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The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa Ontario founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s a period in which they won five Grey Cups. The team’s fortunes waned in the 1980s and 1990s and they ultimately ceased operations following the 1996 season.
