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The Varsity Blues are the sports teams at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The group of teams is 128 years old, and have won many awards.
Football
Of all the Varsity Blues teams, the Varsity Blues Football team has had the greatest success over the past 128 years. The football team won the first Grey Cup game ever held in 1909, going on to win the cup again in 1910, 1911, and 1920. The team won the Vanier Cup in 1965, and again in 1993 as Canadian National football champions. The team has a record 25 Yates Cup championship wins as Champions of the Ontario league (OUA) of the CIS.
Men's Hockey
The Men's Hockey team also has a lengthy history. It has been coached by a number of notable people including Conn Smythe, Lester B. "Mike" Pearson (later Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Prime Minister of Canada), Tom Watt, and Mike Keenan.
Downfall
However, hard times have fallen on the University of Toronto sports teams over the past several years, due to the higher academic standards at the school. The football program has not won a game since the 2001 season, and since the turn of the new century, the football team has a 2-46 record.
In 2003, there were even talks about cancelling the historic football program all together, but the university chose to maintain it for the time being.
External links
Sport in Toronto | University of Toronto | Canadian Interuniversity Sport teams | University and college sports clubs
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