Unfortunately, the Double Blue came up short in a controversial end to a controversial season. Star QB Doug Flutie and kicker Mike Vanderjagt left for the NFL and RB Robert Drummond became a member of the B.C. The Boatmen were known as a long-haired group of Renegades led by Mel Profit, “Tricky” Dick Thornton, and Dave Raimey. Confusion remains over the first Argos match. Off the field, Bob Nicholson re-joined the team in May as President and CEO. It would be the first time the Argos had played in a Grey Cup game at home since 1982 and the first time the Argos won the Grey Cup at home since 1952. Symons ran for 905 yards and Bobby Taylor had his best season ever with 59 receptions for 1,183 yards. Ricky Ray was brilliant at quarterback while Chad Owens emerged as arguably the league's best special teams player. Argo Legend Michael Clemons named 20 th General Manager in Team History; John Murphy named VP, Player Personnel The Toronto Argonauts announced Tuesday that the club has appointed Michael Clemons as the 20 th General Manager in team history, replacing Jim Popp. 1902 – The Argonauts made the playoffs but lost their twogame series to Ottawa. However, with the 1982 season came the hiring of Bob O'Billovich as head coach and Mouse Davis as offensive co-ordinator. [8] The previous owners continue to indirectly own stakes in the Argos, as Bell Canada and the Kilmer Group respectively hold 37.5% and 25% stakes in MLSE.[9]. 1941 – Due to the Second World War, Hamilton was replaced by Toronto Balmy Beach and the Eastern Rugby Union was formed. However, he was fired after the team finished 2018 with a 4–14 record.[136]. The athletic Jyles took over but another injury sustained in the second-last game of the year in Winnipeg prevented him from finishing the season. The Argos finished 12–4 and Terry Greer set a CFL record with 2,003 receiving yards. 1938 – Ottawa was a lot stronger this year as they led the Boatmen for top spot with identical 5-1, win-loss records. Barker immediately installed leadership in the coaching ranks and into the roster. However, Toronto slumped badly forcing, Willie Wood to be replaced by Tommy Hudspeth as interim coach after 10 games. U of T defeated the Boatmen on a goal from a free kick, 1 -0. [51], Aside from 1971, the 1970s were tumultuous for the team, with numerous hirings and firings of head coaches and consistent losing records. David Braley bought the team in February and Jim Barker returned for his second stint as Argonauts head coach. Chad Owens continued his incredible play and led the league in receptions (94) for the first time in his career. The CRFU was reorganized as the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) in 1891, and served as an umbrella organization for several provincial and regional unions. 1919 – With the First World War finally over, the IRFU resumed full operation, and the surprise of the year was the unexpected first place finish of the Montreal Football Club. In their next two games, Hamilton hammered Toronto 41-7, and 22-10, eliminating the Argonauts from further play. On the field, Ricky Ray turned in another record-breaking year despite having thrown passes to more than 20 different receivers throughout the course of the season. [11], The name "Argonauts" is derived from Greek mythology: according to legend, Jason and the Argonauts were a group of heroes who set out to find the Golden Fleece aboard the ship Argo sometime before the Trojan War. The group stunned the league with the signing of Raghib "Rocket" Ismail for an unheard of $18.2 million over four years. Under Hudspeth, the Boatmen won two games and took over 3rd spot from Montreal. Linebacker James Yurichuk became the second Argos player in four years to take home the Jake Gaudaur Veterans Award. 1947 – Again, Ottawa struggled with the Argonauts for the Big Four title and finished in first place ahead of Toronto with a 7-4-1 record. Also part of the Argos arsenal that season were newcomers Jim Stillwagon, Tim Anderson and Gene Mack. Given their losses in the Dominion Championship in 1884 and 1901, the Argonauts did not earn the title "national champion" until their first Grey Cup win in 1914.[25]. Beginning in 1909, the CRU champion was awarded the Grey Cup, with the Big Four competing against university squads and eventually teams from Western Canada. Both locations are within walking distance of BMO Field[100], For more than eight decades, the Toronto Argonauts Football Club was the sole property of its namesake rowing club. This marked the team’s 16th Grey Cup victory, the most out of any other team in the CFL. The record-breaking season for Owens would become complete when he was awarded 2012 CFL Most Outstanding Player – the first Argos player since Damon Allen in 2005. Davis implemented the run and shoot offense,[58] and the Argos enjoyed a turnaround, going 9–6–1 that year; Condredge Holloway was the CFL's most outstanding player. The Argonauts eventually won that game 5-2, but lost the Grey Cup to the U of T 16-3. [140] The two teams meet in Hamilton every year in the Labour Day Classic, a league wide tradition since the late 1940s in which the game's greatest rivalries are showcased. contest, Toronto won decisively, then went on to defeat the U of T 14-2 for the Grey Cup win. [105] This sale transferred ownership from Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports and Bell Media to MLSE, which itself is owned by Tanenbaum, Bell Media and Rogers Communications. 