The Winnipeg Tammany Tigers football team was a Canadian football team in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the Manitoba Rugby Football Union and Western Canada Rugby Football Union between 1913 and 1929. On May 14, 1930, the Tammany Tigers disbanded due to financial difficulties and a month later was reorganized as a new team: the Winnipegs.Manitoba Rugby Hall of Fame – The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club The team was part of one of the most successful and popular sports clubs in the city, the Tammany Tigers Athletic Association, which also fielded championship lacrosse, baseball and ice hockey teams.Manitoba Lacrosse Hall of Fame – Teams & ClubsQuest Through the Decades | 1930sHonoured Members Database – Ward Wood McVey (July 25, 1900 – February 14, 1967)
The Association first fielded a football team in 1910, and had junior and intermediate teams for 3 seasons.Winnipeg Tammany Tigers on CFLdb Led by popular coach and World War I veteran Leland 'Tote' Mitchell, the team managed to win two MRFU championships and played in the 13th Grey Cup game, losing to the Ottawa Senators 24–1.
While the Tammany Tigers did provide the nucleus of the new Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, (known simply as the Winnipegs) the team is not part of the official history or records of Winnipeg's current team: the Blue Bombers.
MRFU season-by-season
Season G W L T PF PA Pts Finish Playoffs 1913 4 2 2 0 36 23 4 2nd lost MRFU semi-final to St.John's Rugby Football Club, 23–8 1914 5 2 3 0 36 43 4 2nd 1915 1 10 0 10 4 No league playThe Winnipeg Tigers beat the Winnipeg Canoe Club, 10–4, at River Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 23 1916 to 1918 League suspended due to the Great War 1919 did not play 1920 4 1 3 0 19 43 2 3rd 1921 4 2 2 0 53 41 4 2nd 1922 4 1 3 0 29 55 2 3rd 1923 4 0 4 0 42 163 0 3rd 1924 4 2 2 0 46 66 4 2nd 1925 6 4 2 0 52 28 81st Won MRFU Championship 11–0 Vs University of Manitoba Varsity, 11–0, Won WCRFU Championship 11–1 Vs Regina, Lost 13th Grey Cup 24–1 vs Ottawa Senators 1926 5 2 3 0 33 58 4 3rd 1927 4 3 1 0 54 21 6 1stWon MRFU Championship 11–1 Vs Winnipeg Victorias, 11–1, Lost West Semi-final 17–2 vs Regina 1928 5 1 4 0 27 64 2 3rd Tri-City Rugby Football League 1929 4 2 2 0 35 42 4 2nd Lost MRFU playoff 10–1 Vs Winnipeg St.John's CollegeTotals542331047265144–
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