1937 in Canadian football

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

Canadian Football News in 1937[edit]

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

Regular season[edit]

Final regular season standings[edit]

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	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Bronks	8	5	3	47	70	10
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	4	4	57	47	8
Regina Roughriders	8	3	5	58	45	6

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	6	5	1	72	43	10
Ottawa Rough Riders	6	3	3	52	46	6
Hamilton Tigers	6	2	4	42	63	4
Montreal Indians	6	2	4	35	49	4

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Sarnia Imperials	4	3	0	1	81	19	7
Toronto Balmy Beach*	3	1	1	1	41	23	3
Hamilton Panthers*	3	0	3	0	15	95	0

(*) Final Hamilton-Balmy Beach game was cancelled.

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

Quebec Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Westmount Football Club	6	4	2	0	46	28	8
CNR Nationals	6	3	2	1	54	48	7
Notre-Dame-de-Grace Eastward Yellow Jackets.	6	2	3	1	33	46	5
McGill University Seconds	6	2	4	0	25	36	4

British Columbia Rugby Football Union - Big Four
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
North Shore Lions	7	5	1	1	78	27	11
Vancouver Meralomas	7	3	3	1	43	58	7
Knights of Columbus	7	2	5	0	34	56	4
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds	3	1	2	0	16	30	2

Grey Cup playoffs[edit]

Note: All dates in 1937

Division semifinals[edit]

**WIFU Semifinals**
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	October 24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7	Regina Roughriders 4
2	October 31	Regina Roughriders 20	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 5

Regina wins the series 24-12 and advances to the WIFU finals

**IRFU Finals**
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 20	Ottawa Rough Riders 15	Toronto Argonauts 11
2	November 27	Toronto Argonauts 10	Ottawa Rough Riders 1

Toronto won the total-point series by 21–16. Toronto will play the Sarnia Imperials (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.

**ORFU-QRFU Final**
Date	Away	Home
November 20	Sarnia Imperials 63	Montreal Westmounts 0

Sarnia advances to the Eastern Final.

Finals[edit]

**Western Finals**
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 6	Calgary Bronks 13	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10
2	November 11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 9	Calgary Bronks 1

Winnipeg won the total-point series by 19–14. Winnipeg advances to the Grey Cup game.

**Eastern Finals**
Date	Away	Home
December 4	Toronto Argonauts 10	Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 6

Toronto advances to the Grey Cup game.

Playoff bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Grey 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[edit]

December 11 25th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
WIFU Champion	IRFU Champion
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3	Toronto Argonauts 4
The Toronto Argonauts are the 1937 Grey Cup Champions

Note: Eastern Final Playoff date is not confirmed, however since the regular season in the East ended November 13, and all other playoff dates, as well as Grey Cup date are accurate, it is reasonable to assume the above date is accurate.

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

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[edit]

QB – Arnie Morrison, Ottawa Rough Riders
FW – Ormond Beach, Sarnia Imperials
HB – Johnny Ferraro, Montreal Indians
HB – Hugh Sterling, Sarnia Imperials
HB – Stan O'Neil, Ottawa Rough Riders
E – Wes Cutler, Toronto Argonauts
E – Jimmy Simpson, Hamilton Tigers
C – Dave Ryan, Montreal Indians
G – Charles "Tiny" Hermann, Ottawa Rough Riders
G – Tim Palmer, Toronto Argonauts
T – Dave Sprague, Ottawa Rough Riders
T – Mike Clawson, Sarnia Imperials

2nd Team[edit]

QB – Alex Hayes, Sarnia Imperials
FW – Ted Morris, Toronto Argonauts
HB – Hugh "Huck" Welch, Hamilton Tigers
HB – Abe Eliowitz, Montreal Indians
HB – Bob Isbister, Toronto Argonauts
E – Bernie Thornton, Queen's University
E – Syd Reynolds, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
C – Jack Taylor, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
G – Bill Irwin, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
G – George Hornig, McGill University
T – Tommy Burns, Montreal Indians
T – Andy Anton, McGill University

1937 Ontario Rugby Football Union All-Stars[edit]

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

QB – Alex Hayes, Sarnia Imperials
FW – Ormond Beach, Sarnia Imperials
HB – Ab Box, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
HB – Herb Moores, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
DB – Hugh Sterling, Sarnia Imperials
E – Syd Reynolds, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
E – Danny Daniels, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
C – Jack Taylor, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
G – Pat Bulter, Sarnia Imperials
G – Bill Irwin, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
T – Mike Clawson, Sarnia Imperials
T – Cliff Parson, Sarnia Imperials

1937 Canadian Football Awards[edit]

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Teddy Morris (FW), Toronto Argonauts
Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) - Ormond Beach - Sarnia Imperials

References[edit]

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

[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.

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