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| Founded | 1949 |
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| Based in | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Home field | Commonwealth Stadium |
| Head coach | Jarious Jackson |
| General manager | Geroy Simon |
| Owner(s) | Larry Thompson[1][2] |
| League | Canadian Football League |
| Division | West Division |
| Colours | Green, gold, white[3][4] |
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| Mascot(s) | Punter and Spike |
| Grey Cup wins | 14 (1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2015)
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| Website | goelks.com |
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The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The Elks were founded in 1949 as the Edmonton Eskimos and have won the Grey Cup championship fourteen times (including a three-peat between 1954 and 1956 and an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982), most recently in 2015 and the most of any CFL club based in Western Canada. The team has a rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders. The team discontinued using the Eskimos name in 2020, with the new name Elks formally announced on June 1, 2021.[5][6]
- ^ "Larry Thompson unveiled as Edmonton Elks owner". Edmonton Elks. August 15, 2024.
- ^ CFL.ca Staff (November 23, 2023). "SPECIAL COMMITTEE CREATED TO REVIEW EDMONTON ELKS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE". CFL.ca. CFL Enterprises LP. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "Edmonton Elks Club Profile & History" (PDF). 2021 CFL Guide & Record Book (PDF). CFL Enterprises LP. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "About Us". GoElks.com. CFL Enterprises LP. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "New name. Same game. We are the Edmonton Elks". GoElks.com. CFL Enterprises, LP. June 1, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "EDMONTON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES TEAM NAME AS ELKS". CFL.ca (Press release). CFL Enterprises, LP. June 1, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.