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The Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers were a Canadian football team and a member of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League. The team existed from 1872 to 1935. The Montreal AAA sponsored the Montreal Foot Ball Club, founded April 8, 1872. The Montreal Foot Ball Club joined the Quebec Rugby Football Union in 1883 and used the AAA grounds to play its games.^[3] The AAA Winged Wheelers started in the IRFU in 1907.

The team won the 1931 Grey Cup championship.

Founded: 1919

Home stadium: Montreal AAA Grounds

IRFU regular season championships: 3 — 1919, 1931, 1933

IRFU championships: 2 — 1919, 1931

Grey Cup championships: 1 — 1931

Season	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
1919	4	2	0	71	51	8	1st	IRFU Champion
1920	0	6	0	35	77	0	4th	Last Place
1921	0	6	0	29	190	0	4th	Last Place
1922	2	4	0	43	56	4	3rd	-
1923	2	3	1	45	73	5-	3rd	-
1924	1	5	0	28	65	2	4th	Last Place
1925	3	3	0	27	43	6	2nd	-
1926	1	5	0	48	83	2	4th	Last Place
1927	1	5	0	25	60	2	4th	Last Place
1928	3	3	0	62	34	6	2nd	-
1929	4	2	0	41	40	6	2nd	-
1930	2	3	1	35	44	6	3rd	-
1931	6	0	0	112	39	12	1st	Won 19th Grey Cup
1932	4	2	0	68	32	8	2nd	-
1933	4	2	0	67	55	8	1st - tie	Lost IRFU 2 game playoff
1934	3	2	1	54	42	7	2nd	-
1935	0	9	0	48	133	0	4th	Last Place
Totals	38	62	3			79	-	1 Grey Cup

^ The team colours are an educated guess. The Montreal AAA hockey team colours are known; blue and white. A Canadian Football Hall of Fame photo from 1931 (19th Grey Cup) shows the team wearing a dark jersey and darkish pants. They likely were wearing blue and some gray coloured pants.
^ Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers hockey team colours
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2011-03-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES

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-The '''Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers''' were a Canadian football team and a member of the [[Interprovincial Rugby Football Union]], a league that preceded the [[Canadian Football League]]. The team existed from 1872 to 1935. The [[Montreal AAA]] sponsored the [[Montreal Foot Ball Club]], founded April 8, 1872. The Montreal Foot Ball Club joined the [[Quebec Rugby Football Union]] in 1883 and used the AAA grounds to play its games.<ref>http://cfl.ca/page/his_teams_mtl HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES</ref> The AAA Winged Wheelers started in the IRFU in 1907.
+The '''Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers''' were a Canadian football team and a member of the [[Interprovincial Rugby Football Union]], a league that preceded the [[Canadian Football League]]. The team existed from 1872 to 1935. The [[Montreal AAA]] sponsored the [[Montreal Foot Ball Club]], founded April 8, 1872. The Montreal Foot Ball Club joined the [[Quebec Rugby Football Union]] in 1883 and used the AAA grounds to play its games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cfl.ca/page/his_teams_mtl |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-03-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201094734/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_teams_mtl |archivedate=2010-12-01 |df= }} HISTORY OF THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES</ref> The AAA Winged Wheelers started in the IRFU in 1907.
 The team won the [[19th Grey Cup|1931 Grey Cup]] championship.