Bramalea Satellites
| Founded | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Suspended | 1979 |
| Folded | 1979 |
| Based in |
Chinguacousy Township, Ontario Brampton, Ontario |
| League |
Ontario Rugby Football Union 1967–1973 Northern Football Conference 1973–1974 Canadian Junior Football League - Ontario Football Conference 1975–1979 |
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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.
They were previously the East York Argos.
The team practiced five evenings a week at Bramalea Secondary School, and had cheerleaders.
John Bennett 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 Halifax Marcom Flyers 47-7.)
Before the Canadian Amateur Football Association senior championship versus the St. Vital Bulldogs, 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, Don Kuyrk, rescheduled his wedding four times while the CAFA changed its dates.)
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