Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

Founded	1949
Based in	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Head coach	Jason Maas
General manager	Ed Hervey
Owner(s)	"Community" (shareholder) owned
League	Canadian Football League
Division	West Division
Colours	Green, gold and white
Nickname(s)	Esks, Eskies, The Double-E
Mascot(s)	Nanook and Punter
Grey Cup wins	14 (1954, 1955, 1956, 1975 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2015)
Website	www.esks.com
Current uniform

The Edmonton Eskimos are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta, competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Eskimos play their home games at Commonwealth Stadium and are the third-youngest franchise in the CFL. The Eskimos were founded in 1949, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895. The Eskimos are the most successful CFL franchise of the modern era (1954) having won the league's Grey Cup championship fourteen times, second overall only to the Toronto Argonauts who have won sixteen. This includes a three-peat between 1954 and 1956 and an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982, and most recently in 2015.

The Eskimos hold a North American professional sports record by qualifying for the playoffs for 34 consecutive years between 1972 and 2005.^[1][2] Edmonton has had the most regular season division championships in the modern era with 21, with their most recent coming in 2015. The team has a rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders and are one of the three community owned teams currently operating in the CFL.

Team facts

Edmonton Eskimos Wordmark

Founded: 1949, although other teams named the Edmonton Eskimos existed 1895 to 1923 and 1929 to 1939

Formerly known as: The "Esquimaux" 1897 to 1910

Helmet design: Yellow background, with a gold "EE" on a green oval

Uniform colours: Green, gold and white

Past uniform colours: Blue and white (1938 to 1939) and black and yellow (1907 to 1937)

Nicknames: Esks, Eskies, The Double-E

Mascots: Nanook and Punter

Fight Song: Eskimo Fight Song

Stadiums: Clarke Stadium (1949–1978) and Commonwealth Stadium (1978–present)

Main rivals: Calgary Stampeders (see battle of Alberta) and Montreal Alouettes (11 meetings in the Grey Cup, once in the East final).

Western Division 1st place: 23—1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2015

Western Division Champions: 23—1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2015

Grey Cup championships: 14—1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2005 and 2015

2015 regular season record: 14 wins, 4 losses

Ownership

The Edmonton Eskimos Football Club is one of three "community owned" teams in the CFL (owned by local shareholders). This was once the most common type of ownership in the CFL.^[3] In 2006 the Ottawa Sun reported that shares cost $10 each, but were not open to the general public and required the approval of the 80 existing shareholders.^[4] This contrasts with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, one of the other community owned teams in the CFL, who have offered shares to the public. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the third community owned team.

Board of directors

Edmonton Eskimos, Inc., is governed by a ten-member board of directors.^[5] The board consists of a chairman, treasurer, secretary six directors and an alternate governor. As of 2011 the board of directors included chairman Allan Sawin, treasurer Bruce Bentley, secretary John Moquin, director Diane Brickner, Chris Bruce, Terry O'Flynn, Harold Roozen, William Scott, Brad Sparrow and alternate governor Rick LeLacheur. The club's president and CEO is Len Rhodes,^[6][7] he is not currently a member of the board.

History

Origins of the name

The story of team's name goes back to stories in the press from at least 1903 and possibly as far back as 1892, the first date of a "rugby football" game between Edmonton and Calgary. It is a legacy of the bitter rivalry between the cities of Edmonton and Calgary, the so-called Battle of Alberta. In the early years of sports competition between the cities, the press in each town used colourful nicknames to insult the rival team's home. Edmontonian writers called Calgary "the cow camp", "horse country", or "the little village beside the Bow". Likewise Calgary's responded with insults about Edmonton's northern latitude and frigid weather, calling the city's residents "Esquimeaux" (an archaic spelling of "Eskimos", referring to the indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic, modernly called Inuit). Despite the fact Edmonton is several thousand kilometres south of the Arctic, the name "had the advantages of alliteration, neatness, uniqueness, and a certain amount of truth," and thus, according to historian of Edmonton Tony Cashman, "it stuck." The name remained an unofficial nickname, however until the arrival in Edmonton of American baseball coach and sports promoter William Deacon White in 1907. White founded the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team in 1909, the football Eskimos in 1910, and Edmonton Eskimos hockey team in 1911. Of the three, only the football teams' name has survived.

Team history

Edmonton played its first series of organized games with the formation of the Alberta Rugby Football Union in 1895. In 1897 the name Esquimaux was adopted. In 1910 the club was officially named the Edmonton Eskimos. Since 1978 the Eskimos have played their home games in Commonwealth Stadium. They are one of the most successful teams in Canadian football history, having won the Grey Cup more than any other team except the Toronto Argonauts, and being the run-away leader in attendance for many years.

