1936 in Canadian football

none March 2026 1936 Canadian football sports News The Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU), direct predecessor of the CFL West Division was formed in August with the Winnipegs, Calgary Bronks, and the Regina Roughriders. Teams were restricted to a maximum of five imports, and only players who had lived in Canada for a full year could compete in the Grey Cup game.http://footballcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/FootballTimelines.pdf CANADIAN FOOTBALL TIMELINES (1860 – 2005) footballcanada.com 11 October 2019 9 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113533/http://footballcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/FootballTimelines.pdf dead When the Regina Roughriders won the first WIFU title, five of their imports were declared illegal by the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU). Regina offered to drop the players for the Grey Cup, but the CRU would not allow them to play for the cup. Instead, the Grey Cup was a contest between the Sarnia Imperials of the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) and the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Sarnia won their second and last Grey Cup with a powerful line-up that included future Hall of Famers Hugh (Bummer) Stirling and Ormond Beach.https://www.cflapedia.com/Years/1936.html Year: 1936 www.cflapedia.com 2019-10-11 The IRFU and WIFU adopted a two-game point series format for the playoffs. The series was played between first and second place teams. A white ball was used in games played under floodlights in Western Canada. Intercollegiate teams stopped competing for the Grey Cup. The Regina Roughriders fielded two teams; the main, or "big" team in the WIFU, and the "little" Roughriders who played in the last SRFU season. The Calgary Bronks played a full schedule in the Alberta Rugby Football Union including some games which conflicted with the WIFU schedule. For the open dates, the Bronks fielded the same team that was competing in the WIFU (5 games). For the remaining three games, the Bronks fielded a second team which was referred to as the Calgary Bronks 'B'. The final game of the regular season saw the Calgary Bronks square off against the University of Alberta Golden Bears. These teams were the two top teams in the ARFU, so it was decided that in addition to being the final regular season game, the game would also determine the ARFU championship. Regular season Final regular season standings Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points + Western Interprovincial Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA PtsWinnipegs 8 5 2 1 104 37 11Regina Roughriders 6 3 2 1 52 42 9Calgary Bronks 6 1 5 0 17 94 4 Calgary–Regina games are worth 4 points.+ Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA PtsToronto Argonauts 6 4 2 0 74 37 8Ottawa Rough Riders 6 3 3 0 49 63 6Hamilton Tigers 6 3 3 0 62 71 6Montreal Indians 6 2 4 0 45 59 4+ Ontario Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Sarnia Imperials 4 3 1 0 102 27 6 Toronto Balmy Beach 4 3 1 0 62 35 6 Hamilton Tiger Cubs 4 0 4 0 5 117 0Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs. + Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Moose Jaw Millers 4 2 1 1 14 23 5 Saskatoon Hilltops 4 2 2 0 26 11 4 Regina "Little" Roughriders 4 1 2 1 15 21 3 + Alberta Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Calgary Bronks "B" side 8 6 2 0 121 42 12 University of Alberta Golden Bears 5 4 1 0 30 20 8 Edmonton Hi-Grads All Stars 5 1 4 0 23 39 2 Lethbridge Bulldogs 6 1 5 0 14 87 2 + British Columbia Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves 7 5 2 0 52 36 10 Vancouver Meralomas 7 5 2 0 82 36 10 North Shore Lions 7 2 5 0 21 63 4 University of British Columbia Varsity 3 0 3 0 5 25 0 Grey Cup playoffs Note: All dates in 1936 BCRFU tie-breaker playoff Game Date Away Home+ WIFU Semi-Finals1 December 5 Vancouver Meralomas 0 Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves 7 Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves win BCRFU and advance (only to default.) Division semi-finals Game Date Away Home+ WIFU Semi-Finals1 October 24 Winnipegs 7 Regina Roughriders 42 October 31 Regina Roughriders 20 Winnipegs 5 Regina won the total-point series 24–14 after Winnipeg started the series with a 2–0 lead. Date Away Home+ IRFU Semi-FinalsNovember 14 Ottawa Rough Riders 3 Hamilton Tigers 2 Date Away Home+ WIFU – SRFU Semi-FinalNovember 7 Regina Roughriders Moose Jaw Millers Game to be played on November 7 in Winnipeg, but Moose Jaw Millers withdraw on November 5 and Regina advances to Final Date Away Home+ ARFU – BCRFU Semi-FinalNovember 7 Calgary Bronks "B" side Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves BCRFU forfeits game, Calgary Bronks "B" side advance to final. BCRFU forfeit game by deciding not to participate in Western playoffs. Numerous reasons were given, including cost and interrupting BCRFU schedule.Gridders Call Off Playoff, The Vancouver Sun – Oct 24, 1936 Division finals Date Away Home+ WCRFU FinalsNovember 11 Regina Roughriders 8 Calgary Bronks "B" side 1 Regina started the game with a 5–0 lead. Regina spotted five points to start the game as when WIFU organized, "it was agreed by all teams that the points separating the teams in the league standings would be carried into the western playdowns." Regina had a five point differential in points over Calgary in the WIFU standings.The Calgary Daily Herald – Nov 10, 1936 CRU did not allow Regina to play for the Grey Cup. Date Away Home+ ORFU FinalsNovember 21 Sarnia Imperials 11 Toronto Balmy Beach 7 Sarnia advanced to the Grey Cup game. Game Date Away Home+ IRFU Finals1 November 21 Ottawa Rough Riders 5 Toronto Argonauts 12 November 28 Ottawa Rough Riders 17 Toronto Argonauts 5 Ottawa won the total-point series 22–6 and advanced to the Grey Cup game. Grey Cup Championship December 5 24th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 26 Ottawa Rough Riders 20 The Sarnia Imperials are the 1936 Grey Cup Champions Eastern (combined IRFU and ORFU) All-Stars The all-stars were selected by the Canadian Press. During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions. 1st Team QB – Bob Coulter, Toronto Argonauts FW – Ormond Beach, Sarnia Imperials HB – Hugh Welch, Hamilton Tigers HB – Ab Box, Toronto Argonauts DB – Ted Morris, Toronto Argonauts E – Wes Cutler, Toronto Argonauts E – Seymour Wilson, Hamilton Tigers C – Fred Wigle, Montreal Indians G – Charles "Tiny" Hermann, Ottawa Rough Riders G – George Pigeon, Montreal Indians T – Dave Sprague, Ottawa Rough Riders T – Pete Joktus, Montreal Indians2nd Team QB – Arnie McWatters, Sarnia Imperials FW – Abe Eliowitz, Ottawa Rough Riders HB – Andy Tommy, Ottawa Rough Riders HB – Mike Hedgewich, Sarnia Imperials DB – Hugh Sterling, Sarnia Imperials E – Jack Holden, University of Toronto E – Syd Reynolds, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers C – George Willis, University of Western Ontario G – Pat Butler, Sarnia Imperials G – George Hornig, McGill University T – Ernie Hempey, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers T – Gus Greco, University of Toronto Awards Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Arnie Morrison (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) – Syd Reynolds – Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers References Category:Canadian Football League seasons Category:Canadian football competitions in Toronto