Winnipeg entry in the Canadian Premier League to be called Valour FC
WINNIPEG — Honouring its history, the Winnipeg entry in the new Canadian Premier League will be called Valour FC.
The name is a homage to three Winnipeg men — Frederick William Hall, Leo Clarke and Robert Shankland — who lived on the same street and were each awarded the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth’s premier military decoration for gallantry, in the First World War.
Their street, Pine Street, was later renamed Valour Road.
The CPL franchise — which will be known simply as Valour FC rather than Winnipeg Valour FC — falls under the umbrella of the Winnipeg not-for-profit community organization that owns the CFL Blue Bombers.