Ontario University Athletics

CARLETON GUELPH McMASTER
"Ravens" "Gryphons" "Marauders"
Ottawa, ON Guelph, ON Hamilton, ON
OTTAWA QUEEN'S TORONTO
"Gee-Gees" "Gaels" "Varsity Blues"
Ottawa, ON Kingston, ON Toronto, ON
WATERLOO WESTERN WILFRID LAURIER
"Warriors" "Mustangs" "Golden Hawks"
Waterloo, ON London, ON Waterloo, ON
WINDSOR YORK
"Lancers" "Lions"
Windsor, ON North York, ON

Historical Helmets

CARLETON

'A'
c.1970s c.1990 2013
'B' 'C' 'D'
2013 - 2014 2014 - 2017 2014 - 2019; 2021
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below
'E'
2022 -

During recent years Carleton has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

Carleton did not have a football team from 1999 through 2012.

*1 The right side of this design is different from the left and appears as depicted below.

*2 The right side of this design is different from the left and appears as depicted below.

GUELPH

'A'
? - 2002 2003 - 2006? 2007? - 2011
'B' 'C' 'D'
2011 - 2015; 2018 - 2012 - 2013 2012
'E' 'F' 'G'
2012 2012 2013 - 2014
'H' 'I' 'J'
2013 2013 - 2014 2013
'K' 'L' 'M'
2014; 2019 - 2014 2014
'N' 'O' 'P'
2015 - 2017 2015 2016
*see note 1 below
'Q' 'R' 'S'
2016 2016 2017
'T' 'U' 'V'
2017 - 2018 2018 2019 -
*see note 1 below
'W'
2022 -

During recent years Guelph has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 On both of these designs uniform numbers are worn on the left side only; the right side is "blank".

McMASTER

? - 2005 2006 -

This team had several interesting designs during earlier years for which only partial information has been found; below are photographs of some of these. The 1968 design has what appears to be an "MM" logo, the 1971 design appears to have a "bird head" of some sort, as does the 1972 design.

OTTAWA

c.1960s c.early 1970s c.1970s- 1980s?
'A' 'B'
? - 2008 2009 - 2022 -

In 2022 Ottawa used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-A-A; B-B-A; B-B-B; B.

Little information has been found for this team's earlier helmet designs but one, used in the early 1970s, had the letters "GG" inside a "horseshoe"-shape (photograph below). No color photographs of this one have been found, but the helmet shell appears to be white. A similar logo may have been worn on silver helmets for a short time. The currently-used horse head logo has apparently been used continuously since the mid-1970s.

QUEEN'S

? - 2000? 2001? - 2005 2006
2007 2008 (first two games) 2008 - 2021
2022 -

TORONTO

? - 2002 2003 - 2005 2006?
2006? - 2015 2016 -

WATERLOO

? - 2000? 2001? - 2007? 2007? - 2009; 2011
*see note 1 below
'A' 'B' 'C'
2012 - 2016 2016 2016 -
'D' 'E'
2017 - 2022 -

During recent years Waterloo has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 During at least some of the years when this design was in use the logo was worn only on the right side of the helmet, with the left side remaining "blank". Waterloo did not play a 2010 football schedule due to repercussions from a steroid abuse scandal involving some members of the team.

WESTERN

'A'
? - 2003 2003 - 2007 2008? -
*see note 1 below
'B' 'C' 'D'
September 29, 2012;
2013 - 2016		 2017 - 2019 -

During recent years Western has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

I think this team may have used plain silver helmets for many years in the 1970s-1990s, but at least one great early helmet logo has been found - the one on the 1971 design (photograph below). I have been unable to locate the artwork for this logo; it looks somewhat generic but I am unaware of any other team having used the same logo.

*1 This helmet design was adopted sometime during the 2003 season; the previous design was in use at least as late as the September 13 game against Queen's.

WILFRID LAURIER

c.1971 c.1974 c.1980s
*see note 1 below
'A'
? - 2003 2009 (early season) 2004 -
*see note 2 below
'B' 'C'
2014 - 2016 2017 -

During recent years Laurier has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 The name of the university was Waterloo Lutheran University prior to November 1, 1973.

*2 "Plain" purple helmets were used during the team's first three games of the 2009 season; helmet decals appeared once again for the team's fourth game (september 26 vs McMaster).

WINDSOR

1973 - 1997 1999 - 2003 2004 - 2018
September 3, 2018 2019 -
*see note 1 below

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).

YORK

c.1970s c.1980s c.1990s - 1997
1998 - 1999 2000 - 2002 2003 - 2010
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below
2012; 2014 2011 - 2014 2015 - 2017
*see note 2 below
2018 2019 -

This team which first played in 1969 has used several other interesting helmet designs for which I have only partial information; below are photographs of some of these:

A color photograph of the 1970 design would enable me to add this one to the website. The photograph labeled "1974" was apparently taken during a practice session prior to the 1975 season and shows what is apparently a leftover-from-1974 football-shaped logo commemorating the centennial of Canadian college football; York appears to have used this logo on the right side only of the team's helmets in 1974. I will need a copy of the artwork from the "c.1990s" helmet in order to add this one to the website.

The team nickname was changed from "Yeomen" to "Lions" prior to the 2003 football season.

*1 On both these helmet designs the logo was actually worn on the right side only, with the left side being "blank". I believe that this was the case through least the period from 2000 through 2010.

*2 Used during at least one game in both 2012 and 2014.