Peterborough Orfuns was a Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 team in Ontario Rugby Football Union

Ontario Rugby Football Union

The Ontario Rugby Football Union or ORFU was an early amateur Canadian football league with teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded in 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside Rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would...

. The team played in the 1938 and 1939 seasons.

Though often mistakenly called "Orphans", their name is actually a play on their league name: O R F Uns.

Later the team would continue on as an Intermediate (the league between Senior ORFU and Junior football) competitor, finishing in the national championships 3 times: 1952 (losing 31-18 to the Norwood/St. Boniface Legionaries of Manitoba), 1954 (finalists) and 1955 (National Champions.)

ORFU season-by-season

Season	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
1936 1938 in Canadian football -Canadian Football News in 1938:The Edmonton Eskimos joined the WIFU and adopted the colours of blue and white. The Eskimos eventually withdrew from the union in 1940.The Quebec Rugby Football Union discontinued their competition of the Grey Cup....	1	5	0	15	158	2	4th, IRFU	Last Place
1937 1930 in Canadian football -Canadian Football News in 1930:The Winnipeg Winnipegs Rugby Football Club was formed on June 10 and adopted the colours of green and white.On September 29 in the first game played in Canada under floodlights, the Hamilton Tigers defeated the University of British Columbia in an exhibition game at...	0	6	0	16	105	0	4th, IRFU	Last Place