2011-06-13

Bramalea Satellites (NFC)

Bramalea Satellites

Bramalea Satellites
Founded 1967
Relocated from East York
Based in Chinguacousy Township, Ontario
Brampton, Ontario
League Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team History
Team Colors

Bramalea Satellites was a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a senior league that preceded the Canadian Football League. When the ORFU ceased, it transferred over to the Northern Football Conference for the 1973 and 1974 seasons, and the Ontario junior level after that.

The team name is in reference to Bramalea being a "satellite city", as opposed to an orbiting object.

History

Ontario Rugby Football Union

The team practiced five evenings a week at Bramalea Secondary School, and had cheerleaders.

1967

came out of retirement to coach the team in their new location, having sat out the 1966 season. Their team included John Bennett, a former McGill star, and Doug McNichol, a former Montreal Alouette and Toronto Argonaut. On October 23, the London Lords gave them their first defeat in two years.

The Satellites met the London Lords again at the 1967 ORFU championship, receiving a loss in the first of the two-game season, due to "over-confidence". Despite an illegal intrusion from the bench, the team won the championship, with a two game total of 27-24. The Lords filed an official protest with the league, asking for the second game to be replayed.

In November 1967, the Chateauguay Ramblers faced off against the Satellites in the Eastern Football Conference finals in Montreal, winning 33-13; the Ramblers noted after the game that several of their players were injured, and shouldn't have been playing. (In one of the games leading up to the finals, the team beat the 47-7.)

Before the Canadian Amateur Football Association senior championship versus the , team vice-president Bob Orr publicly worried about when the "law of averages" would catch up with the team, having won 54 out of the previous 56 games. They won their fourth consecutive national win, at a "rain drenched" the Etobicoke Centennial Stadium, 4-0. The team expected that many players would retire after the game. (The opposing team's lead rusher, , rescheduled his wedding four times while the CAFA changed its dates.)

1968

Having played with the Calgary Stampeders in 1967, spent the 1968 season with Bramalea, being drafted to the Argos in 1969.

1969

Released at the start of the Canadian Football League season, Toronto Argonauts player went to play with the Satellites. When Argos player Dave Mann was injured, he was "instantly" available to the Argos. As taxi squads weren't permitted by the CFL, this and halfback availability was widely questioned. Around a dozen former Argos played on the Bramalea team in the 1969 season.

Northern Football Conference

Both the London Lords and Bramalea Satellites applied to join the Northern Football Conference; both were accepted, but London never followed through.

In both the 1973 and 1974 seasons, the team was unbeaten. They beat the Sudbury Spartans for the James Pestolis Memorial Trophy and Donald Plaunt Memorial Trophy. Following three teams being declined for the 1975 season (Sudbury Spartans, North Bay Ti-Cats and Sault Ste. Marie Steelers), the Satellites withdrew to compete at the Ontario junior level.

It was quite successful during its time in the NFC. Rick Morenz was the NFC's leading scorer in 1973, with 102, and Stu Wright in 1974, with 127. Angelo Raggin was the Lineman of the Year in 1973, Buddy Bendall in 1974. The Sid Forster Memorial Coach of the Year went to Bubba Marriott in 1973.

Ontario Football Conference

The Satellites transferred to the Canadian Junior Football League's Ontario Football Conference in 1975. Players at this level are 17 to 22.

Brampton itself folded at the end of the season, with the two divisions combined. It holds no records.

OFC standings

References

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