The club's inaugural directors included Lucien Maynard, Bud Marquardt, and Walter Mackenzie.
[1] On January 23, 1949, the Eskimos were admitted into the Western Interprovincial Football Union after the city's decade long absence from the league.
He was chosen over Cincinnati Bearcats football coach Ray Nolting due to his knowledge of the Canadian game.
[3] Stukus brought his brother Bill to serve as the team's first quarterback and rounded out the backfield with U.S. imports Chuck Fenenbock, Pat West, and Earl Elsey.
Linemen included Andy Marefos, Bill Radovich, Lou Mogul, Nate Shore, Ken Moore, Gene Kiniski, Steve Paproski, John Dlugos, Nick Albert, and Jack Baldwin and Dimitri Goloubef, Jim MacRae, Bruce Pirt, Don Loucks, and Harry Bunting were the team's ends.