Hugo Ross Trophy

The Hugo Ross Trophy was named after a Winnipeg real estate broker, Hugo Ross, who donated the championship trophy to the Western Canada Rugby Football Union (WCRFU). Hugo Ross died a year earlier in April 1912, as he was one of many who drowned in the sinking of RMS Titanic.^[1]

When the WCRFU joined the Canadian Rugby Union in 1921, the Hugo Ross Trophy champion were able to play for the Grey Cup against teams outside Western Canada. In 1935, the Winnipeg 'Pegs became the only WCRFU team to win the Grey Cup.

By 1936, the Hugo Ross Trophy was awarded to the champion of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). The winner of the trophy usually ended up playing against the IRFU champions for the Grey Cup. The Hugo Ross Trophy was awarded to the WIFU champion from 1936 to 1947.

In the 1948 season, the Hugo Ross Trophy was replaced by the N. J. Taylor Trophy as the official WIFU trophy. The N. J. Taylor Trophy was awarded to the CFL West Division champions until 2003.

Hugo Ross Trophy winners

1947 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1946 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1945 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers^[a]
1944 - not awarded due to World War II
1943 - not awarded due to World War II
1942 - not awarded due to World War II
1941 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1940 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers^[b]
1939 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1938 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1937 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1936 - Regina Roughriders^[c]
1935 - Winnipeg 'Pegs
1934 - Regina Roughriders
1933 - Winnipeg 'Pegs
1932 - Regina Roughriders
1931 - Regina Roughriders
1930 - Regina Roughriders
1929 - Regina Roughriders
1928 - Regina Roughriders
1927 - Regina Roughriders
1926 - Regina Roughriders
1925 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
1924 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
1923 - Regina Rugby Club
1922 - Edmonton Eskimos
1921 - Edmonton Eskimos
1920 - Regina Rugby Club
1919 - Regina Rugby Club [1]
1918 - not awarded due to World War I
1917 - not awarded due to World War I
1916 - not awarded due to World War I
1915 - Regina Rugby Club
1914 - Regina Rugby Club
1913 - Regina Rugby Club
1912 - Regina Rugby Club
1911 - Calgary Tigers

Notes and references

^ There were no WIFU regular season games, but the original three teams of the WIFU played in the Grey Cup playoffs.
^ Winnipeg Blue Bombers were not allowed to compete in the Grey Cup, because the CRU did not approve of the WIFU season being played under rules that varied from IRFU rules.
^ Regina Rugby Club did not play in the Grey Cup finals. The CRU rule was that who ever gave up the fewest points between the winners of the WIFU and the IRFU finals would be eligible to play against the ORFU Champion in the Grey Cup. It was determined that the Ottawa Rough Riders gave up fewer points in the IRFU Finals, so they qualified for the Grey Cup.

^ "Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Roughriders". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2007-10-23.

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[2] There were no WIFU regular season games, but the original three teams of the WIFU played in the Grey Cup playoffs.

[3] Winnipeg Blue Bombers were not allowed to compete in the Grey Cup, because the CRU did not approve of the WIFU season being played under rules that varied from IRFU rules.

[4] Regina Rugby Club did not play in the Grey Cup finals. The CRU rule was that who ever gave up the fewest points between the winners of the WIFU and the IRFU finals would be eligible to play against the ORFU Champion in the Grey Cup. It was determined that the Ottawa Rough Riders gave up fewer points in the IRFU Finals, so they qualified for the Grey Cup.

[1] "Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Roughriders". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2007-10-23.

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Hugo Ross Trophy winners

See also

Notes and references