A Brief History of the WFU

The Western Football Union came together in 1924. Greg Mackenzie, owner of the Edmonton Football Club was a big reason the league came together to form a bigger competition from locally competing provincial leagues. Both the British Columbia Football Division and the Alberta Football Championship, allowed their strongest teams to enter the new competition, thus forming the original 4 teams of the Calgary Football Club, the Edmonton Football Club, the Vancouver Football Club, and the Victoria Victorias. Greg Mackenzie would provide the league with a cup which was built by a family member. The cup would be deemed the Mackenzie Cup and the 4 teams would compete to decide who was the champions of the West. 

In 1927 the league would add 3 more teams from the Saskatchewan and Manitoban divisions. The Regina Football Club, Saskatoon Athletic Club, and the Winnipeg Football Club would be added. 

When the Great Depression hit in the 1930s the WFU would face some hardship and Saskatoon would pull from the league in 1934. Regina and Victoria would soon follow in 1937. The league would eventually, suspend operations at the start of WW2. 

In 1946, the WFU got back up and running with the same 4 teams from Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. In 1948, Regina would be reinstated and the league would remain at 5 teams for the next 2 decades. Then in 1970, the league would partner with the NAAF to form a merger. 

Mackenzie Cup Winners
1924: Edmonton Football Club
1925: Edmonton Football Club
1926: Victoria Victorias
1927: Edmonton Football Club
1928: Calgary Football Club
1929: Winnipeg Football Club
1930: Vancouver Football Club
1931: Calgary Tigers
1932: Edmonton Football Club
1933: Edmonton Rangers
1934: Edmonton Rangers
1935: Vancouver Football Club
1936: Winnipeg Falcons
1937: Winnipeg Falcons
1938: Calgary Tigers
1939: Calgary Tigers
1940-1945: Not rewarded due to WW2
1946: Vancouver Wolves
1947: Edmonton Rangers
1948: Edmonton Rangers
1949: Calgary Tigers
1950: Edmonton Rangers
1951: Regina Threshers
1952: Calgary Tigers
1953: Vancouver Wolves
1954: Winnipeg Falcons
1955: Edmonton Rangers
1956: Edmonton Rangers
1957: Calgary Tigers
1958: Vancouver Wolves
1959: Calgary Tigers
1960: Winnipeg Falcons
1961: Vancouver Wolves
1962: Edmonton Rangers
1963: Edmonton Rangers
1964: Vancouver Wolves
1965: Edmonton Rangers
1966: Edmonton Rangers
1967: Vancouver Wolves
1968: Vancouver Wolves
1969: Vancouver Wolves

Totals
Edmonton Rangers - 15
Vancouver Wolves - 10
Calgary Tigers - 8
Winnipeg Falcons - 5
Regina Wheat Kings - 1
Victoria Victorias - 1