Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Canadian Football Team
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at Princess Auto Stadium.
The Blue Bombers were founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, later changed to the Winnipeg Football Club, which is the organization's legal name. The Blue Bombers are one of two community-owned teams in the CFL and are also the only major professional sports franchise in North America still in existence without shareholders.
Since their establishment, the Blue Bombers have won the Grey Cup championship 12 times, most recently in 2021 CFL season when they defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–25 in the 108th Grey Cup. The team holds the record for most Grey Cup appearances of any team (29) and Winnipeg were the first club in Western Canada to win a championship.
History
Beginnings
The first football team in Winnipeg was formed in 1879, named the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club. On June 10, 1930, the Winnipeg Tammany Tigers, who were in financial difficulty, disbanded and merged with some of the other teams in the city to create the new Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, known unofficially and simply as the Winnipegs or even the shorter Pegs, adopting the colours green and white. The Winnipegs played their first game against St.John's Rugby Football Club on June 13, 1930 at Carruthers Park in the North End of the city, losing 7–3.
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