Ottawa Rough Riders

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Canadian football team defunct sports team

The Ottawa Rough Riders were a historic Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, known for their long tenure and multiple Grey Cup championships before folding in 1996.

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Ottawa Rough Riders canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian football team ⓘ
defunct sports team ⓘ
basedIn Ottawa ⓘ
surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
city Ottawa ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
division East Division ⓘ
eraOfGreatestSuccess 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
folded 1996 ⓘ
founded 1876 ⓘ
homeStadium Frank Clair Stadium ⓘ
Lansdowne Park ⓘ
league Canadian Football League ⓘ
nickname Riders ⓘ
notableAchievement one of the oldest professional football teams in North America ⓘ
notableCoach Frank Clair ⓘ
George Brancato ⓘ
Jack Gotta ⓘ
notablePlayer Ron Stewart ⓘ
Russ Jackson ⓘ
Tony Gabriel ⓘ
Whit Tucker ⓘ
notableQuarterback Russ Jackson ⓘ
numberOfGreyCupChampionships 9 ⓘ
predecessorLeague Big Four ⓘ
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
reasonForFolding declining attendance ⓘ
financial difficulties ⓘ
rival Hamilton Tiger-Cats ⓘ
Montreal Alouettes ⓘ
Toronto Argonauts ⓘ
sport Canadian football ⓘ
successorTeam Ottawa Redblacks ⓘ
Ottawa Renegades ⓘ
teamColors black ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
uniformFeature red and black jerseys ⓘ
wonGreyCup 1925 ⓘ
1926 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ
1951 ⓘ
1960 ⓘ
1968 ⓘ
1969 ⓘ
1973 ⓘ
1976 ⓘ

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Sean Payton → playedFor → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
East Division → formerTeam → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Montreal Alouettes → hasRivalry → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Ottawa Redblacks → predecessorFranchise → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Jason Garrett → memberOfSportsTeam → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Bart Hull → memberOfSportsTeam → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Payton → memberOfSportsTeam → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
subject surface form: Sean Payton
CFL East Division → formerTeam → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Uzooma Okeke → memberOfSportsTeam → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Uzooma Okeke → formerTeam → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Uzooma Okeke → isFormerPlayerOf → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ
Ottawa Renegades → predecessor → Ottawa Rough Riders ⓘ