They won the final ORFU Senior championship in 1957, after which pro-am teams were barred from competing for the Grey Cup, which preceded the formation of the fully-professional Canadian Football League a year later in 1958.

They subsequently continued to play ORFU Intermediate football for almost two decades afterward, until the league formally folded in 1974.

[1] The Lords were owned by a community group headed by local businessmen Ralph Duffus, Gordon Gilbride, and Ken Lemon, and the team was established with the intention of eventually bringing a Canadian Football League (CFL) team to London.

They also gained an early lead at the return leg, before conceding 48 points in 45 minutes.

[1] In 1974, the same year that the ORFU formally folded, an investment group had reportedly approached the CFL with the intention of establishing an expansion team in London.