1971 – During the off-season, the Argonauts were purchased outright by John Bassett of Baton Broadcasting Limited. Hamilton took top spot completing the regular schedule 7-2. Al Pfeifer caught a season-high 78 passes and QB Arnie Galiffa threw 32 touchdown passes. The team suggests its capacity was 10,000 total with 4,000 seated,[78] though O'Leary and Parrish list smaller numbers, noting that a $32,000 renovation in 1883 allowed for a capacity of 2,000. Their star runner and kicker in their first championship year was Jack O'Conner, who scored a league record 44 points. The year finished off on an extreme high note as the Argonauts’ Huddle-Up Bullying Prevention Program, presented by Tim Hortons, in its 12th season, kept its promise to all participating schools by bringing the Grey Cup trophy to each school. [42] The management style under new owner John Bassett has also been blamed: young talent was traded or allowed to leave and the team could not form a nucleus of championship players; coaches came and went rapidly. The most recent coach, Marc Trestman, was appointed in 2017. The year's following the Carling O'Keefe era were marked by increasingly short ownership stints. [119] At the time, Labatt also owned the Toronto Blue Jays. Leo Cahill coached the team. [35][36] In 1950, the Argos signed their second ever black player after Whitlock, Ulysses "Crazy Legs" Curtis. 1926 – Although Rodden returned to the Argonauts coaching helm, Ottawa again finished in first place, with their only loss of the season coming at the hands of the Argonauts 24-0. Shatto rushed for 950 yards and led the team with 46 receptions whiIe newcomer Chester “Cookie’’ Gilchrist won the team’s scoring title with 75 Points. Both Krol and Montreal’s Wagner finished in a tie for the scoring title with 65 points each. 2006 – As training camp opened, the Argos made a splash when they lured former Heisman Trophy winner RB Ricky Williams to Canada. 1888 – Toronto had only three wins in five games, defeating Upper Canada College 35-1, Stratford Rugby Club 20-4 and U of T’s Varsity side 10-0. 1877 – Toronto scheduled only one game that year, against Hamilton on Nov. 22. 2009 – The Argonauts continued to struggle under new Head Coach Bart Andrus, who was hired on January 16, and did not make the playoffs for a second straight year, finishing the season a dismal 3-15. Lou Agase started the season as Head Coach, but gave way to Nobby Wirkowski before the campaign ended. Queen’s University won the playoff series over Toronto 28-3 and 27-7. QB Damon Allen generated his best numbers in his illustrious 21-year CFL career, earning the CFL Most Outstanding Player Award. Dalton Bell started team’s final game of the year. Binkley again winning the overall scoring title (20 points). 1958 – The Argos finished in last for the third consecutive season, but a few players stood out. [10] The claim is debatable, as the Hamilton Tigers date to 1869; they merged with the Hamilton Wildcats in 1950 to form the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. But the 2008 ship did not sail smoothly. Toronto was shutout by Montreal 30-0 in the title contest. [16] Seeking a way to keep fit after summer, the Argonaut Rowing Club (ARC) formed their own rugby-football squad on October 4, 1873. The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). 1874 – The Rowing Club executive permitted non-members to play on the rugby football team for the first time at the rate of $1.00 a season. The team included linebacker Mike O'Shea, veteran wide receiver Paul Masotti, and running back Robert Drummond. The Argonauts finished the season in first place in the East Division and finished with a 9–9 record. In their semi-final playoff, Toronto was defeated 21-16 by Ottawa. 