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GREY CUP [5 records]

Record 1 2023-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • North American Football
OBS

The Edmonton Elks are the most successful franchise of the Canadian Football League modern era. Founded in 1949, the team, known for their green and gold colours, are 14-time Grey Cup champions, including the historic five-in-a-row from 1978 to 1982.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Football nord-américain
OBS

Elks d'Edmonton : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Honorary Distinctions (Canadian)
  • North American Football
OBS

A trophy produced by Birks Jewellers and first donated in 1909 by the Governor General Lord Grey for the Canadian football championships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations nationaux canadiens
  • Football nord-américain
OBS

Ce trophée annuel, créé par les bijoutiers Birks, est offert pour la première fois en 1909 par le gouverneur général Lord Grey. Ce trophée est destiné à couronner les champions du football canadien.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • North American Football
OBS

Canadian Football League West Division.... The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. Although the CLF was not founded until 1958, the West Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagues.... Pre-1936. The first organized football club in Western Canada was the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, later the Winnipeg Football Club, a forerunner of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers which as founded in 1879.... The three provincial unions then in existence soon set out to create a unified Western Canadian competition, with the view that the Western champion should be able to challenge for the Canadian Rugby Union's new championship trophy, the Grey Cup. To this end, the Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta unions formed the Western Canada Rugby Football Union [WCRFU] in 1911.... In 1936, the Western Interprovincial Football Union [WIFU] was formed, succeeding the WCRFU as the West's premier football competition.... The WIFU was re-named the Western Football Conference [WFC] in 1961 and agreed to a partial interlocking schedule with what was by then known as the Eastern Football Conference the same year.... West Division(1980-1994, 1996-present) In 1980, the CFL' s two conferences agreed to a full merger and a full interlocking schedule.

OBS

conference: An association or league of athletic teams or clubs [usually in a particular geographic region].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Football nord-américain
OBS

De la Ligne canadienne de football.

OBS

En américain «conference» peut désigner une association d'équipes sportives. La traduction littérale de ces expressions est pour le moins cocasse. Si on tient à traduire ces expressions, c'est le mot «association» qu'il conviendrait d'employer.

CONT

L'Association de football de l'Ouest oblige les clubs de son circuit à employer un minimum de joueurs canadiens.

OBS

Ce serait une faute de dire «La Conférence de l'Ouest oblige les clubs...»

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
OBS

Information obtained from the Amateur Football Association (1986).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
OBS

November-will lead up to the Grey Cup Game sometime at the end of November.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
OBS

Novembre.

Spanish

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