The Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union was formed after the conclusion of the 1897 season. In the Manitoba Rugby Football Union, the Royal Canadian...

1897 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. College championship College football national championship – Penn Quakers Professional championships...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1897. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

following are the association football events of the year 1897 throughout the world. Jules Rimet founds Red Star Football Club in Paris. Argentina: Lomas Athletic...

own Canadian form of the sport, and is currently the world's only national governing body for Canadian football. The governing body is also Canada's representative...

and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name...

gridiron football, more commonly known as women's tackle football, women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a...

are members of the NCAA. In Canada, collegiate football competition is governed by U Sports for universities. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association...

Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly James Brown (Canadian politician) (1828–1897), Ontario businessman and politician James Brown (New Brunswick...

John Hamilton Evans (March 22, 1897 – June 27, 1932) was a university all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football quarterback. While attending Queen's...

means that they have clinched the playoffs "CFLapedia - The online Canadian Football League Encyclopedia". www.cflapedia.com. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived...

(1878–1940), Canadian astronomer Bill Harper (baseball) (1889–1951), Major League Baseball pitcher Bill Harper (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1989), Scottish...

Canadian novelist and journalist John Evans or I. D. Ffraid (1814–1875), Welsh poet John Evans (footballer, born 1859) (1859–1939), Welsh footballer for...

Mississippi Albert A. Pothier (1862–1931), Canadian politician from Nova Scotia Albert Potter (1897–1942), English footballer Albert Poulain (1851–1937), French...

American football requires that a field goal must only come during a play from scrimmage (except in the case of a fair catch kick) while Canadian football retains...

Years in Canadian football ← 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 → 1894 in sports Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics...

1962 – Dan Wood, Canadian ice hockey player 1963 – Mikkey Dee, Swedish hard rock drummer and musician 1963 – Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager 1963...

This is a list of Canadian Football League (CFL) seasons, including seasons in Canadian football prior to the CFL's founding in 1958. After the merger...

Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host (d. 1979) 1891 – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (d. 1962) 1892 – Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress...

American football player Dick Shikat (1897–1968), German professional wrestler and World Heavyweight Champion Dick Shiner (born 1942), American football player...

Events from the year 1897 in the United States. President: Grover Cleveland (D-New York) (until March 4) William McKinley (R-Ohio) (starting March 4)...

Adams (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1997), English footballer Bill Adams (ice hockey) (1897–1978), Canadian ice hockey player Billy Adams (footballer, born...

Vaughan (1816–1897), English scholar and churchman Clyde Vaughan, American basketball coach and player Colin Vaughan (1931–2000), Canadian television journalist...

The following is a list of stadiums in the Canadian Football League. Notes Capacity lowered for most games by closing off the upper deck. End zones are...

Bobby Taylor (American football) (born 1973), American football player Bobby Taylor (Canadian football) (1939–2023), Canadian football player Bob Taylor (rugby...

Japanese Canadians (日系カナダ人, Nikkei Kanadajin, French: Canadiens japonais) are Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Canadians are mostly concentrated...

Alberta Rugby Football Union was formed in 1895. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points...

runner (b. 1897) 1989 – Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) 1991 – Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (b....

(poet) (1822–1897), Scottish labouring-class poet James Nicholson (Canadian politician) (1827–1905), politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada James H. Nicholson...

football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played...