Ottawa Junior Football League

Between 1952 and 1957, Ottawa had its own league affiliated with the Canadian Junior Football League.  It was originally known as the Ottawa-Hull Junior Football League in 1952, then the Junior InterProvincial Football League in 1953 before adopting the above name. 

According to the CJFL's website, they ceased to compete after the 1957 because they found the rest of the Ontario teams too strong. Lack of competition from within may have also played a role; a glance at the last two seasons will show that St. Anthony was ridiculously dominant.

I have copied the standings as provided by the CJFL's impressive historical section.  Some scores are missing, and I shall make an effort to locate them myself the next time I visit the library for research.

While these teams may not be commonly-known, it would appear that some familiar names have been involved with them in the past.  The Hull Tigers at one point were coached by former Rough Rider Wilf Tremblay, while Don Holtby played four years with St. Anthony prior to becoming Head Coach of the Sooners in 1961.

1952 Standings         W  L  T  P  PF  PA
St. Anthony Saints     4  2  0  8  84  28
Eastview Olympics      4  2  0  8  40  42
Ottawa Cobra Lancers   2  3  1  7  33  46
Hull Tigers            2  3  1  7  14  55

SemiFinals
St. Anthony Saints 1, Hull Tigers 0
Eastview Olympics 11, Ottawa Cobra Lancers

Championship
no score mentioned

1953 Standings         W  L  T  PF  PA   PA
St. Anthony Saints     6  2  0  12  92   36
Hull Tigers            6  2  0  12  81   27
Ottawa Cobra Lancers   3  5  0   8  63   57
Eastview Olympics      0  6  0   0  12  128

Championship
St. Anthony Saints 15 Hull Tigers 3
St. Anthony Saints 22 Hull Tigers 0 (St. Anthony won series 37-3)

1954 Standings         W  L  T   P   PF  PA
Hull Tigers            7  1  0  14  104  28
St. Anthony Saints     3  5  0   6   61  72
Cobra Lancers          2  6  0   4   33  97

SemiFinal
St. Anthony Saints 12 Cobra Lancers 5

Championship
Hull Tigers 2 St. Anthony Saints 0
-Ottawa Citizen, Nov 1st, 1954: "Almost 3000 fans saw Ron Gauthier spill St. Anthony Quarterback Bill Freiday behind his own goalline to get credit for a safety touch, the only score in the game."

1955 Standings         W  L  T   P   PF   PA
West End Cobras        5  0  1  11  132   26
St. Anthony Saints     3  2  1   7   96   59
Hull Tigers            0  6  0   0   18  101

SemiFinal
St. Anthony Saints 12 Hull Tigers 0

Championship
West End Cobras 17 St. Anthony Saints 12
"Gary Craig paced the winners with a touchdown and a pair of converts while Bud Diffen and Ron Gauthier tallied the other major scores"

Eastern Canadian SemiFinal
Verdun Shamcats (OJRFL) 17 West End Cobras 5

1956 Standings         W  L  T  P   PF   PA
St. Anthony Saints     4  0  0  8  157   12
West End Cobras        2  2  0  4   58   64
Hull Tigers            0  4  0  0   21  163

SemiFinals
West End Cobras 25 Hull Tigers 20

Championship
St. Anthony Saints 47 West End Cobras 18
-"Scoring two touchdowns in each of the final three quarters...St. Anthony's breezed to a 47-18 triumph to win the Junior Interprovincial Football Championship before some 4000 fans at Brewer Park...(Don) Holtby ran 60 yards (for a score) after taking a short kick by Pete Shield on a beautiful piece of broken field running."

Eastern Ontario Junior Final
Toronto Parkdale Lions 64 at S. Anthony Saints 00

1957 Standings         W  L  T   P   PF   PA
St. Anthony Saints     7  0  0  14  352   15
Ottawa Seconds         2  4  1   5   79  164
West End Bombers       2  4  1   5   68  197
Hull Tigers            2  5  0   4   31  182

Sep  8th-
St Anthony 52, Hull 00
Ottawa, West End

Sep 22nd-
St Anthony 43, West End 00
Hull 04, Ottawa 01

Oct  6th-
West End 13, Hull Tigers 07
St Anthony 60, Ottawa 00

Oct 13th-
Hull Tigers 19, Ottawa 08
St Anthony 45, West End 07

SemiFinal
St. Anthony Saints 32 Hull Tigers 7
Ottawa Seconds 1 West End Bombers