1947 in Canadian football

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Interprovincial Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	5	3	83	83	10
Calgary Stampeders	8	4	4	79	93	8
Regina Roughriders	8	3	5	78	64	6

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	8	4	0	170	103	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	7	4	1	140	122	15
Montreal Alouettes	12	6	6	0	164	164	12
Hamilton Tigers	12	2	9	1	119	204	5

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Wildcats	10	9	1	0	245	84	18
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	10	7	3	0	103	100	14
Ottawa Trojans	10	5	4	1	148	133	11
Toronto Indians	10	4	5	1	99	120	9
Windsor Rockets	10	4	6	0	86	138	8
Sarnia Imperials	10	0	10	0	60	166	0

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1947

Semi-Finals

**ORFU Semi-Final**
Toronto Indians @ Hamilton Wildcats
Date	Away	Home
November 7	Toronto Indians 0	Hamilton Wildcats 14

Hamilton advances to the ORFU Final.

**ORFU Semi-Final**
Ottawa Trojans @ Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
Date	Away	Home
November 8	Ottawa Trojans 16	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 7

Ottawa advances to the ORFU Final.

Finals

**WIFU Finals – Game 1**
Calgary Stampeders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date	Away	Home
November 1	Calgary Stampeders 4	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16

**WIFU Finals – Game 2**
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Calgary Stampeders
Date	Away	Home
November 11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3	Calgary Stampeders 15

**WIFU Finals – Game 3**
Calgary Stampeders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date	Away	Home
November 15	Calgary Stampeders 3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10

Winnipeg won the total-point series by 29–22. Winnipeg advances to the Grey Cup game.

**ORFU Final**
Ottawa Trojans @ Hamilton Wildcats
Date	Away	Home
November 15	Ottawa Trojans 15	Hamilton Wildcats 3

Ottawa will play the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern Finals.

**IRFU Finals – Game 1**
Toronto Argonauts @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Date	Away	Home
November 11	Toronto Argonauts 3	Ottawa Rough Riders 0

**IRFU Finals – Game 2**
Ottawa Rough Riders @ Toronto Argonauts
Date	Away	Home
November 15	Ottawa Rough Riders 0	Toronto Argonauts 21

Toronto won the total-point series by 24–0. Toronto will play the Ottawa Trojans in the Eastern Finals.

Eastern Finals

Ottawa Trojans @ Toronto Argonauts
Date	Away	Home
November 22	Ottawa Trojans 1	Toronto Argonauts 22

Toronto advances to the Grey Cup game.

Playoff Bracket

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grey Cup Final

IRFU

Ottawa Rough Riders

0-0

IRFU

Toronto Argonauts

3-22

IRFU

Toronto Argonauts

EAST

ORFU

Ottawa Trojans

ORFU

Hamilton Wildcats

ORFU

Ottawa Trojans

IRFU

Toronto Argonauts

WIFU

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

WIFU

no quarter final

WIFU

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

16-3-10

WEST

WIFU

Calgary Stampeders

4-15-3

WIFU

no quarter final

Grey Cup Championship

November 29 35th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
WIFU Champion	IRFU Champion
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 9	Toronto Argonauts 10
The Toronto Argonauts are the 1947 Grey Cup Champions

1947 Eastern (Combined IRFU & ORFU) All-Stars

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

1st Team

QB – Frank Filchock, Hamilton Tigers
FW – Tony Golab, Ottawa Rough Riders
HB – Royal Copeland, Toronto Argonauts
HB – Joe Krol, Toronto Argonauts
FB – Virgil Wagner, Montreal Alouettes
E – Joe Farley, Ottawa Trojans
E – Bert Haigh, Ottawa Rough Riders
C – Don Loney, Ottawa Rough Riders
G – Don McKenzie, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
G – Bill Zock, Toronto Argonauts
T – Herb Trawick, Montreal Alouettes
T – Hank Christman, Ottawa Rough Riders

2nd Team

QB – Mel Lawson, Hamilton Wildcats
FW – Don McFarlane, University of Western Ontario
HB – Bob Paffrath, Toronto Indians
HB – Jack Perry, University of Western Ontario
FB – Doug Smylie, Ottawa Trojans
E – Matt Anthony, Ottawa Rough Riders
E – Gord Lawson, Hamilton Wildcats
C – Doug Turner, Toronto Argonauts
G – Eddie Remigis, Hamilton Tigers
G – Bud Donald, Hamilton Wildcats
T – Gerry Duck, University of Western Ontario
T – Steve Chamko, Windsor Rockets

1947 Western (Western Interprovincial Football Union) All-Stars

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

QB – Stan Stasica, Regina Roughriders
FW – Del Wardien, Regina Roughriders
HB – Gabe Patterson, Regina Roughriders
HB – Paul Rowe, Calgary Stampeders
FB – Bob Sandberg, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
E – Johnny Bell, Regina Roughriders
E – Ken Sluman, Calgary Stampeders
E – Red Noel, Regina Roughriders
C – Mel Wilson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
G – Doug Drew, Regina Roughriders
G – Bert Iannone, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
T – Bob Pullar, Calgary Stampeders
T – Bob Smith, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1947 Ontario Rugby Football Union All-Stars

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

QB – Mel Lawson, Hamilton Wildcats
HB – Bob Cunningham, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
HB – Bill Petrilas, Ottawa Trojans
DB – Bob Paffrath, Toronto Indians
E – George Farley, Ottawa Trojans
E – Gord Lawson, Hamilton Wildcats
FW – Bill Murmylyk, Hamilton Wildcats
C – Baz Petry, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
C – Fred Gabriel, Hamilton Wildcats
G – Don McKenzie, Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
G – Bud Donald, Hamilton Wildcats
T – Steve Chamko, Windsor Rockets
T – Vic Ghetti, Windsor Rockets

1947 Canadian Football Awards

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Virgil Wagner (RB), Montreal Alouettes
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (WIFU MVP) - Bob Sandberg (RB), Regina Roughriders
Gruen Trophy (IRFU Rookie of the Year) - Nelson Greene (FB), Ottawa Rough Riders
Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) - Bob Paffrath - Toronto Indians

References

Preceded by 1946 in Canadian football	Canadian football seasons	Succeeded by 1948 in Canadian football

1947 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Regina Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Ottawa Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach Toronto Indians Windsor

See also	35th Grey Cup

Canadian Football League seasons

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