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their two seasons in that league. Both teams were struggling to compete for fan support and the financial repercussions started to mount. As a result, local prominent citizens including Mr. Ralph W. Cooper, Mr. F.M. Gibson, Mr. C.C. Lawson and Mr. Sam Manson decided that the two clubs should amalgamate and operate as one entity. As such, the
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After the war ended, the IRFU resumed operations and players that had played for the Tigers were returned to their club. The
Wildcats dropped the "flying" from their nickname since the RCAF personnel no longer played for them. After a difficult season in 1945, which saw the club miss the playoffs,
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In 1941, the Tigers suspended operations due to the war, and the IRFU as a whole would do so from 1942 and 1944, leaving many talented players to join teams in the ORFU as well as a void in
Hamilton football. Hamilton's ORFU franchise requested to use the Tigers name and colours but were rebuffed,
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proved disruptive to both leagues' operations. In 1940, as part of a wave of hastily-assembled teams brought together to fill the void of the ORFU teams that had suspended operations, the ORFU returned to
Hamilton with a team informally named after the
264:. In the 1943 and 1944 seasons, the team is officially recognized as the Hamilton Flying Wildcats due to the RCAF personnel playing on the team. Consequently, the team that won the 31st Grey Cup is recorded as the Hamilton Flying Wildcats.
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Wildcats' usage of numerous Tigers alumni led the Wildcats to a very successful three years in which they posted a 19–6–1 record with two appearances in the
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113:Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
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184:Ontario Rugby Football Union
109:Ontario Rugby Football Union
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200:Royal Canadian Air Force
196:Hamilton Flying Wildcats
871:31st Grey Cup champions
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576:Won ORFU Semi-Finals (
544:Won ORFU Semi-Finals (
336:Division Championships
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979:Jimmy Simpson (Capt.)
748:"Hamilton Tiger-Cats"
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399:Lost Eastern Final (
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1795:Ottawa Rough Riders
1744:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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1011:A. (Breezy) Withers
717:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
637:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
279:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
208:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
182:that played in the
87:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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1749:Montreal Alouettes
1709:Calgary Stampeders
1507:championships (22)
1190:Labour Day Classic
1144:Ivor Wynne Stadium
933:Walter (Bert) Gibb
800:2010-11-21 at the
785:CFL Timeline 1940s
781:2009-04-10 at the
763:Tiger-Cats History
713:2012-03-10 at the
583:Lost ORFU Finals (
551:Lost ORFU Finals (
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1785:Hamilton Wildcats
1759:Toronto Argonauts
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1209:Important figures
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1159:Tim Hortons Field
1154:Ron Joyce Stadium
1085:Hamilton, Ontario
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1226:Grover Covington
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301:Joe "King" Krol
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1714:Edmonton Elks
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1397:Darren Flutie
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1393:
1392:Danny McManus
1390:
1388:
1387:Mike Morreale
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1383:
1382:Earl Winfield
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1378:
1377:Tony Champion
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1367:Mike Kerrigan
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1357:Howard Fields
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1266:Peter Neumann
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