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Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers

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Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
Founded1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Folded1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Based inMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Home fieldMontreal AAA Grounds
Owner(s)Montreal AAA
LeagueIRFU (1919-35)
Colours   [1]

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

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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

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Seasons

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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

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  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 : [1].
  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