This image of University College from 1901 shows the playing field on the front lawn where the Argonaut and Hamilton football clubs played Canada's first inter-city football game -- and first rugby union game -- in October 1873.

Col. George Sweny, the second president of the Argonaut Rowing Club, served in that role from 1888 to 1892. This was a period of inactivity for the football club, but Sweny earned a place in Canadian football history when, at his suggestion, the ARC adopted the club motto "Pull Together".

THIS DAY IN ARGOS HISTORY: John W. H. Bassett, who died on 27 April 1998, owned or part-owned the Argonauts from 1956 to 1974, serving as chairman of the board for 18 seasons. The Double Blue played in just one Grey Cup game in that span, losing to Calgary in 1971.

THIS DAY IN ARGOS HISTORY: On 27 April 1942 the Argos announced that head coach Lew Hayman had enlisted in the RCAF and begun an indefinite leave of absence. The announcement marked the end of Hayman's 9-year run as head coach - still the longest in club history.

I cannot recall ever being less excited about an upcoming CFL season. As near as I can figure, the reasons are: 1) the game has been ruined 2) no Argos home games until Week 10 3) the game has been ruined 4) very little migration of hype from the Nazi bird app to Bluesky 5) the game has been ruined

Johnny Copp, a star UofT football player, was shot and killed in a home invasion in Toronto on December 3, 1933. The crime was never solved. The Blues began awarding a trophy in his honour in 1935. The first winner, quarterback Bobby Coulter, played 3 seasons with the Argos. Congrats Chris Joseph!

Black History Month - #Roughriders #CFL Note: Calgary Stampeders protest of Gabe Patterson (and Stan Stasica) was about whether or not they were signed by the CRU deadline of August 26, 1947. The CRU confirmed they were & issued them player cards. www.riderville.com/2026/02/06/b...

The anniversary of Dick Shatto's death on 4 February 2004 passed without recognition here until now. It's a fool's errand to select a GOAT for a club that's been around for over 150 years. But if you /had/ to select one, to save your life, it would be hard to make a stronger case than Shatto's.

Every person mentioned in this story would be a household name, not just in Toronto, but in Canada, if it was about the Leafs rather than the Argos. It was more than 40 YEARS after the Argos fielded their first black player - who was a local athlete - that the Leafs iced theirs.

Canadians of my generation remember Red Storey mainly as a hockey commentator and "old-timers" game referee. But before he made his name as a NHL referee, Big Red immortalized himself in a remarkable 15 minutes' work during the 1938 Grey Cup game.

What can I say? This account exists to promote and celebrate the richness of Argonaut history, including the bits that hurt.

Morris went on to coach the Argos to 3 straight Grey Cups in 1945–47, and served as their chief Canadian scout from 1956 until his death in 1965. In terms of total contribution to the Double Blue as player, coach and executive, I think Pinball Clemons is his only rival in 153 years of club history.

Congratulations to Coach Mike Miller, who, depending on how one counts, today becomes the 52nd (if old-style captain-coaches are excluded) or the 65th head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in their 153-year history. [N.B. 2026 marks exactly 50 years since the job was last held by a Canadian.]

The East York Argos were financially supported by the CFL club, for which they acted as a farm team fed by the city's junior clubs. Their quarterback in 1962, Gord McTaggart, attended Argonaut training camps for years but never got his chance with the big club.

TODAY IN ARGOS HISTORY NOV 16, 1997 – The Argos won the club's fourteenth Grey Cup with a 47–23 victory over Saskatchewan at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium, winning back-to-back Grey Cups for the first time since 1947 (and the last time to date).

TODAY IN ARGOS HISTORY NOV 16, 1946 – The Argos won their eleventh Big Four league title with a 12–6 playoffs win over the Alouettes in front of 23,700 spectators at Delorimier Stadium in Montreal. Joe Krol led the way with a 35-yard TD pass to Royal Copeland and a 4-yard rushing TD of his own.

TODAY IN ARGOS HISTORY NOV 16, 1901 – Two punt singles in the second half by Percy Hardisty gave the Double Blue a 2–1 win over the Rough Riders at the Varsity Oval in Ottawa, clinching first place in the Ontario RFU senior league and the first league title in club history.

We need to expunge these plays from the game to generate more excitement.

Zounds! Actual, fine-tuned data!

Kickers with seasons fractionally as good as Lirim Hajrullahu's 2025 season have won the CFL special teams award hands down in the past. That is all one can say.

TODAY IN ARGOS HISTORY NOV 13, 1962 = Reflecting on a 4-10 season, Argonauts head coach Nobby Wirkowski told a press conference he was not interested in obtaining Ottawa backup QB Ron Lancaster (who had requested to be traded or released) to replace the departing Tobin Rote.

Longboat Taylor was one of Canada's most decorated rowers, as well as being a fair football player. He was killed in the infamous gas attack on Canadian trenches near St. Julien, Belgium, during the Second Battle of Ypres.

The Argos 1914 Grey Cup victory is quite awkward to study, knowing how many of those players were destined to lose their lives overseas.

Stan Reaume lost his life just five weeks before the Armistice, which somehow makes his sacrifice seem the more tragic (although it probably shouldn't).

Doan Lepper was only 17 when he won the 1914 Grey Cup with the Argos.

"Pat" drove a munitions truck during the war, and was killed when it was shelled by enemy artillery.

On one memorable occasion, Hugh Hoyles, as the club representative, tabled a resolution on behalf of the Argos at an Ontario RFU meeting, and then (because he disagreed with it) denounced it.

Curly Britton quarterbacked the Argos to their first league title in 1901.

killed at Dieppe

TODAY IN ARGOS HISTORY NOV 7, 1914 ~ Outside wing Mac Murray (in dark jersey) and flying wing Hermis Duke each scored 2 of the 8 touchdowns scored by the Double Blue in a 47-4 demolition of the Ottawa Senators at Lansdowne Park. The 1914 Argos went on to win the first of the club's 19 Grey Cups.