Toronto Parkdale

Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Folded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Based inToronto, Ontario, Canada
LeagueOntario Rugby Football Union
League titles1909, 1913, 1921, 1922

Toronto Parkdale was an amateur Canadian football and hockey club based in the Parkdale neighbourhood in the west end of Toronto. As a branch of the Parkdale Canoe Club established in August 1905,[1] the club's hockey and football teams were nicknamed the Paddlers.[2][3] They were also known colloquially as the West Enders, and as the Green and White, after the team colours.[3]

The Paddlers' senior football team lost to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues in the first Grey Cup game in 1909.[4] The senior hockey team had Billy Burch on their roster in the 1919–20 season.[5]

  1. ^ "Club History". The Boulevard Club. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hamilton Tigers Tear Holes in Parkdale Paddlers' Line". McGill Daily. December 1, 1913. p. 3.
  3. ^ a b "Argonauts Score Decisive Victory over Parkdale Team". Ottawa Citizen. November 16, 1922. p. 11.
  4. ^ Cosentino, Frank (1999). Marsh, James Harley (ed.). The Canadian Encyclopedia. McClelland & Stewart. p. 880. ISBN 978-0-7710-2099-5.
  5. ^ Duplacey, James; Zweig, Eric (2010). Official Guide to the Players of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Hockey Hall of Fame. Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-55407-662-8. OCLC 614856032.