Under construction:  This page will feature a list of defunct teams in Ottawa.  Details are a little thin at the moment but I plan on adding a great deal more.  They will be short-lived clubs that have fallen off most people's radar screen.  The goal is to eventually separate all the clubs by level (pro, junior, etc) and within those levels, display them more or less chronogically.   Ottawa Capitals " ...Following the return of the game after a three-year hiatus due to the Great War, the Ottawa Capitals had a slightly better run, finishing at 2-2 but would fold after the 1919 campaign." -- Ottawa Football History, 2002 Ottawa Renegades media guide. I am not entirely certain whether the same team is being referred to, but the Canadian Football Hall of Fame lists the Ottawa Capitals as 1913 Leader-Post champions.  That, however, was the junior football championship at the time and the paragraph above seems to be in reference to a professional team.  According to that same link, the junior championship was not contested from 1915 to 1920, so perhaps the Capitals changed leagues, but it seems more likely that they folded and a pro team later adopted the name. 1919 - Ontario Rugby Football Union Oct 12th - Ottawa 01 @ Toronto Rowing 28         L Oct 25th - Ottawa 06 @ Hamilton Rowing Club 05   W Nov 8th  - Hamilton Rowing Club 06 @ Ottawa 17   W Nov 15th - Toronto Rowing 40 @ Ottawa 01         L Record (02-02) Ottawa Rideau's The Rideau's lost the 1924 Canadian Junior Football championship game to the Toronto Canoe Club by a score of 07-01.  The 1925 edition lost a two-game series against (21-09 total) against Montreal in the semi-finals. The last mention of the Rideau's is in 1929 when the team lost a game to the St. Thomas Yellow Jackets.  The game ended with a brawl said to have included several hundred spectators and causing injury to a number of St. Thomas players. Ottawa Rangers The Rangers, first taking the field in 1930 wearing blue and white, appear to be a reincarnated version of the Rideau's.  They would only last a few seasons of play at the intermediate level. St Bridges This is the team with which the Ottawa Rough Riders merged in 1925.  It was as a result of this merger, apparently, that the team changed its name to "Senators" for the next two seasons.

Ottawa Trojans 1944 - Ontario Rugby Football Union Head Coach: Gordie Perry Sep 30th- Hamilton Wildcats 06 @ Ottawa 01    L Oct  7th- Ottawa 07 @ Hamilton Wildcats 12    L Oct  9th- Ottawa 31 @ Toronto Indians 11      W Oct 14th- Toronto Balmy Beach 33 @ Ottawa 00  L Oct 21st- Toronto Indians 00 @ Ottawa 21      W Oct 28th- Ottawa 14 @ Toronto Balmy Beach 09  W Record: (03-03) 1945 - Ontario Rugby Football Union Head Coach: Arnie McWatters Sep 15th- Toronto Indians 19 @ Ottawa 01      L Sep 22nd- Ottawa 11 @ Balmy Beach 24          L Oct  5th- Ottawa 11 @ Toronto Indians 16      L Oct  8th- Windsor Rockets 01 @ Ottawa 09      W Oct 13th- Hamilton Wildcats 11 @ Ottawa 15    W Oct 27th- Balmy Beach 05 @ Ottawa 02          L Nov  4th- Ottawa 06 @ Hamilton Wildcats 02    W Record: (03-04) 1946 - Ontario Rugby Football Union Head Coach: Arnie McWatters Sep  7th- Windsor Rockets 08 @ Ottawa 01      L Sep 14th- Ottawa 02 @ Hamilton Wildcats 13    L Sep 21st- Sarnia Imperials 18 @ Ottawa 06     L Sep 28st- Ottawa 03 @ Toronto Indians 18      L Oct  5th- Ottawa 07 @ Windsor Rockets 12      L Oct 12th- Ottawa 00 @ Toronto Indians 05      L Oct 14th- Ottawa 09 @ Sarnia Imperials 11     L Oct 19th- Balmy Beach 11 @ Ottawa 00          L Oct 26th- Ottawa 01 @ Balmy Beach 08          L Oct 30th- Ottawa 07 @ Hamilton Wildcats 13    L Record: (00-10)