1940 – Bill Stukus set an Argonaut record, scoring 11 career touchdown passes. the Toronto Northmen of the WFL), or expanding the CFL itself in the opposite direction. For the first time since 1997, the Boatmen boasted three 1000-yards receivers (Arland Bruce lll, Robert Baker and Tony Miles). Chuck Ealey had the longest run by a QB (86 yards) and Anthony Davis set an Argonauts records for most kickoff returns and yards. The highlight of the year was Rote’s seven TD passes against Montreal in a 63-27 win. Lions. Zenon Andrusyshyn took second spot on the all-time Argo scoring chart with 501 points and an Argo record 100 career converts. Hank Sinclair scored the final touchdown of the game. The program helped return football teams to four Toronto-area high schools with a $10,000 donation to each school. Chad Owens broke Michael “Pinball” Clemons’ pro football record of 3,840 Combined Yards set in 1997, finishing the season with 3,863 combined yards 1,328 of which were receiving yards and 1,588 of which were kick return yards. Toronto Argonauts Team History. The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian fitbaa team based in Toronto, Ontario.The Argonauts are memmers o the East Division o the Canadian Football League.The team wis foondit in 1873, an is the auldest existin professional sports team in North Americae still uisin its oreeginal name. Join Date Nov 2011 Location Thornhill Posts 8,233 Points 65,096 Level 100 The highlight of the season was the last game in which the Argonauts’ Royal Copeland caught 10 passes for 147 yards including four of Joe Krol’s strikes for TDs. One on-field highlight was the dynamic play of RB/KR Dominique Dorsey who, despite missing 5 games due to injury, became the CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player. In the Semi-Final Toronto finished on the short side losing to Montreal 16-7. Year League Conference Division Finish W L T PCT PF PA Head Coach; 1946: IRFU: 2: 7: 3: 2.667: 140 (Alongside his playing career, Stukus achieved fame as a coach, promoter, and newspaper columnist. To the east, the Argonauts have also faced off against teams from Montreal and Ottawa since their earliest days. Financial details were not disclosed. After a difficult 2-7 start to the season, which wasn’t helped with injuries to starting QB Kerwin Bell, the Argos, led by veteran players Derrell Mitchell, Mike O’Shea and Adrion Smith, won 4 of the last 6 games to narrowly miss out on the playoffs again, finishing with a 7-11-0 mark. 1973 – The Argonauts celebrated their centennial year, existing as a team for 100 years. Toronto led in points scored with 71, and Dunc Monro won the scoring title with 23. 1960 – The Argos made a big off-season signing by acquiring QB Tobin Rote and Head Coach Lou Agase who inspired the Boatmen to a first place, tied with Ottawa. Three have won Grey Cups; many of the rest are easily forgettable. [101] The GM role was titled as "managing director" from 1957 to 1966, when head coach Bob Shaw was also named "manager" of the team, "with full operating control", and managing director Lew Hayman was named club president. Known for his good living off the field, Rote still holds the Argos single game passing record with 524 yards against Montreal on August 19, 1960. Centre Jeff Keeping was also honoured as the East Division’s Outstanding Lineman, it was the first time an Argos lineman had earned the award since Mike Kiselak in 1997. 2014 – The Argonauts finished within a win of making the playoffs in what was a difficult season on and off the field. Former NFL player and coach Forrest Gregg became the Argonauts new Head Coach. 1879 – Too many injuries to the members during the competitive rowing season forced the Argonaut Football Club to cease operation for the year. 1894 – Joe Wright Sr., a popular football personality, was appointed Argo head coach. The team finished the year with 11 players named to the All-Star team and four CFL awards. Both GM Jim Barker and Head Coach Scott Milanovich were relieved of their duties at the end of the season. Popp, the architect of the Alouettes' resurgence in the Montreal sports scene, acquired some of his former players, such as S. J. [60] Joe Barnes and Condredge Holloway were a potent duo at quarterback. [38][39] The first of these was a 13–0 victory over Winnipeg in the notorious Mud Bowl. “I informed Jim yesterday afternoon that we do not plan to renew his agreement when it expires at the end of the year,” … In the semi-finals, the Tiger-Cats ousted the Argos in the two game-total-points series. Head coach Leo Cahill was replaced by Bud Riley at mid-season. It marked the beginning of an eventful few years. The Argos hosted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a thrilling East Semi-Final at Rogers Centre that saw QB Michael Bishop and LB Chuck Winters team up to lead the Boatmen to one of the greatest come-from-behind- victories in Argo history. 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The current GM is Jim Popp who was appointed at the end of 207 February 2017. The team had amassed debts of over $20 million, including $17.4 owed to Schwarz himself. Clemons played two games as a player/coach before retiring from the CFL to become the Argos full-time Head Coach. 