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The 1996 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 43rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 39th Canadian Football League season.
The 1980 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 27th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 23rd Canadian Football League season.
The 1979 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 26th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 22nd Canadian Football League season.
Derrell Lavoice "Mookie" Mitchell is a former Canadian Football League slotback with the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos and former wide receivers coach for the Edmonton Eskimos.
Tom Wilkinson is a retired football quarterback best known for his time with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, where he played on six Grey Cup-winning teams. He was a western conference and CFL all-star quarterback in 1974, 1978 and 1979 and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in 1974. Wilkinson has been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
The N.J. Taylor Trophy is a Canadian Football League trophy, formerly awarded to the West Division champions. The winner of this trophy faced the winner of the James S. Dixon Trophy for the Grey Cup. Both the N. J. Taylor Trophy and James S. Dixon Trophy were retired in 2004.
Elmer Roland "Rollie" Miles was a professional football player for the Canadian Football League Edmonton Eskimos. Miles played offence, defence, and special teams, during his eleven-year career with the Eskimos. Miles is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, and the Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour. In November, 2006, Miles was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#48) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
Rod Connop is a former professional Canadian football player for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Connop spent his entire 16-year career with the Eskimos as an offensive lineman. Connop played CIS football at Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. He was named CFL All-Star six times and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in the 1989 CFL season. Connop played 210 consecutive games with the Eskimos from 1983 until his retirement following the 1997 season. As of 2011, he continued to be the all-time Eskimo leader in games played (274). He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 2005. His son Rory Connop played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL as a defensive lineman.
Roger Nelson was an American and Canadian football offensive tackle and guard. He played in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos from 1954 to 1967 and was a part of two Grey Cup winning teams for the Eskimos. Nelson played college football at the University of Oklahoma and was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1954 NFL Draft.
Frank Morris was a professional Canadian football offensive lineman and defensive lineman who played 14 seasons in the Canadian professional leagues for the Toronto Argonauts and the Edmonton Eskimos. He was a part of six Grey Cup championship teams as a player and seven Grey Cup teams as a member of management and player personnel. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
Marco Cyncar is a former Canadian Football League receiver who played eleven seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos. He was a member of four Grey Cup Championship teams in Edmonton.
Mike Miller is a Canadian football fullback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He also played for the Edmonton Eskimos for six years and became a Grey Cup champion in 2015. He played CIS football with the Acadia Axemen.
Elie Ngoyi is a Canadian football defensive end for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos in the sixth round of the 2013 CFL Draft. He played CIS football at Bishop's University.
William Thomas Briggs was a Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with the Argos in 1947 before moving to Edmonton, where he had two more Grey Cup wins in 1955 and 1957. Briggs was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is often confused with another football player, William John Brigg, who played for the University of Iowa. After retiring from football, Bill pursued several careers, among them a salesman for McLaren Electronics, a master electrician and a minister with the United Church. He held the position of assistant minister at St. Andrews Wesley Church in Vancouver, B.C. for several years. He died at a hospice in Penticton, British Columbia in 2000.
Ryan King is a Canadian football long snapper for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
David Beard is a Canadian football offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously attended the University of Alberta where he played college football as an offensive and defensive lineman and studied kinesiology.
Blair Smith is a Canadian football linebacker who plays for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Angelo State University where he played college football for the Angelo State Rams.
Kwaku Boateng is a Canadian football player as a defensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Jordan Hoover is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Eskimos 31st overall in the fourth round of the 2017 CFL Draft and signed with the team on May 25, 2017. He played U Sports football for the Waterloo Warriors from 2013 to 2016, leading the country in interceptions in 2015 with five.
