Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club
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Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club was an early football club formed in Calgary, Alberta in October 1907. Today's Calgary Stampeders
of the Canadian Football League
directly trace their lineage to this club.
Calgary RFC renamed itself the Calgary Tigers in 1908 and joined the Calgary Rugby Football Union in the same year (along with Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs). It later joined the Western Canada Rugby Football Union in 1911. The team would be renamed several names in next few decades:
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...
of the Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
directly trace their lineage to this club.
Calgary RFC renamed itself the Calgary Tigers in 1908 and joined the Calgary Rugby Football Union in the same year (along with Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs). It later joined the Western Canada Rugby Football Union in 1911. The team would be renamed several names in next few decades:
- 50th Battalion in 1923
- Calgary Altomah-Tigers and Altomahs 1923
- Calgary Bronks 1935
- Calgary Stampeders 1945