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Canadian Football News in 1934

Eastern Intercollegiate Union formally withdrew from Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

competition.

The horn was introduced to officiating.

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tigers Hamilton Tigers (football) The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in...	6	3	1	2	47	39	8
Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers The Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers were a member of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League. It was likely a team from the fabled Montreal AAA founded in 1872 as the Montreal Foot Ball Club. The MFBC joined the Quebec Rugby Football Union in...	6	3	2	1	54	42	7
Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...	6	3	2	1	51	38	7
Ottawa Rough Riders Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...	6	1	5	0	34	67	2

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Ontario Rugby Football Union
The Ontario Rugby Football Union or ORFU was an early amateur Canadian football league with teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded in 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside Rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would...
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Sarnia Imperials Sarnia Imperials The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...	6	6	0	137	28	12
St. Michael's College St. Michael's College School St. Michael's College School is a private, all-boys Roman Catholic day school in Toronto, Canada. Currently administered by the Basilian Fathers, it is the largest school of its kind in Canada, with an enrollment of approximately 1,080 students from grades 7 to 12. St...	6	4	2	51	56	8
Hamilton Tiger Cubs	6	2	4	41	93	4
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers were a Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League...	6	0	6	32	84	0

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

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November 17

Sarnia Imperials

The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...

(ORFU

Orfu

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Hamilton Tigers

Hamilton Tigers (football)

The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in...

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Western Semi-Finals Game 1

November 1

University of Alberta Golden Bears 0

Vancouver Meralomas 5

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Western Finals Game 2

November 3

University of Alberta Golden Bears 6

Vancouver Meralomas 8

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November 3

Winnipeg 'Pegs

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...

Regina Roughriders 8

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Western Finals Game 1

November 10

Regina Roughriders 22

Vancouver Meralomas 2

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Western Finals Game 2

November 12

Regina Roughriders 7

Vancouver Meralomas 2

November 24
22nd Annual Grey Cup Game

22nd Grey Cup

The 22nd Grey Cup was played on November 24, 1934, before 8,900 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto.The Sarnia Imperials defeated the Regina Roughriders 20 to 12....

: Varsity Stadium

Varsity Stadium

Varsity Stadium is a collegiate football stadium that is home to the Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While the present structure was built in 2007, it is in fact the third major incarnation of the stadium that has occupied the same site...

– Toronto, Ontario

Regina Roughriders (WCRFU

Canadian Football League West Division

The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. Although the CFL was not founded until 1958, the West Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagues.-Pre-1936:...

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Sarnia Imperials

The Sarnia Imperials are the 1934 Grey Cup Champions

1934 Canadian Football Awards

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy

The Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy is a Canadian football award recognizing the most outstanding player of the Quebec University Football LeagueThe trophy was originally presented to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship, and courage in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union...

(IRFU MVP) – Ab Box

Ab Box

Albert George "Ab" Box was a Canadian professional football halfback, quarterback and punter.Born in Toronto, Box attended Malvern Collegiate Institute where he played on the football team and later on the Malvern Grads junior team from 1928-1929 under coach Ted Reeve...

(QB), Toronto Argonauts

Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) - Norm Perry

Norm Perry (Canadian football)

Norman Perry was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for the Sarnia Imperials for eight seasons. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.-References:*...

- Sarnia Imperials

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Canadian Football News in 1934

Final regular season standings

Eastern Finals

Western Semi-Finals

Western Finals

Grey Cup Championship

1934 Eastern (Combined IRFU & ORFU) All-Stars selected by Canadian Press

1934 Ontario Rugby Football Union All-Stars

1934 Canadian Football Awards