Claim: The Toronto Indians’ performance at the ORFU—an early amateur Canadian football league which was founded in 1883—seasons showed that they missed the playoffs from seasons 1941 to 1944 while they almost made it to the ORFU finals in 1946 and 1947; nonetheless, they made it to the ORFU finals in 1945 and 1948 despite losing.
Evidence: 1945 Lost ORFU Finals 1st, ORFU