Windsor AKO Fratmen Football Team
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Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
team out of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
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, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. The team has played out of the Canadian Junior Football League
Canadian Junior Football League
The Canadian Junior Football League is a national amateur Canadian football league consisting of 19 teams playing in six provinces across Canada. The teams compete annually for the Canadian Bowl...
since the 1940s and won national titles in 1952, 1954, and 1999. The Fratmen have played at Fratmen Field at Windsor Stadium since 1953. The team is sponsored by the AKO Fraternity
Alpha Kai Omega
AKO Fraternity, is a sports-focused service fraternity in Ontario, Canada, that was formed in 1929 in Windsor, Ontario.- History :...
and dates back to 1929 making it the longest-running community organization providing a junior football program in Canada without interruption.
Former player Tommy Grant has been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...
. The Fratmen are also the first Canadian Junior Football League team to be honoured in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum's locker room exhibit.