1933 – In his first season as Head Coach Lew Hayman’s Argos started off the year by losing two games in a row, but ended up by winning their last four to tie Montreal for first place. The Argonauts went on to host the Eastern Final at Rogers Centre in front of more than 35,000 fans. The Argos completed their off-season by sending a draft pick to Montreal for dynamic KR/WR Chad Owens on the last day of training camp. The team moved following the completion of stadium renovations for the 2016 season. Alas, the Argos struggled through to a fourth place finish with only 5 wins. Barker then continued the momentum, and just days later shocked the CFL by pulling off a blockbuster trade with Edmonton. Toronto finished the season in first place at 5-1-0. The Argonauts helped christen brand new Investors Group Field in Winnipeg by becoming the first visiting team to play in the new facility. They finished 2009 with just three wins. Here is … "[130] He was the team's first president and managing director at the insistence of Eric Cradock in 1957,[131] and would continue in the former role until 1981. The Argos however landed five players on the All-Eastern team: RB Brandon Whitaker, OT Chris Van Zeyl, G Tyler Holmes, DE Shawn Lemon and K Lirim Hajrullahu. Again, Shatto led the Eastern Football Conference in receptions the third consecutive year with 53 catches and 859 yards. Six Argonauts have been recipients: Chad Owens (2012), Damon Allen (2005), Doug Flutie (1996 & 1997), Pinball Clemons (1990), Conredge Holloway, and Bill Symons (1968). The Argos fell to Montreal a week later in the East Championship. They scored a coup over the National Football League (NFL) with the signing of a young Joe Theismann (and other American stars) in 1971. More than funding, Level The Playing Field featured mentorship, education and events. 1949 – Toronto did no better than the year before as they lost all four regular season games to Ottawa, who finished with 11-1-0 record. 1920 – Toronto, coached by Mike Rodden, rallied to a first place finish and a 5-1-0 record. 1946 – A rebirth of the Montreal Football Club resulted in a tie with Toronto for first place at the end of the new 12-game regular schedule. H.T. On the defensive side of the ball, linebackers Kevin Eiben and Michael Fletcher received East Division awards for Outstanding Canadian and Defensive Player respectively. Midway through the season, the Argonauts announced the signing of the former Outstanding Canadian and CFL sack leader Ricky Foley who returned from an NFL tryout. Toronto finished the second season of ORFU Football with a 3-1 record. Jason is the mascot for the Toronto Argonauts, replacing the previous mascot, Bounce, in 2005, who in turn replaced Scully, in 2003. [65] Clemons ended his own successful career in 2000 before returning to coach until 2007. (The move has since been done, albeit only the infield turf replaced with dirt, instead of grass)[7] MLSE announced in December 2017 that it had agreed to purchase the team outright, with the deal finalized on January 19, 2018. The Argos put nine players on the East All-Star squad, and six on the CFL All-Star team – the most for an Argos team since 2003. Flutie would lead the Argonauts to a 15-3-0 season and a berth in the 1996 Grey Cup Championship game. First, they defeated the Calgary Stampeders 33-32 to clinch a playoff birth, then they hosted their first playoff game in five years defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 24-14. The Toronto Argonauts have started two dozen quarterbacks over the last couple of decades. [31] The field still exists as part of Rosedale Park, although there are no grandstands. The 1991 Argo squad was one of the most electrifying teams that Toronto had ever seen. 1935 – After winning their first six contests, the Boatmen fell apart for the last three contests and ultimately finished in second. Holden* ? With new coaches, new players, and re engineered jerseys, confidence was high going into the season, but so were expectations. Waters was named CFL Most Outstanding Player for the first time in his career. The 1996 Toronto Argonauts season was the 107th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the team was founded in 1873, and is the oldest existing professional sports team in North America still using its original name, and they are the oldest-surviving team in both the modern-day CFL and East Division. [note 3], The Argonauts did have some standout players in the 1950s and 1960s. The Boatman celebrated their 10-year anniversary of the Huddle Up Bullying Prevention Program, presented by Tim Hortons. The stalwart of the era was Dick Shatto, an Ohioan who played twelve seasons from 1954 to 1965. McNall and Gretzky sold the club to TSN Enterprises. The Argonauts finished the season 9-9 -0 and advanced to the playoffs. The Argonauts have won the Grey Cup a record 17 times and have appeared in the final 23 times. Both Hamilton and Ottawa tied for second with a 3-3 record. 1934 – In a see-saw battle all season with Montreal and Hamilton, Toronto finished the schedule tied for second place with Montreal at 3-2-1. Toronto Argonauts players listed alphabetically or numerically. After defeating the Ticats 16-13 at Ivor Wynne, the Argonauts moved on to play the Montreal Alouettes in the East Final. However, it was not enough as Toronto lost the tight game 12-11. 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