Windsor AKO Fratmen
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| Founded | 1929 |
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| Based in | Windsor Ontario, Canada |
| Home field | University of Windsor Stadium |
| Head coach | Mike LaChance |
| Owner(s) | Mike Morencie |
| League | Canadian Junior Football League |
| Division | Ontario Football Conference |
| Colours |
Black, Gold, and White |
| Nickname(s) | Frat, AKO |
| Website |
www |
[1] The Windsor Fratmen are a Canadian football team based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The team has played in the Canadian Junior Football League since the 1940s and won national titles in 1952, 1954, and 1999. The Fratmen are also the first Canadian Junior Football League team to be honoured in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum's locker room exhibit.[2]
The Fratmen played at Fratmen Field at Windsor Stadium from 1953 to 2014. Since then the team has played home games at Ecole E.J. Lajeunesse and currently plays at Alumni Field at the University of Windsor.[3] On May 14, 2014, St Clair College and the Fratmen announced a partnership which will help college bound students the opportunity to play in the CJFL. The Fratmen hope to call St Clair College their home field pending a planned domed stadium being built on the Windsor Campus. The team was sponsored by the AKO Fraternity and dates back to 1929, making it the longest-running community organization providing a junior football program in Canada without interruption. The AKO Fraternity is a different group. It is a non-profit, fraternal organization dedicated to supporting and sponsoring youth in amateur sports. [2][4] On January 22, 2014, AKO Fraternity announced it had sold the Team to Mike Morencie, a former player, Head Coach and current Defensive Coordinator.
Notable Players
- Tommy Grant was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1995. He played 14 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
- Zeno Karcz played 9 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and is a 3 time Grey Cup Champion (1957,1963,1965). After retiring, Karcz was Head Coach of the Fratmen from 1967-1969.
- Bob Dawson spent 7 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and 1952 Grey Cup Champion.
- Walter Spencer was selected in the 3rd Round of the 2004 CFL Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders and is a three-time Grey Cup Champion (2009, 2010 Montreal Alouettes and 2012 Toronto Argonauts).
- Llevi Noel was selected in the 4th Round (31st overall) of the 2016 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts. 2017 Grey Cup Champion.
Notes
- ↑ "Home". Windsor Fratmen. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
- 1 2 "Windsor AKO Fratmen exhibit at Hall of Fame". cfl.ca. 2006-06-25.
- ↑ College, St. Clair. "St. Clair College - News & Events - College Announces Innovative Partnership with AKO Fratmen Football". www.stclaircollege.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ↑ "Morencie buys Fratmen team". Windsor Star. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
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