Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club

Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club

Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club was an early football club formed in Edmonton, Alberta in 1907. It played out of the Edmonton Exhibition Grounds. The team was renamed the Edmonton Esquimoux in 1908 and again as the Edmonton Eskimos in 1910 (a named later adopted by another team as the Edmonton Eskimos in 1949). It later joined the Western Canada Rugby Football Union in 1911.

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* [http://www.footballcanada.com/history_timeline.asp#1860s Football Canada]


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