educated guess. The Montreal AAA hockey team colours are known; blue and white. A Canadian Football Hall of Fame photo from 1931 (19th Grey Cup) shows the team wearing a dark jersey and darkish pants. They likely were wearing blue and some gray coloured pants.
  2. ↑ Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers hockey team colours
  3. ↑ http://cfl.ca/page/his_teams_mtl HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES
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