Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers

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.[3] The AAA Winged Wheelers started in the IRFU in 1919.

Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
Founded1919
Folded1935
Based inMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Home fieldMontreal AAA Grounds
Owner(s)Montreal AAA
LeagueIRFU (1919-35)
Colours   [1][2]

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
1919420715181stIRFU Champion
1920060357704thLast Place
19210602919004thLast Place
1922240435643rd-
192323145735-3rd-
1924150286524thLast Place
1925330274362nd-
1926150488324thLast Place
1927150256024thLast Place
1928330623462nd-
1929420414062nd-
1930231354463rd-
193160011239121stWon 19th Grey Cup
1932420683282nd-
1933420675581st - tieLost IRFU 2 game playoff
1934321544272nd-
19350904813304thLast Place
Totals3862379-1 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2011-03-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES
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