1937 in Canadian football

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The Toronto Argonauts won the Grey Cup for the second time in five years. [1]

Contents

Canadian Football News in 1937

The Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) stopped challenging for the Grey Cup. [2]

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

Quebec Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Westmount Football Club642046288
CNR Nationals 632154487
Notre-Dame-de-Grace Eastward Yellow Jackets.623133465
McGill University Seconds624025364
British Columbia Rugby Football Union - Big Four
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
North Shore Lions7511782711
Vancouver Meralomas 733143587
Knights of Columbus 725034564
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds312016302

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1937

Division semifinals

GameDateAwayHome
IRFU Finals
1November 20 Ottawa Rough Riders 15 Toronto Argonauts 11
2November 27 Toronto Argonauts 10 Ottawa Rough Riders 1
DateAwayHome
ORFU-QRFU Final
November 20 Sarnia Imperials 63Montreal Westmounts 0
  • Sarnia advances to the Eastern Final.

Finals

GameDateAwayHome
Western Finals
1November 6 Calgary Bronks 13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10
2November 11 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 9 Calgary Bronks 1
DateAwayHome
Eastern Finals
December 4 Toronto Argonauts 10Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 6

Playoff bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGrey Cup final
         
IRFU Toronto Argonauts 21
IRFU Ottawa Rough Riders 16
IRFU Toronto Argonauts 10
EAST
ORFU Sarnia Imperials 6
ORFU Sarnia Imperials 63
QRFU Montreal Westmounts 0
IRFU Toronto Argonauts 4
WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3
WIFU Calgary Bronks
BYE
WIFU Calgary Bronks 14
WEST
WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19
WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24
WIFU Regina Roughriders 12

Grey Cup Championship

December 11

25th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity StadiumToronto, Ontario

WIFU Champion IRFU Champion
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3 Toronto Argonauts 4
The Toronto Argonauts are the 1937 Grey Cup Champions

1937 Eastern (Combined IRFU & ORFU) All-Stars selected by Canadian Press

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

1st Team

2nd Team

1937 Ontario Rugby Football Union All-Stars

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

1937 Canadian Football Awards

References

  1. "Grey Cup Memories: 1937". CFL.ca. 2005-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. "CANADIAN FOOTBALL TIMELINES (1860 – 2005)" (PDF). footballcanada.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019.