Bramalea Satellites Bramalea Satellites was a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union , a senior league that preceded the Canadian Football League . When the ORFU ceased , it transferred over to the Northern Football Conference for the 1973 and 1974 seasons , and the Ontario junior level after that . The team name is in reference to Bramalea being a " satellite city " , as opposed to an orbiting object . They were previously the East York Argos . History . Ontario Rugby Football Union . The team practiced five evenings a week at Bramalea Secondary School , and had cheerleaders . 1967 . John Bennett came out of retirement to coach the team in their new location , having sat out the 1966 season . Their team included John Bennett , a former McGill star , and Doug McNichol , a former Montreal Alouette and Toronto Argonaut . On October 23 , the London Lords gave them their first defeat in two years . The Satellites met the London Lords again at the 1967 ORFU championship , receiving a loss in the first of the two - game season , due to " over - confidence " . Despite an illegal intrusion from the bench , the team won the championship , with a two game total of 27 - 24 . The Lords filed an official protest with the league , asking for the second game to be replayed . In November 1967 , the Chateauguay Ramblers faced off against the Satellites in the Eastern Football Conference finals in Montreal , winning 33 - 13 ; the Ramblers noted after the game that several of their players were injured , and shouldn ' t have been playing . ( In one of the games leading up to the finals , the team beat the Halifax Marcom Flyers 47 - 7 . ) Before the Canadian Amateur Football Association senior championship versus the St . Vital Bulldogs , team vice - president Bob Orr publicly worried about when the " law of averages " would catch up with the team , having won 54 out of the previous 56 games . They won their fourth consecutive national win , at a " rain drenched " the Etobicoke Centennial Stadium , 4 - 0 . The team expected that many players would retire after the game . ( The opposing team ' s lead rusher , Don Kuyrk , rescheduled his wedding four times while the CAFA changed its dates . ) The Toronto Argonauts released eight season vet Jim Copeland , a mainstay of their punt return team ; he joined the team , getting 20 touchdowns en route to the ORFU championships . After the win and an injury on the Argos , he rejoined the CFL as a backup man to Mike Wickum , missing the Eastern and Canadian senior championships . 1968 . Their quarterback this season was John Henry Jackson . The team had a slow start , with their first win coming in their fifth game , beating Sarnia Imperials 39 - 0 ; among their early bouts that season , they lost 47 - 0 to the Downriver Indians team , newly moved to Windsor . By late September , the team was tied for second place in the league , with the St . Catherines Rams . Having played with the Calgary Stampeders in 1967 , Ed Aru spent the 1968 season with Bramalea , being drafted to the Argos in 1969 . 1969 . In mid - October , the team moved into a tie for first place in the league , with the St . Catherine Rams . Released at the start of the Canadian Football League season , Toronto Argonauts player Tom Johansen went to play with the Satellites . When Argos player Dave Mann was injured , he was " instantly " available to the Argos . As taxi squad s weren ' t permitted by the CFL , this and halfback Dickie Moore ' s availability was widely questioned . Around a dozen former Argos played on the Bramalea team in the 1969 season . Northern Football Conference . Both the London Lords and Bramalea Satellites applied to join the Northern Football Conference ; both were accepted , but London never followed through . In both the 1973 and 1974 seasons , the team was unbeaten . They beat the Sudbury Spartans for the James Pestolis Memorial Trophy and Donald Plaunt Memorial Trophy . Following three teams being declined for the 1975 season ( Sudbury Spartans , North Bay Ti - Cats and Sault Ste . Marie Steelers ) , the Satellites withdrew to compete at the Ontario junior level . It was quite successful during its time in the NFC . Rick Morenz was the NFC ' s leading scorer in 1973 , with 102 , and Stu Wright in 1974 , with 127 . Angelo Raggin was the Lineman of the Year in 1973 , Buddy Bendall in 1974 . The Sid Forster Memorial Coach of the Year went to Bubba Marriott in 1973 . Morenz is the only NFC Hall of Fame player from Bramalea , being inducted in 1990 . He holds the league ' s all - time Touchdowns - Rushing record , with six , in a 1973 game versus the North Bay Ti - Cats . Ontario Football Conference . The Satellites transferred to the Canadian Junior Football League ' s Ontario Football Conference in 1975 . Players at this level are 17 to 22 . Partway through the 1979 OFC season , the Lakeshore Bears and Scarborough Rams folded . The resulting realignment paired Brampton with the Oshawa Hawkeyes , Sarnia Golden Bears , Brantford Bisons , and St . Catherines Raiders , considered by sports media as the weaker division . Brampton itself folded at the end of the season , with the two divisions combined . It holds no records .