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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)
St Brigid's Saints
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 Citizen, Aug 20th, 1920: "The St. Brigid's football club, last year's champions, was reorganized for the coming season's campaign in the City Rugby League at an enthusiastic meeting held last evening..."Silver" Quilty, who successfully coached the squad last year, will again have charge of the purple, green and white"
Ottawa Rideau's
The Rideau's, apparently based out of the city's aquatics club, began playing in 1923. Team colours were said to be purple and white.
"In 1923, they entered the playdowns with Westmount as their opponents. They defeated Westmount in two great games then entered the semi-final against Loyola. They tied Loyola in one game and lost out in Montreal." (Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 11th, 1927)
They lost the 1924
Canadian Junior Football championship game to the Toronto Canoe Club by
a score of 07-01 as a member of the Quebec Rugby Football Union.
"In 1924, they again defeated Westmount for the Eastern title; swamped the Hamilton Victorias, the inter-provincial titleholders, and entered the finals against Toronto Canoe Club. It was a typical Toronto "victory" which lost Rideaus the title." (Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 11th, 1927)
The 1925 edition lost a two-game series (21-09 total) against Montreal in the semi-finals.
"In 1925, the purple met Montreal AAA for the first time. They were defeated in Ottawa but showed comeback power by winning in Montreal. But Montreal won the round."
"In 1926...They lost in Montreal and won in Ottawa but again lost on points"
While the Rideau's struggled against the Montreal team, such was not the case against local clubs. A one-point loss to Ottawa College in 1928 snapped a 29-game winning streak versus other teams within the city.
The last mention of the Rideau's to be located is from 1929 when the team lost a game to the St. Thomas Tigers. The game ended with a brawl said to have included several hundred spectators and causing injury to a number of St. Thomas players. Rideau player and future Rough Rider and Ravens coach Arnie Morrison was suspended for life as a result of his participation in this brawl and Ottawa was banned as a possible location for playoff games by the Canadian Rugby Union. The ban was lifted in 1932.
1924 - Quebec Rugby Football
Union
Nov 9th - Westmount 02 @ Ottawa 15 W (Game 1 of series)
Nov 15th - Ottawa 12 @ Westmount 06 W (Game 2, won series 27-08)
1925 - Quebec Rugby Football
Union
Nov 21st - Montreal 15 @ Ottawa 01 L
Nov 28th - Ottawa 08 @ Montreal 06 W (Game 2, lost series 21-09)
1926 - Ottawa Junior League - Head Coach: Zebe Gamble
Oct 2nd - Ottawa 24 vs Nepean High School 06 W
Oct 30th - Ottawa 14 vs Ottawa RC Seconds 04 W
1927 -
Nov 5th - Ottawa vs Ottawa College
Nov 13th - Montreal AAA 22 @ Ottawa 02 L (Game 1 of series)
1928 -
Sep 29th - Ottawa 02 @ Ottawa 03 L
Oct 27th - Gladstones 00 vs Ottawa 20 W
Record (05-01)
Ottawa Rangers
The Rangers, first taking the field in 1930, appear to be a reincarnated version of the Rideau's as a recap of the 1931 national championship game at that level refers to the 1929 brawl. They would only last a few seasons of play at the intermediate level.
Similarly to the Rideaus, they wore purple and white, specifically "purple and white stripes with white numbers on a purple block. The stockings are solid purple with faint white stripes". Yet, they were referred to as the "blue shirts" as a nickname.
Notable players for the Rangers include team captain Arnie Morrison. Suspended "for life" for his participation in the 1929 fight while a member of the Rideau's (see above), he would be reinstated in 1931 and later go on to play for the Rough Riders. Following his playing career, Morrison became one of the first coaches for the Carleton Ravens in the mid-40's.
Another former Ranger to make history is one Andy Tommy, now a member of the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, gaining his first major football experience as a 19-year old in 1931.
1930 - Quebec Rugby Football Union - Head Coach: Alex Smith
Oct 12th - Canadian National (Montreal) 16 @ Ottawa 06 L
Nov 8th - Ottawa 06 @ Canadian Nationals (Montreal) 25 L
1931 - Quebec Rugby Football
Union - Head Coach: Alex Smith
Oct 3rd - Ottawa 15 @ Brockville 01 W
Oct 10th - Canadian National (Montreal) 12 @ Ottawa 13 W
Nov 21st - Quebec Swimmers 07 @ Ottawa 24 W (semi-final)
Nov 28th - Montreal Westwards 02 @ Ottawa 14 W (QRFU Final)
Dec 5th - Ottawa 00 @ St. Thomas Yellow Jackets 21 L (National championship game)
1932 - Quebec Rugby Football
Union - Head Coach: Alex Smith
Oct 1st - Montreal Westwards 01 @ Ottawa 14 W
Oct 8th - Ottawa @ Canadian Nationals (Montreal) L
Oct 15th - McGill Intermediates 01 @ Ottawa 30 W
1933 - Quebec Rugby Football
Union - Head Coach: Charlie Lynch
Sep 30th - Ottawa 06 @ Montreal Westward 07 L
Oct 12th - Ottawa 09 @ Canadian Nationals (Montreal) 07 W
Oct 18th - Ottawa 17 @ McGill Seconds 08 W
Oct 28th - Montreal Westwards 15 @ Ottawa 06 L
1934 - Quebec Rugby Football
Union
Nov 10th - Canadian Nationals (Montreal) @ Ottawa
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