The team holds many impressive records, including five consecutive Grey Cup wins (1978–82) and 34 consecutive years in the playoffs (1972–2005); the latter is a record no other North American professional sports team has equalled. Former Eskimos have figured prominently in Alberta political life: past players include two former provincial premiers (Peter Lougheed and Donald Getty), a former mayor of Edmonton (Bill Smith), and a lieutenant-governor (Norman Kwong).

During the glory years of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Edmonton Eskimos won five Grey Cup championships in a row (1978–82). Since Edmonton re-entered the CFL in 1949, only one other team—also Edmonton—has managed to win three championships in row (1954–56), let alone five. The achievements during the Eskimos dynasty were documented in the book, Decade of Excellence, with photographs by Bob Peterson.

The Eskimos have also enjoyed great attendance.

Uniform

The Edmonton Eskimos' 2008–2011 uniform combinations

The current uniform colours, green and gold, were adopted when the Eskimos received uniforms from the University of Alberta Golden Bears football team, which was dormant due to a lack of competition in 1949. The colours have remained since that time, and the Golden Bears maintain them to this day as well.

Overall, the jersey and colours have remained essentially the same over the years with only minor modifications. In 2001 the Eskimos introduced white pants to be worn with their away jerseys. In the 2005 CFL season all CFL teams switched to a Reebok designed template but the jerseys for the Eskimos stayed much the same. In that same year the Eskimos introduced an alternate jersey for the first time in the franchise's history. Green pants were also introduced at this time and have been worn with their home and away jerseys since then. The alternate gold jersey was last worn in 2007, as they mainly use their green jerseys. Along with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, they were one of the few teams to alternate the pants and jersey combinations of their uniforms within a season.

The Eskimos had their jerseys remodelled for the 2012 season and brought back the green helmets that were worn for the Labour Day game and rematch in 2008. The green helmets were worn with the away jerseys and marked the first time in franchise history that a helmet other than gold was worn as a regular facet of the uniform. It was also the first time in franchise history that two different helmets were worn for home and away uniforms. The team also stopped alternating pant and jersey combinations during this season, using consistent home and away looks all year long. However, during the following season, on August 24, 2013, the Eskimos returned to the all-green combination of green helmets, jerseys, and pants that had not been worn since 2008.^[8] The Eskimos first wore their gold helmets with their away uniforms for a regular season game on October 19, 2014 and wore them again in the post-season on November 23, 2014 with matching gold pants.^[9][10] Gold helmets were worn with away uniforms in three of eight regular season games in 2015.

Wall of Honour

The Eskimos have a policy of honouring the players who have best represented the team on the field. The player's name, number and seasons played with the Eskimos is displayed on the edge of the concrete separating the upper and lower decks of Commonwealth Stadium. The Eskimos keep the number in circulation rather than retire them from use.

Numbers so honoured as of 2014:

† Honoured posthumously

Team song

During the break between the 3rd and 4th quarter of each home game fans stand and sing the "Edmonton Eskimos Fight Song" to the tune "Washington and Lee Swing":

We're cheering fight, fight, fight on Eskimos

We're marching right, right, right on Eskimos

We're charging down the field for all to see

and shouting rah, rah, rah, fight on to victory

We're fighting on till every game is won

The Green and Gold is bold and when we're done

we'll tell the world we're proud of Edmonton

and the Edmonton Eskimos!

Current roster

Current coaching staff

Head coaches

CFL awards and trophies

See also

• Edmonton Eskimos all time records and statistics
• Canadian Football Hall of Fame
• Canadian football
• Comparison of Canadian and American football
• List of Canadian Football League seasons

References

External links

• Official website
• Watch Football Story, a 1953 National Film Board of Canada documentary about the Edmonton Eskimos

