Ottawa Trojans

Ottawa Trojans
Founded	1943
Folded	1948 (Amalgamated with Ottawa Rough Riders in 1948)
Based in	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
League	Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team History	Ottawa Combines (1943) Ottawa Trojans (1944-47)
Team Colors	Unknown
Head coaches	Gordie Perry (1943-1944) Arnie McWaters (1945-1946) Wally Masters (1947)
Home field(s)	Lansdowne Park

The Ottawa Trojans were a Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario and competed in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1943-1947. After winning the 1947 ORFU championship, the team would merge with the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1948.^[1]

History

The team was first admitted into the ORFU on Friday, July 16, 1943, and played for one season as the Ottawa Combines, supplanting the Kitchener-Waterloo Panthers as the sixth team.^[2] The club was renamed the Trojans prior to the 1944 season.^[3] The team had their most successful season in 1947 where they won the ORFU championship before losing the East Final to the Toronto Argonauts.^[4][5] After the 1947 season, they amalgamated with the Ottawa Rough Riders after the Riders were given exclusive rights to Ottawa's Lansdowne Park playing fields.^[6] The new football organization would be known as the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club^[1] and would compete in the 1948 Grey Cup before finally winning it in 1951.

Seasons

Season	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
1943	2	7	0	68	129	4	4th, ORFU	Missed Playoffs
1944	3	3	0	74	74	6	3rd, ORFU	Missed Playoffs
1945	3	4	0	56	78	6	3rd, ORFU	Missed Playoffs
1946	0	10	0	36	127	0	6th, ORFU	Missed playoffs
1947	5	4	1	148	133	11	3rd, ORFU	Lost Eastern Finals

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lzMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5276%2C936200 Lansdowne Field Leased by Riders
2. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_yVkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ansNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3694%2C2005640 Combines in O.R.F.U.
3. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fpgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865,2170523&dq=ottawa+trojans+combines&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - Nov 12, 1943
4. ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.292
5. ^ http://www.cflapedia.com/
6. ^ http://capitalregionfootball.info/Trojans_1944_-_1947.php Ottawa Trojans

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