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Overview of the events of 1939 in Canadian football

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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers played in their third consecutive Grey Cup final. A last-second rouge gave Winnipeg its second title in five years.

Regular season, final standings

Column headings: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, Pts = Points

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12	10	2	201	103	20
Regina Roughriders	12	6	6	84	136	12
Calgary Bronks	11	4	7	144	123	8
Edmonton Eskimos	11	3	8	80	147	6

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	6	5	1	0	145	44	10
Toronto Argonauts	6	4	1	1	58	43	9
Hamilton Tigers	6	2	4	0	29	84	4
Montreal Royals	6	0	5	1	23	84	1

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Westmounts	6	4	1	1	71	45	9
Sarnia Imperials	6	3	1	2	70	38	8
Toronto Balmy Beach	6	3	2	1	58	27	7
Peterborough Orfuns	6	0	6	0	16	105	0

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

British Columbia Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds	6	6	0	108	25	12
Knights of Columbus	6	4	2	63	63	8
North Shore Lions	6	2	4	48	51	4
Victoria Revellers	6	0	6	25	105	0

BCRFU playoffs

Note: All dates in 1939

BCRFU semifinals

Date	Away	Home
November 18	North Shore Lions 0	University of British Columbia Thunderbirds 12

University of British Columbia Thunderbirds advance to BCRFU finals

Date	Away	Home
November 18	Knights of Columbus 1	Victoria Revellers 6

Victoria Revellers advance to BCRFU finals

BCRFU final

Date	Away	Home
November 25	Victoria Revellers 6	University of British Columbia Thunderbirds 17

University of British Columbia Thunderbirds win the BCRFU championship

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1939

Semifinals

**WIFU Semifinals**
Calgary Bronks @ Regina Roughriders
Probable date	Away	Home
November 4	Calgary Bronks 24	Regina Roughriders 17

**ORFU Finals**
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 18	Montreal Westmounts 1	Sarnia Imperials 13
2	November 25	Sarnia Imperials 18	Montreal Westmounts 13

Sarnia won the total-point series by 31–14 and played the Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.

**IRFU Finals**
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 18	Ottawa Rough Riders 11	Toronto Argonauts 0
2	November 25	Ottawa Rough Riders 28	Toronto Argonauts 6

Ottawa won the total-point series by 39–6 and played the Sarnia Imperials (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.

Finals

**Western Finals**
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 11	Calgary Bronks 13	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7
2	November 18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28	Calgary Bronks 7

Winnipeg won the total-point series by 35–20 and advanced to the Grey Cup game.

**Eastern Finals**
Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) @ Sarnia Imperials (ORFU)
Date	Away	Home
December 2	Ottawa Rough Riders 23	Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 1

Ottawa advanced to the Grey Cup game.

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Grey Cup final

IRFU

Ottawa Rough Riders

11-28

IRFU

Toronto Argonauts

0-6

IRFU

Ottawa Rough Riders

EAST

ORFU

Sarnia Imperials

ORFU

Montreal Westmounts

1-13

ORFU

Sarnia Imperials

12-18

IRFU

Ottawa Rough Riders

WIFU

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

WIFU

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

WIFU

BYE

WIFU

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

7+28

WEST

WIFU

Calgary Bronks

13+7

WIFU

Regina Roughriders

WIFU

Calgary Bronks

Grey Cup Championship

December 9 27th Annual Grey Cup Game: Lansdowne Park – Ottawa, Ontario
WIFU Champion	IRFU Champion
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8	Ottawa Rough Riders 7
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers became the 1939 Grey Cup Champions

1939 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union All-Stars

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

QB – Bill Stukus, Toronto Argonauts
FW – Bill Davies, Montreal Royals
HB – Red Storey, Toronto Argonauts
HB – Bill Isbister, Hamilton Tigers
FB – Tony Golab, Ottawa Rough Riders
E – Tony McCarthy, Ottawa Rough Riders
E – Bernie Thornton, Toronto Argonauts
C – George Willis, Toronto Argonauts
G – Charles "Tiny" Hermann, Ottawa Rough Riders
G – Len Staughton, Ottawa Rough Riders
T – Bunny Wadsworth, Ottawa Rough Riders
T – Dave Sprague, Ottawa Rough Riders

1939 Ontario Rugby Football Union All-Stars

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

QB – Clayton "Curly" Krug, Peterborough Orfuns
FW – Joe Woodcock, Sarnia Imperials
HB – Bernie Moroz, Sarnia Imperials
HB – Eddie Thompson, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
DB – Johnny Ferraro, Montreal Westmounts
E – Ike Norris, Sarnia Imperials
E – Leo Deadey, Peterborough Orfuns
C – Harry Living, Sarnia Imperials
G – Bob Reid, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
G – Pat Bulter, Sarnia Imperials
T – Cliff Parsons, Sarnia Imperials
T – Tommy Burns, Montreal Westmounts

1939 Canadian Football Awards

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Bill Davies (FW), Montreal Royals
Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) - Eddie Thompson - Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers

References

"Grey Cup Memories: 1939". CFL.ca. 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

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