1947 - Ontario Rugby Football Union Head Coach: Wally Masters Sep  6th- Ottawa 06 @ Toronto Indians 06      T Sep 13th- Toronto Indians 12 @ Trojans 11     L Sep 20th- Ottawa 05 @ Hamilton Wildcats 16    L Sep 27th- Sarnia 15 @ Ottawa 20               W Oct  4th- Ottawa 18 @ Balmy Beach 05          W Oct 11th- Ottawa 21 @ Sarnia 06               W Oct 13th- Windsor 06 @ Ottawa 24              W Oct 18th- Ottawa 23 @ Windsor 06              W Oct 25th- Balmy Beach 15 @ Ottawa 08          L Nov  1st- Hamilton 46 @ Ottawa 12             L Nov  8th- Ottawa 16 @ Balmy Beach 07          W (ORFU semi-final) Nov 15th- Ottawa 15 @ Hamilton 03             W (ORFU final) Nov 22nd- Ottawa 01 @ Toronto 22              L (Eastern final) Record: (05-04-01)(02-01)

Little something about the Trojans...I first read about them in the 2002 Renegades media guide.  There was little information provided aside from stating that they were active in the 1940's, but that they were on hiatus throughout in 1945. That last part is odd because it doesn't appear to be true.  I'd be curious to find out what the source was for that statement because looking up Ottawa Citizen newspapers from 1945, I came across several scores for the Trojans.  I can understand mistakes being made while researching this stuff; no doubt I've made my own and will continue to.  But that's a pretty big one! It may be that they played in a different league or some such, but judging from the opposition, that doesn't seem to be the case.  They play the same teams as in the previous and subsequent seasons. Regardless, I believe I have all their scores.  So whatever happened to the Trojans?  I located a Montreal Gazette article (uncredited) from 1948 which explains it: March 4th - Exclusive rights to Ottawa's Lansdowne Park playing fields for the next two years today was granted to the Rough Riders football club on the stipulation that they amalgamate with the Ottawa Trojans - 1947 ORFU champions.

