Varsity Blues
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The Varsity Blues are the sports teams at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The group of teams is 130 years old, and have won many awards.
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[edit] Football
Of all the Varsity Blues teams, the Varsity Blues Football team has had the greatest success over the past 130 years. The football team won the first Grey Cup game ever held in 1909, going on to win the cup again in 1910, 1911, and 1920. The team won the Vanier Cup in 1965, and again in 1993 as Canadian National football champions. The team has a record 25 Yates Cup championship wins as Champions of the Ontario league (OUA) of the CIS.
Hard times have fallen on the University of Toronto football team in recent years. The football program has not won a game since the 2001 season, and since the turn of the new century, the football team has a 2-46 record.
[edit] Men's Hockey
The Men's Hockey team also has a lengthy history. It has been coached by a number of notable people including Conn Smythe, Ace Bailey, Lester B. "Mike" Pearson (later Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Prime Minister of Canada), Tom Watt, and Mike Keenan.
[edit] OHA years
The Varsity Blues team formerly played in the Ontario Hockey Association in the 1930s, but withdrew from the junior loop during the 1939-40 season. Former NHLers Hugh Plaxton, Dave Trottier and Dunc Munro all played for the Varsity Blues.
- Yearly results
- Results prior to 1937-38 are currently unavailable.
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Pct % | Goals For |
Goals Against |
Standing |
| 1937-38 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0.182 | 27 | 47 | 6th OHA |
| 1938-39 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0.179 | 27 | 63 | 4th Group 1 |
| 1939-40 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0.059 | 39 | 108 | 6th OHA |
[edit] External links
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| Baseball | MLB: Toronto Blue Jays, IBL: Toronto Maple Leafs |  |
| Basketball | NBA: Toronto Raptors | |
| Football | CFL: Toronto Argonauts | |
| Hockey | NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs, AHL: Toronto Marlies, OHL: St. Michael's Majors, NWHL: Toronto Aeros | |
| Soccer | MLS: Toronto FC, USL W-League: Toronto Inferno, USL Premier Development League: Toronto Lynx | |
| Lacrosse | NLL: Toronto Rock, OLA Jr. A: Toronto Beaches | |
| Rugby | RCSL: Toronto Xtreme | |
| University Athletics | Ryerson Rams · Varsity Blues · York Lions | |
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