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their two seasons in that league. Both teams were struggling to compete for fan support and the financial repercussions started to mount. As a result, local prominent citizens including Mr. Ralph W. Cooper, Mr. F.M. Gibson, Mr. C.C. Lawson and Mr. Sam Manson decided that the two clubs should amalgamate and operate as one entity. As such, the
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After the war ended, the IRFU resumed operations and players that had played for the Tigers were returned to their club. The
Wildcats dropped the "flying" from their nickname since the RCAF personnel no longer played for them. After a difficult season in 1945, which saw the club miss the playoffs,
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Hamilton football. Hamilton's ORFU franchise requested to use the Tigers name and colours but were rebuffed,
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Hamilton Tigers were having with the IRFU, the Tigers transferred to the ORFU, with the Wildcats switching to the IRFU on April 9, 1948. The switch proved to be difficult for the team, who went from first in the ORFU to dead last in the IRFU, with only one win in
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proved disruptive to both leagues' operations. In 1940, as part of a wave of hastily-assembled teams brought together to fill the void of the ORFU teams that had suspended operations, the ORFU returned to
Hamilton with a team informally named after the
253:. In the 1943 and 1944 seasons, the team is officially recognized as the Hamilton Flying Wildcats due to the RCAF personnel playing on the team. Consequently, the team that won the 31st Grey Cup is recorded as the Hamilton Flying Wildcats.
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Wildcats' usage of numerous Tigers alumni led the Wildcats to a very successful three years in which they posted a 19–6–1 record with two appearances in the
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football club began play in 1950 in the IRFU as the singular representative of the city of
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102:Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
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805:1946 Hamilton Wildcats (ORFU)
491:St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy
332:Regular season Championships
208:Ontario Rugby Football Union
173:Ontario Rugby Football Union
98:Ontario Rugby Football Union
1617:Current league affiliations
482:) 1–1 series (13–10 points)
241:opting to take on the name
61:; 74 years ago
43:; 83 years ago
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1184:Thanksgiving Day Classic
855:Hamilton Flying Wildcats
189:Royal Canadian Air Force
185:Hamilton Flying Wildcats
860:31st Grey Cup champions
632:Regular season totals
565:Won ORFU Semi-Finals (
533:Won ORFU Semi-Finals (
325:Division Championships
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1676:CFL team season lists
1409:Hamilton Sports Group
1117:Starting quarterbacks
968:Jimmy Simpson (Capt.)
737:"Hamilton Tiger-Cats"
454:Winnipeg RCAF Bombers
388:Lost Eastern Final (
1820:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1784:Ottawa Rough Riders
1733:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1056:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1000:A. (Breezy) Withers
706:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
626:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
268:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
197:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
171:that played in the
76:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
25:
1738:Montreal Alouettes
1698:Calgary Stampeders
1496:championships (22)
1179:Labour Day Classic
1133:Ivor Wynne Stadium
922:Walter (Bert) Gibb
789:2010-11-21 at the
774:CFL Timeline 1940s
770:2009-04-10 at the
752:Tiger-Cats History
702:2012-03-10 at the
572:Lost ORFU Finals (
540:Lost ORFU Finals (
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1774:Hamilton Wildcats
1748:Toronto Argonauts
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1198:Important figures
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1148:Tim Hortons Field
1143:Ron Joyce Stadium
1074:Hamilton, Ontario
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1743:Ottawa Redblacks
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1432:Scott Milanovich
1421:General manager:
1336:Grover Covington
1215:Grover Covington
1210:Tommy Joe Coffey
1157:Culture and lore
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440:Won East Final (
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290:Joe "King" Krol
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222:Hamilton Tigers
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1724:East Division
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1704:
1703:Edmonton Elks
1701:
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1400:Key personnel
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1392:
1389:
1387:
1386:Darren Flutie
1384:
1382:
1381:Danny McManus
1379:
1377:
1376:Mike Morreale
1374:
1372:
1371:Earl Winfield
1369:
1367:
1366:Tony Champion
1364:
1362:
1359:
1357:
1356:Mike Kerrigan
1354:
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1346:Howard Fields
1344:
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1329:
1327:
1324:
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1321:Garney Henley
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1260:Hal Patterson
1258:
1256:
1255:Peter Neumann
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1246:
1245:Ellison Kelly
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1240:Garney Henley
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1013:Bill Muirhead
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989:
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959:Paul Peterson
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907:Thomas Hickey
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