Ottawa Junior Football League Between 1952 and 1957, Ottawa had its own league affiliated with the Canadian Junior Football League.  It was originally known as the Ottawa-Hull Junior Football League in 1952, then the Junior InterProvincial Football League in 1953 before adopting the above name.  According to the CJFL's website, they ceased to compete after the 1957 because they found the rest of the Ontario teams too strong. Lack of competition from within may have also played a role; a glance at the last two seasons will show that St. Anthony was ridiculously dominant. I have copied the standings as provided by the CJFL's impressive historical section.  Some scores are missing, and I shall make an effort to locate them myself the next time I visit the library for research. While these teams may not be commonly-known, it would appear that some familiar names have been involved with them in the past.  The Hull Tigers at one point were coached by former Rough Rider Wilf Tremblay, while Don Holtby played four years with St. Anthony prior to becoming Head Coach of the Sooners in 1961.   1952 Standings         W  L  T  P  PF  PA St. Anthony Saints     4  2  0  8  84  28 Eastview Olympics      4  2  0  8  40  42 Ottawa Cobra Lancers   2  3  1  7  33  46 Hull Tigers            2  3  1  7  14  55 SemiFinals St. Anthony Saints 1, Hull Tigers 0 Eastview Olympics 11, Ottawa Cobra Lancers Championship no score mentioned 1953 Standings         W  L  T  PF  PA   PA St. Anthony Saints     6  2  0  12  92   36 Hull Tigers            6  2  0  12  81   27 Ottawa Cobra Lancers   3  5  0   8  63   57 Eastview Olympics      0  6  0   0  12  128 Championship St. Anthony Saints 15 Hull Tigers 3 St. Anthony Saints 22 Hull Tigers 0 (St. Anthony won series 37-3) 1954 Standings         W  L  T   P   PF  PA Hull Tigers            7  1  0  14  104  28 St. Anthony Saints     3  5  0   6   61  72 Cobra Lancers          2  6  0   4   33  97 SemiFinal St. Anthony Saints 12 Cobra Lancers 5 Championship Hull Tigers 2 St. Anthony Saints 1 1955 Standings         W  L  T   P   PF   PA West End Cobras        5  0  1  11  132   26 St. Anthony Saints     3  2  1   7   96   59 Hull Tigers            0  6  0   0   18  101 SemiFinal St. Anthony Saints 12 Hull Tigers 0 Championship West End Cobras 17 St. Anthony Saints 12 Eastern Canadian SemiFinal Verdun Shamcats (OJRFL) 17 West End Cobras 5 1956 Standings         W  L  T  P   PF   PA St. Anthony Saints     4  0  0  8  157   12 West End Cobras        2  2  0  4   58   64 Hull Tigers            0  4  0  0   21  163 SemiFinals West End Cobras 25 Hull Cobras 20 Championship St. Anthony Saints 47 West End Cobras 18 1957 Standings         W  L  T   P   PF   PA St. Anthony Saints     7  0  0  14  352   15 Ottawa Seconds         2  4  1   5   79  164 West End Bombers       2  4  1   5   68  197 Hull Tigers            2  5  0   4   31  182 SemiFinal St. Anthony Saints 32 Hull Tigers 7 Ottawa Seconds 1 West End Bombers Championship St. Anthony Saints 44 Ottawa Seconds 1 Ottawa District Football League The Hull Tigers (see above) played an exhibition schedule in 1958 before coming a charter member of the Ottawa Disctrict Football League in 1959.  They were joined by teams from Hawkesbury (Flyers/Hawks) and Vankleek Hill (Colts), then the Ottawa Sooners came aboard in 1960.  Hull won the league's championship in 1959 and 1960 while the Sooners claimed the 1961 championship by a two-game total of 28-04 over Hawkesbury.

Gatineau Lions The Gatineau Lions participated in the Interprovincial Junior Football League which in turn competed as part of the Canadian Rugby Union (the predecessor to the Canadian Junior Football League). 1962: 05-04-01 (0-1 in playoffs) 1963: 00-09 (A scheduled tenth game was not played) Hull Blue Bombers The Hull Blue Bombers participated in the Interprovincial Junior Football League which in turn competed as part of the Canadian Rugby Union (the predecessor to the Canadian Junior Football League). 1962: 00-10 1963: 03-07 Ottawa Trojans In 1964, the Ottawa Sooners became a part of the Metropolitan Junior Football Conference.  The six-team conference was split into two division of three teams each, the Montreal and Ottawa divisions.  The Trojans competed against the Sooners and another club named the Eastview Jrs (see below).  The league changed its name to the InterProvincial Junior Football League in 1965. 1964: 05-02 (Lost a two-game playoff series against the Sooners 57-13) 1965: 00-08 Eastview Jrs In 1964, the Ottawa Sooners became a part of the Metropolitan Junior Football Conference.  The six-team conference was split into two division of three teams each, the Montreal and Ottawa divisions.  The Eastview Jrs competed against the Sooners and a club named the Ottawa Trojans (see above). In 1965, the club changed its name to the Ottawa Eastview Golden Eagles (it is assumed to be the same club) and the Vikings in 1968.  1964: 01-06 1965: 04-04    (Lost a two-game playoff series against the Sooners 25-12) 1966: 06-01    (Defeated the Sooners in a two-game playoff series 43-18) 1967: 05-05    (Lost a two-game playoff series against the Sooners 78-00) 1968: 01-06-01

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