[3] The Paddlers' senior football team lost to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues in the first Grey Cup game in 1909.
[5] The Paddlers joined the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) in 1905, entering a team in the junior series.
[8] For the first time that season, the Dominion champions were presented with the Grey Cup, giving Parkdale a place in Canadian football history as one of the first two teams to challenge for the trophy.
In 1913 the Paddlers finished in first place with a record of 3–1 and defeated the Toronto Rowing and Athletic Association team 8–5 in a playoff to capture their second ORFU championship.
In 1921 they won their third ORFU championship and advanced to what, in previous seasons, would have been the Grey Cup final against the Toronto Argonauts.