The Toronto Wolfpack Rugby League team kicks of their inaugural season in the RFL Saturday March 4th, 2017. In celebration of the new Toronto professional sports team, I decided to post some vintage rugby photographs from Toronto and a few from other places around Ontario and Canada.
I loved looking at the kits, the fans, and the surroundings of the game. Let us know on social media anything interesting that you discover from the photos. Enjoy!
1890 – 1912? – Upper Canada College team1895 – University of Toronto; Varsity Team.1901 – Upper Canada College team1915 – Young Men’s Christian Association Team, Broadview Ave.,1920 – 1940 – St Andrew’s College Team1925 – Varsity-Queens, Balstone, Q, converting1926 – Balmy Beach, Camp Borden, action1926 – Kingston, Queen’s-Varsity, Batstone, line plunge1926 – Kingston, Queen’s-Varsity, on goal line1926 – Kingston, Queen’s-Varsity, Varsity tuck play1926 – Varsity-Queen’s, crowd on field at half-time1926 – Varsity-Queen’s, general scene of play1926 – Varsity-Queen’s, Varsity play on Queen’s line1927 – Argo-Ottawa rugby, pass1927 – Argo-Ottawa, tackle1928 – Balmy Beach, Camp Borden team, action1928 – Balmy Beach, Camp Borden team, action copy1930 – English rugby, action1930 – English rugby, action copy1930 – English rugby, action copy 21930 – English rugby, action copy 21930 – English rugby, action copy 21932 – St. Andrew’s Playground Juvenile Team – Playground Champions1942 – RCAF, Hurricanes line up1959 – Portraits of players1974 – Touring English team from Somerset (striped shirts) have situation well in hand as ball squirts loose during exhibition game against Ontario side at Fletcher Field1978 – Burlington player is tackled from behind in morning match against Buccaneers1979 – Rick Bailey of the U.S. team climbs over the scrum to grab a loose ball out of the air1982 – This Chinguacously player went high up for the ball during this line out in the game against Monarch Park at North York’s Sunnybrook Park yesterday1983 – Players from Brecon College in Wales (light tops) play Dunbarton High School team on return of visit1985 – A defender from Nelson Boylen Secondary School Bullets left; determined to stop the enemy from going any farther in a North York senior match by Sunnybrook Park yesterday
