The Vancouver Athletic Club football team (''the Wolves'') was a

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that played in the

British Columbia Rugby Football Union The British Columbia Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league, founded on September, 1, 1926. It lasted for 15 seasons, disbanding in 1941 as the Second World War brought most league football to a close. It was a member of the Western Can ...

and the

Western Canada Rugby Football Union The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), its counterpart being the East Division. With a few exceptions, a senior men's football championship has been contested in Western Canada since 191 ...

from

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

. The team was part of the popular and successful Vancouver Athletic Club, which fielded teams in several other sports. The ''Vancouver Athletic Club'' were a very successful team, winning 3 championships in 8 seasons.

Vancouver ''Knights of Columbus'' football team

No sooner had the ''Vancouver Athletic Club'' team disbanded, than a couple days later the ''

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'' football team was founded, with most of their players.Vancouver Knights of Columbus
/ref> While the players were very much the same, the team was supported by the venerable service organization and was a distinctively separate club. Unfortunately, the ''KoC'' team did not enjoy any of the previous success, and ceased play after three seasons, from

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

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BCRFU season-by-season

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

, , 7 , , 7 , , 0 , , 0 , , 109 , , 17 , , 14, , 1st , , Won BCRFU Championship, lost west semi final to Calgary Altomah-Tigers, 4-6 & 1-14 , - ,

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

, , 6 , , 4 , , 2 , , 0 , , 93 , , 23 , , 8, , 2nd , , , - ,

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Lost semi final to Meralomas 1 games to 2, and lost again to Meralomas in BCRFU final, 5-12 , - ,

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

, , 5 , , 2 , , 2 , , 1 , , 22 , , 35 , , 5, , 2nd , , , - ,

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

, , 4 , , 3 , , 1 , , 0 , , 33 , , 43 , , 6 , , 1st - tied, , Lost BCRFU playoff to Meralomas, 8-1 , - ,

, , 7, , 5 , , 2 , , 0 , , 52 , , 36 , , 10, , 1st - tied, , , Won BCRFU Championship playoff over Meraloma, 7-0; forfeits semi final to Calgary Bronks , - ! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="10" , Vancouver Knights of Columbus football team , - ! Season ! G ! W ! L ! T ! PF ! PA ! Pts ! Finish ! Playoffs , - ,

, , 7 , , 2 , , 5 , , 0 , , 34 , , 56 , , 4, , 3rd, , , - ,

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

, , 8 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 43 , , 56 , , 6, , 3rd, , , - ,

, , 6 , , 4 , , 2 , , 0 , , 63 , , 63 , , 8, , 2nd, , Lost BCRFU playoff to Victoria Revellers, 6-1

References

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