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.............................. Montreal Alouettes
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The Montreal Alouettes (French: les Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. The current incarnation of the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions. The CFL considers all clubs which have played in Montreal as one in their league records, including those of the original Alouettes (1946-1981), the Montreal Concordes (1982-1986) and the Baltimore Stallions (1994-1995). The Alouettes, however, do not recognize the Baltimore franchise, or its records, as part of the official team history. The Alouettes' home field is Molson Stadium for the regular season and Olympic Stadium for the playoffs. They won the Grey Cup championship in 2002. Previous incarnations of the franchise, excluding the Stallions, won the championship a total of five times.
The original club was founded as the Montreal Alouettes in 1946. However, the original Alouettes club ceased operations following the 1981 season and was replaced by a new team, the Montreal Concordes, which played from 1982 to 1985. The Concordes were rechristened the "new" Alouettes for the 1986 season, but ceased operations the day before the 1987 season was due to start, coincidentally on Quebec's 'St. Jean Baptiste' holiday, June 24. The Baltimore Stallions were founded in 1994 and moved to Montreal in 1996 to become the third team to take the Alouettes name.
Canadian football has a long history in Montreal, dating to the 1850s. The Alouettes were first formed in 1946 by CFL hall of famer Lew Hayman. They named themselves after the famous work song "Alouette" (about a lark bird), which has become a symbol of the Québécois. (Similarly, during the Second World War the RCAF's 425 Bomber Squadron assumed the lark as its badge and the motto "Je te plumerai"—I shall pluck you.) They won their first Grey Cup championship in 1949, beating Calgary 28-15 led by quarterback Frank Filchock and running back Virgil Wagner.
The 1950s were a productive decade for the Als, with legendary quarterback Sam Etcheverry throwing passes to John "Red" O'Quinn, "Prince" Hal Patterson and Pat Abbruzzi carrying the ball, Montreal fielded the most dangerous offense in all of Canadian football. From 1954 to 1956, they reached the Grey Cup three straight times, but questionable defensive units led the Alouettes to defeat against the Edmonton Eskimos all three times. Controversy erupted after the 1960 season when the Als traded gunslinger Etcheverry to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, which ushered in a dark decade for the team, not once registering a winning record throughout the 1960s. From 1968 to 1976 the team played in the Autostade stadium, however the stadium's less-than-desirable location led to dismal attendance, putting more strain on the team's finances.
In 1969, the team was purchased by the highly capable Sam Berger, the former owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders. During his tenure, the team made six Grey Cup appearances and won the Canadian championship three times. They finally moved out of the Autostade and into Olympic Stadium in 1976 and attendance shot up. In 1977, the Als had a very successful year both on the field and at the box office, winning the Grey Cup at their home field before a CFL-record 68,000 fans. They also averaged over 60,000 at the Big O during the regular season, the first CFL team to accomplish that feat.
However, success was short lived when Berger retired in 1981. He then sold the team to Nelson Skalbania, a Vancouver businessman. The flamboyant Skalbania set about signing two first-round picks from the 1981 National Football League draft plus NFL name players such as Vince Ferragamo and Billy "White Shoes" Johnson. Even with all that talent, the Alouettes suffered on the field, finishing with a dismal 3-13 record. The financial collapse of Skalbania's highly-leveraged business empire led to the team ceasing operations.
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