Toronto RCAF Hurricanes
Canadian air force rugby team in World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Toronto RCAF Hurricanes was a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union and was formed during the Second World War after both the Western Interprovincial Football Union and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union suspended operations and teams disbanded for the war. The team was composed of football players who had joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and would go on to win the 30th Grey Cup in 1942.
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Founded | 1942; 82 years ago (1942) |
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Folded | 1943; 81 years ago (1943) |
Based in | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
League | Ontario Rugby Football Union |
League titles | 30th Grey Cup |
After the win, fifteen members of the team went on to operational service with the RCAF in Europe during the war.[1] Seven of those men were killed in combat: Eddie Thompson, Lloyd Langley, Ed Poscavage, Eddie Burton, Jack Buckmaster, George Oliphant and Bob Sarvis.[2]