Overview of the events of 1946 in Canadian football
The WIFU resumed play for the first time since 1942. The IRFU increased their season play from 6 games to 12 games, per team.
The Montreal Alouettes came into existence. The Regina Roughriders unofficially changed their name to become the Saskatchewan Roughriders . The name change eventually became official on April 1, 1950.
Air travel was used for the first time as the Toronto Argonauts flew to Winnipeg to play pre-season games against the Blue Bombers .
Final regular season standings [ edit ] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Note: All dates in 1946
The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers will play the Hamilton Wildcats in the ORFU Final. The Hamilton Wildcats will play the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers in the ORFU Final.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the total-point series by 30–21. Winnipeg advances to the Grey Cup game. The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers will play the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern finals. The Toronto Argonauts will play the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers in the Eastern finals.
The Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup game.
Quarterfinals Semifinals Grey Cup final IRFU Montreal Alouettes 6 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 12 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 22 EAST ORFU Toronto Balmy Beach 12 ORFU Hamilton Wildcats 6 ORFU Toronto Balmy Beach 13 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 28 WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 6 WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers WIFU BYE WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18-12 WEST WIFU Calgary Stampeders 21-0 WIFU Calgary Stampeders WIFU BYE
Grey Cup Championship [ edit ] [ 1]
[ 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 – Frank Gnup , Hamilton Wildcats FW – Ken Charleton , Ottawa Rough Riders HB – Royal Copeland , Toronto Argonauts HB – Joe Krol , Toronto Argonauts HB – Virgil Wagner , Montreal Alouettes E – Dick Groom , Hamilton Tigers E – Bert Haigh , Ottawa Rough Riders C – Doug Turner , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers G – Benny Steck , Montreal Alouettes G – Bill Zock , Toronto Argonauts T – Herb Trawick , Montreal Alouettes T – Hank Christman , Ottawa Rough Riders QB – Frank Dunlap , Ottawa Rough Riders FW – Don McFarlane , University of Western Ontario HB – Bob McFarlane , University of Western Ontario HB – Don Toms , Hamilton Wildcats HB – Johnny Lake , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers E – George Turnbull , University of Western Ontario E – Len Wright , Hamilton Wildcats C – Don Loney , Toronto Argonauts G – Don McKenzie , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers G – Rudy Grass , University of Toronto T – Don Durno , Toronto Indians T – Vic Ghetti , Windsor Rockets
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
QB – Walter Dobler , Winnipeg Blue Bombers FW – Bill Wusyk , Calgary Stampeders HB – Sully Glasser , Regina Roughriders HB – Paul Rowe , Calgary Stampeders HB – Bill Ordway , Winnipeg Blue Bombers E – Johnny Bell , Regina Roughriders E – Nate Shore , Winnipeg Blue Bombers C – Mel Wilson , Winnipeg Blue Bombers G – David "Sneaky" Adams , Calgary Stampeders G – Bill Ceretti , Winnipeg Blue Bombers T – Andrew Nagy , Regina Roughriders T – Martin Gainor , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
QB – Frank Gnup , Hamilton Wildcats HB – Don Toms , Hamilton Wildcats HB – Ross McKelvey , Toronto Indians DB – Johnny Lake , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers E – Len Wright , Hamilton Wildcats E – Johnny Farmer , Toronto Indians FW – Fred Kijek , Toronto Indians C – Doug Turner , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers G – Don McKenzie , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers G – Trip Trepanier , Sarnia Imperials T – Don Durno , Toronto Indians T – Vic Ghetti , Windsor Rockets
Western Interprovicial Football Union Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Ontario Rugby Football Union See also
