The Edmonton Elks were a Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

-rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team. The team appeared in the 1921 Grey Cup

9th Grey Cup

The 9th Grey Cup was played on December 3, 1921, before 9,558 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. Edmonton was the first western team to challenge for the Grey Cup.The Toronto Argonauts shut out the Edmonton Eskimos 23 to 0....

 as the Edmonton Eskimos, but are not considered a part of Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

 history. They were the first western team to play in the Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

 game. The team was renamed the Edmonton Elks in 1922 and played in the 10th Grey Cup

10th Grey Cup

The 10th Grey Cup was played on December 2, 1922, before 4,700 fans at Richardson Memorial Stadium at Kingston.Queen's University defeated the Edmonton Elks 13 to 1....

 but lost for the second consecutive year. The team folded after the 1923 season

1923 in Canadian football

-Canadian Football News in 1923:Calgary Tigers renamed the 50th Battalion.Queen's defeats Regina 54–0 as Queen's scored a record nine touchdowns on December 1.Edmonton withdrew from competition.-Final regular season standings:...

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