Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

Division	West Division
Founded	1949
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Based in	Edmonton, Alberta
Colours	Green and Gold
League	Canadian Football League
Head coach	Danny Maciocia
General manager	Hugh Campbell

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton, Alberta.

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

Formerly known as: Esquimaux 1897 to 1910

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

Uniform colours: Green, Gold, Black and White.

Past uniform colours: Blue and White 1938 to 1939, Black and Yellow 1907 to 1937

Stadia: Clarke Stadium (1954-1978), Commonwealth Stadium (1978-present)

Western regular season championships: 22 -- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003

Grey Cup finals appearances: 22 -- 1952 (lost), 1954 (won), 1955 (won), 1956 (won), 1960 (lost), 1973 (lost), 1974 (lost), 1975 (won), 1977 (lost), 1978 (won), 1979 (won), 1980 (won), 1981 (won), 1982 (won), 1986 (lost), 1987 (won), 1990 (lost), 1993 (won), 1996 (lost), 2002 (lost), 2003 (won), 2005 (won)

2005 Regular Season Record: 11 wins, 7 losses, 0 ties (See 2005 CFL season).

1 Franchise history
- 1.1 Origin of Uniform
2 Players of note
3 See also
4 External links

Franchise 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, which is now the only natural grass field in the CFL. 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 to 1982), and 34 consecutive years and counting in the playoffs (1972 to 2005), a record no other North American professional team (regardless of sport) has equalled. Former Eskimos have figured prominently in Alberta political life: past players include two provincial premiers (E. Peter Lougheed and Donald Getty), a mayor of Edmonton (Bill Smith), and a lieutenant-governor (Norman Kwong).

Origin of Uniform

The current uniform colours, green and gold, were adopted when they 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.