Vancouver Wolves

The Vancouver Football Club was founded in 1919, with George May as the original owner. May would control the team up until 1934 when he sold the team to Fred Burks. Burks would be a solid leader for the team in his short stint as they would make it to 3 Mackenzie Cups, winning 1 in that time.

After WW2, Burks did not return as owner and the team was transferred over to Arthur Snow. Snow would rename the team the Vancouver Wolves before the first season back in action. The name came from the wildlife of British Columbia, but also the pack-like nature of a football team. Snow would own the team for about a decade from 1946-1955. In 1956, the current owner, Mark Livingston took over the team. The ambitious, young owner brought lots of money into the organization, and it showed. The team captured a title in 1958, and then by 1961, Vancouver would start to rise as a power in the league. They would capture another pair of championships in 1961 and 1964, before getting to their most recent dominance, winning the last 3 Mackenzie Cups. Under Livingston, the Wolves have emerged as one of the best teams in all of football, and one of the most well-run businesses. 

The Team

To no one’s surprise, the Wolves look like the one true contender for the McCallister Cup amongst the WFU teams. Head Coach Johnnie Dawson leads the way with his stoic leadership and masterful mind. Dawson has been regarded as one of the toughest coaches to plan against. On the field, the team is led by one of the greatest WFU QBs ever in Kevin Westwood. Westwood set records for passing yards and touchdowns in the WFU twice over the last 3 seasons. In the backfield, the team has a solid RB in Jeremiah Morrow, along with a stellar set of weapons in WR Keshawn Johnston, WR Ryan Conway, and converted WR to TE Johnny Temple. Defensively, they are just as tough with star DL Rashawn Sutherland, the LB duo of Shawn Anderson and Jaylen Murray, as well as DB Christian Allen. One of the more interesting notes that teams have noticed is several international players are on the team. Vancouver has been doing some scouting overseas and found the popularity of Football growing in Japan. Thus, they have recruited a few players, most notably, WR Akira Sakamoto, whose speed could be a huge problem for defences. Other names include OL Natsuki Ogawa and S Takuya Sasaki, as well as the Chinese-born-Canadian-raised DL Qian Zhou. 

Brand
The Wolves had recently updated their look in the last couple of years, so they are keeping most of the brand intact.

Logos: The logo features an angular head of a wolf, with a pine tree making up the neck fur of the wolf. The tree is, in fact, a team mascot, as there is a tree that is located within the team’s stadium that has been at their home location since before the stadium was built. The fans named the tree Twig and it has stuck. The team colours are still primarily purple and silver, but green is added for Twig.

Uniforms: The team’s jerseys are a classic purple and silver look. The pants and helmet match with silver and a purple-white-purple stripe. The jerseys stripes are similar to the Royals’ sleeve stripes, but with thinner top and bottom stripes with alternating stripe colours in between.

Stadium: As mentioned before, the team’s tree mascot, Twig is a part of the team’s stadium of Vancouver Exhibition Stadium. The stadium has seating all the way around except for the southwest corner which is open. On a small hill in the corner is Twig. The stands have slowly expanded over the years since 1928 to now seat 35,200, making it the largest stadium in the WFU. However, the stadium is getting old, so Livingston is currently in talks about getting a new stadium soon, despite the history that Exhibition Stadium and Twig have. The field is a bit more unique than most with each endzone featuring trees spread across it on a purple background.