Tackle Football

Tackle
Football

1. Trip Down MEMORY LANE
2. Harry Spring

3. Jr Big 4 Allstars.....4. Jr Awards..... 5. CFL Awards..... 6. Coaches..... 7. Some Pros.....

Meraloma Club- 1923
Gridiron Football- 1925.
see Early History

1954 - B.C. Lions entered the WIFU adopting Meraloma colours, burnt orange and brown.

With football participation on the decline throughout the 1980s on Vancouver's West side, the franchise was moved to the
Tricity Bulldogs.
( Note their team colours. )

1923-40 1940-50 1950-60
1960-70 1970-80 1980-90

Over the decades, Meraloma Football made a huge contribution to the CFL, the Canadian Junior "Big 4" and Juvenile Football in BC.

A disproportionate number of BC and CFL Hall of Famers played on Meraloma football teams.

1925-1938, 1939 to 1944 Team disbanded during war, 1945-1957
1958- No team, 1959-1990
1991 - franchise moved to Tri-Cities

During Ed Murray's coaching tenure, 1967 to 1974, the Meralomas won 8 consecutive league championships and 7 consecutive BC championships (in 1967 we lost the BC Championship by 1 point) During the entire rest of that time, Meralomas lost only two or three league games. The teams under Ed's coaching also won several Western Canadian championships. In 1974 the Meralomas went to the Canadian final, losing a close game to the Ottawa Sooners.

1974-75: a large group of Lomas "graduate" to the UBC Thuderbirds starting another winning tradition."

Thanks to George Zarrelli, (coach @ Rick Henson Secondary) for his suggestion for this site. original1996website