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P. Izquierdo 24 Dan Murphy 25 Morris Lolar 26 Glenn Rogers 28 Trent Brown 31 Eric Mitchel 32 Michael Soles 33 Lucius Floyd 34 Brian Walling 36 Bruce Dickson 39 Willie Pless 40 Bennie Goods 41 Errol Martin 43 Jed Roberts 46 Malvin Hunter 47 Larry Wruck 50 Blake Dermott 51 Jeff Thomas 53 Mike Dumaresq 56 Steve Krupey 57 Randy Ambrosie 60 Chris Morris 61 Terris Chorney 67 Rod Connop 87 Jay Christensen 88 Eddie Brown 89 Leroy Blugh 90 Leonard Johnson 91 Tony Woods 94 Michel Bourgeau Head Coach: Ron Lancaster Assistant coaches: Bill MacDermott Mark Nelson Greg Newhouse Adam Rita Rich Stubler General Manager: Hugh Campbell President: J. C. Ramsey Edmonton Eskimos 91st Grey Cup Champions 3 Terry Vaughn 4 Darrel Crutchfield 6 Quincy Jackson 8 Robert Grant 9 Winston October 10 Malcolm Frank 11 Sean Fleming 12 Jason Maas 13 Rick Walters 15 Ricky Ray 17 Bart Hendricks 19 Fabian Burke 22 Mike Bradley 23 Shannon Garrett 25 Quincy Coleman 26 Donny Brady 27 Singor Mobley 28 Byron Capers 29 Dounia Whitehouse 31 Roger Reinson 33 Troy Mills 34 Mike Pringle 35 Emmanuel Casseus 36 Jason Lamar 37 John Williams 40 Kelvin Powell 44 Sean Spender 45 Olanzo Jarrett 51 Carlo Panaro 53 Tim Prinsen 55 Glen Young 56 Elfrid Payton 59 Leo Groenewegen 60 Chris Morris 61 Glenn Carson 62 Bruce Beaton 65 Kevin Lefsrud 66 Randy Chevrier 67 Dan Comiskey 76 Randy Spencer 77 A. J. Gass 80 Brock Ralph 81 Ed Hervey 82 Kory Bailey 83 Jason Tucker 86 Scott Robinson 88 Durell Robinson 90 Rahim Abdullah 91 Dorian Boose 92 Kelvin Kinney 93 Steve Charbonneau 95 Albert Reese 97 Rashad Jeanty 99 Sheldon Benoit Head coach: Tom Higgins Coaches: Rick Campbell Danny Kepley Bill MacDermott Danny Maciocia Greg Marshall Dan McKinnon COO: Rick LeLaucheur President/CEO: Hugh Campbell Chairman: R. J. Butler Edmonton Eskimos 93rd Grey Cup Champions 3 Robert LeBlanc 8 Dahrran Diedrick 9 Michael Jenkins 10 Malcolm Frank 11 Sean Fleming 12 Jason Maas 13 Steven Marsh 14 Tony Tompkins 15 Ricky Ray 16 Jason Johnson 18 William Loftus 19 Mike Maurer 22 Mike Bradley 23 Shannon Garrett 24 Ron McClendon 26 Donny Brady 27 Singor Mobley 28 Keyuo Craver 29 Gerald Dixon 30 Mathieu Bertrand 31 Kelly Wiltshire 32 Troy Davis 33 Davis Sanchez 34 Tim Fleiszer 40 Marcus Winn 43 Roger Reinson 45 Quincy Stewart 50 Rhett McLane 52 Taylor Inglis 53 Joe Montford 55 Glen Young 56 Patrick Kabongo 60 Chris Morris 61 Glenn Carson 62 Bruce Beaton 63 Joe McGrath 65 Kevin Lefsrud 66 Sandy Annunziata 67 Dan Comiskey 68 Mark Shantz 76 Randy Spencer 77 A. J. Gass 80 Brock Ralph 81 Ed Hervey 82 Kwame Cavil 83 Jason Tucker 84 Devin Lewis 85 Trevor Gaylor 87 Derrell Mitchell 88 Andrew Nowacki 89 Deitan Dubuc 90 Antico Dalton 92 Jabari Issa 93 Steve Charbonneau 95 Charles Alston 96 Cedric Scott 97 Rashad Jeanty Head coach: Danny Maciocia Coaches: Rick Campbell Malvin Hunter Danny Kepley Ron Lancaster Bill MacDermott Dan McKinnon Dennis Winston General Manager: Paul Jones President/CEO: Hugh Campbell Chairman: R. J. MacLean Edmonton Eskimos 103rd Grey Cup Champions 2 Nic Grigsby 3 Wallace Miles 4 Adarius Bowman 5 Jordan Lynch 6 Sean Whyte 7 Kenny Stafford 8 Cauchy Muamba 9 Pat Watkins 10 Chad Simpson 11 Grant Shaw 13 Mike Reilly 14 James Franklin 15 Deion Belue 17 Shamawd Chambers 18 Cory Watson 19 Greg Morris 20 Raye Hartmann 22 Kacy Rodgers 23 Marcell Young 24 Akeem Shavers 25 Mike Miller 26 John Ojo 27 Mike Dubuisson 28 Aaron Milton 29 Michael Carter 30 John White 31 Calvin McCarty 32 Kendial Lawrence 33 Shakir Bell 34 Ryan Hinds 36 Aaron Grymes 37 Otha Foster 38 Adam Konar 40 Deon Lacey 41 Odell Willis 44 Korey Jones 45 Dexter McCoil 47 J. C. 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