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Vancouver Cubs (1953-1955)

 

Years of Operation: 1953-1955

 

Overall Record:  14-3

 

First Game: Sep 19, 1953 vs Victoria Vampires

 

First Win: Sep 19, 1953 vs Victoria Vampires

 

Final Game: Oct 22, 1955 vs Kamloops Kougars

 

League Affiliation:

British Columbia Intermediate League (1953-1955)  

 

 

Team Headquarters: Vancouver, BC Canada

 

Colors: Orange and Black

Parent Team: British Columbia Lions (CFL)

 

General Manager: Annis Stukis (1953) Ralph Henderson (1954-1955)

 

Coaches: Lorne Cullen (HC-1953-1955) George Brown (Line-1953)

 

Home Field(s):

Titles Won

1954 B.C. Intermediate Football League Champions

 

 

 

Honors

 

All-League


1953 Players:

Lorne Cullen

Bob Redkey (American import)

Wendell Green

Bob Sikorski

Vic Chapman - PK/WR

Norm Fieldgate

Peter Smith

Lorne Reid

Marv Cross (American import)

Ray Willsey

Arnie Hallgren

 

 

The Vancouver Cubs were the foundation for the BC Lions founded by Annis Stukus in 1953 and entered into the CFL in 1954.  The Cubs would be the "official" feeder team for the BC Lions through 1955 allowing young players to gain valuable experience.

 

The Cubs and Seattle Ramblers played with unique rules in place for their matchup in 1953 using Canadian rules in the first half and American rules in the second half.

 

The Cubs became the "uncrowned" champs of the B.C. Intermediate football league with their second win over Oak Bay and 5th Consecutive.  The Drakes, however, refused to put up their crown in the match.

Arnie Hallgren, Pete von Harten, Bill Stuart and Cliff Miller accounted for the Cubs' scoring.  Hallgren and Miller each scored twice.

 

Norm Fieldgate, cut by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, came out west and played 4-5 games with the Cubs before returning to Regina for the winter.  When the Cubs were elevated to BC Lions in 1954, Norm "The Mouse" was the first player signed.  He played 14 years missing only 1 game.  56 years after signing with BC, Fieldgate is still working with the Lions.

 

Ron Waters scored 2 TD's while QB Tommy Smith and HB Dick Young and Jack Whitty accounted for the other scores in a 29-0 rout of Kamloops (Oct. 22, 1955).  Bill Stuart kicked all four conversions.

 

The All-Star game scheduled for Dec 26 had to be canceled due to frost killing the UBC turf and officials not allowing play that would permanently damage it.

 

1955 Players:

Chuck Dubuque

Bill Stuart - PK

Ed Hamilton

Lorne Cullen - QB 

 

The Lions dropped their sponsorship of the Cubs in January 1956 when executives decided the younger players were not ready to make the move to the pros and decided importing American talent was the better way to go.  Keeping the Cubs was not worth the expense to them instead wanting to invest in the junior programs.

1953 Schedule/Results (5-2):

 
Sep 19 - Victoria Vampires 56-5
Sep 26 @ Univ. of British Columbia T-birds 1-11
Oct 4 - Kamloops Kougars  41-1
Oct 14 - B.C. Cats (Cubs 2nds) 9-0
Oct 31 - Fort Lewis 4x4s 1-14
Nov 18 Victoria Navy HMCS Naden Cancel
Nov 22 @ Seattle Ramblers 7-6
Dec 11 @ Bellingham All-Stars * 7-0
   *March of Dimes Charity Game   
   
1954 Schedule/Results (6-0):  
Oct 11 - Kamloops Kougars 12-0
Oct 17 @ Seattle Callahans 12-7
Oct 30 - Kamloops Kougars 54-0
Nov 6 @ Oak Bay Drakes 12-0
Nov 14 - Oak Bay Drakes 29-0
Dec 27 - Bomber All-Stars * 2-1
 * Yule Bowl   
   
1955 Schedule/Results (3-1):  
Sep 17 - Univ. of British Columbia T-birds 9-7
Sep 28 - Oak Bay Drakes 10-1
Oct 9 - Seattle Ramblers 5-11
Oct 22 @ Kamloops Kougars 29-0
Oct 30 - Seattle Ramblers Cancel
Nov 6 - Oak Bay Drakes Cancel
Dec 26 - Jr. Big Four All Stars Cancel
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

   
   
   
   

 

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