Vancouver_Meralomas

Vancouver Meralomas football team

Vancouver Meralomas football team

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For Canadian rugby union team, see Meraloma Rugby.

The Vancouver Meralomas football team was a Canadian football team that played in the British Columbia Rugby Football Union and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union from 1926 to 1938.[1][2][3][4] The team was part of the popular and successful Meraloma Club.[5][6] The Meralomas also fielded championship junior football sides for many decades.

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The Meralomas were a very successful team, winning 5 championships in 13 seasons.

In 1926 the Meralomas were awarded the Harry Duker Cup for being Senior City Champions. In 1927 the team entered the Senior City League for the second time, winning the Harry Duker Cup again, but lost the Provincial Championship.[7] Additionally, the team was a magnet for the best junior talent in Vancouver, benefiting from their rival's, the New Westminster Dodekas,[8] program.[9][10]

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    The Meraloma Club
  2. [2]
    Meraloma - Football (Past Section)
  3. [3]
    Early Meraloma Football History
  4. [4]
    Canada's Least Known Early Football Unions
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    Established in 1923 as a swim club the Meraloma Club was originally named the Mermaid Athletic Club before adding canadian football, rugby union and other sports. With the inclusion of new sports came the development of a new name. By taking "Mer" from the original Mermaids name and adding "al" from alpha, "om" from omega (the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet) and "a" from "always" that was interpreted to mean "Mermaids, first, last and always"; reflected in the club motto "Once a Meraloma, Always a Meraloma". Thus, the Mermaid Athletic Club became the Meraloma Club.
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    Once a Mermaid
  7. [7]
    The Meraloma Club
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    Named for the Greek word dodeca, or twelve, being the players on a football side.
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    The Dodekas were a Kitsilano based team which had won the junior football league for three straight seasons, usually by wide margins, and this was their first venture into better competition. After losing their first game to the Meralomas, the still junior-aged Dodekas won all others to capture the trophy. Several members of the Dodekas joined the Meralomas after they had passed the junior age limit.
  10. [10]
    Meraloma - Football (Past Section)
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