1946 1966 1989 2007 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders Team Formation With the folding of both clubs in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon, the Regina Roughriders became a provincially community-owned club (and has remained so since), and, consequently, changed their name to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1946. It is the first recorded instance of a major-league team in North America branding itself as a statewide …
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Team History
1930 1935 to 1941 1958 to 1962 1984 to 1990 Blue Bombers Team Formation The Blue Bombers were founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Football Club, which has always been the organization’s legal name. Unlike most other professional teams in the four most popular North American team sports (but much more common in soccer, especially in Europe) the official legal name Winnipeg Football …
BC Lions Team History
1953 1965 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011 Lions Team Formation 1 On January 22, 1953, the first annual meeting of the club was held. In that meeting, Arthur E. Mercer was hired as the club’s first president. Later in the year, Mercer, Bill Morgan, Bill Ralston, and Whit Matthews went back to the WlFU meetings. This time, they sold the …
Toronto Argonauts Team History
1953 1983 1991 to 1997 2004 to 2017 Argonauts Team Formation Based in Toronto, Ontario, the team was founded in 1873 and is the oldest existing professional sports team in North America still using its original name, and they are the oldest surviving team in both the modern-day CFL and East Division. The team’s origins date back to a modified …
Edmonton Eskimos Team History
1949 2015 1954 – 1955 – 1956 – 1975 1978 – 1979 – 1980 – 1981 – 1982 1987 – 1993 – 2003 – 2005 Eskimos Team Formation 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 …
Calgary Stampeders Team History
1945 1971 – 1992 – 1998 2001 – 2008 2014 2018 Stampeders Team Formation The WIFU returned to Calgary on September 29, 1945, with the formation of the Calgary Stampeders. In their very first game played on October 20 at Mewata Stadium, they beat the Regina Roughriders 12–0 before 4,000 fans in attendance. It was a taste of success to …