How Old Were You When.......

[waterninja]

....the ESK'S last went 7-0? It was 1971.
I was 15 yrs old, and was an ESK'S Knothole member and also worked at Clarke Stadium during the games. Glory days.

[Talking moose]

I had just been traded over from my father to my mother.

[brslk]

I was 1. I don't recall being much of a fan at the time.

[bb356]

I was 7 ... They won't get 8 ... the Blue Bomber's are going to pound em next week !!!

[Weedy1]

Originally Posted by waterninja

....the ESK'S last went 7-0? It was 1971.
I was 15 yrs old, and was an ESK'S Knothole member and also worked at Clarke Stadium during the games. Glory days.

I think your memory is getting a little fuzzy. The Esks only won 6 games in 1971. They did lose 8 in a row though.

[bubba 96]

Popped out in July 71...

[covey ridge]

I was about 23 that year but was not much of an Edmonton fan. I was at McMahon Stadium when the Esks won over Montreal in a really boring cup game in 1975. I recall bitter cold and the only thing exciting was a streaker who walked onto the field during the anthem. No one chased her and she walked off quietly with Police after the anthem.

Edmonton was hot for quite a few years around that time.

[waterninja]

Originally Posted by Weedy1

I think your memory is getting a little fuzzy. The Esks only won 6 games in 1971. They did lose 8 in a row though.

I was only going by what the announcers had said last night. This morning I hear another announcer say the ESK'S last started 7-0 in 1961.
I was 5 yrs old then, and still a member of the ESKS knothole club.
Going to do a little googling now.

EDIT... Weedy is correct. It was in 1961 that the ESK'S last started 6-0 then went 7-0.

[HoytCRX32]

Originally Posted by covey ridge

I was about 23 that year but was not much of an Edmonton fan. I was at McMahon Stadium when the Esks won over Montreal in a really boring cup game in 1975. I recall bitter cold and the only thing exciting was a streaker who walked onto the field during the anthem. No one chased her and she walked off quietly with Police after the anthem.

Edmonton was hot for quite a few years around that time.

I was at that Grey Cup game in '75 as well ...I remember the streaker (she was cute) standing and talking to Tom Wilkinson....still remember Montreal blowing a short field goal at the end and Edmonton winning....was VERY cold that day.

Was 1 in '61

[covey ridge]

Originally Posted by HoytCRX32

I was at that Grey Cup game in '75 as well ...I remember the streaker (she was cute) standing and talking to Tom Wilkinson....still remember Montreal blowing a short field goal at the end and Edmonton winning....was VERY cold that day.

Was 1 in '61

That was sure cold. The fans had climbed and destroyed the goal posts at the previous cup game. For this game they greased the ground posts and covered them and the plan was to remove the cover after the last play in hopes that the grease would prevent climbing. It was so cold that there was not much rush to the field after the game. That would have been the best part of the game for me and no one tried to climb the posts

That's the only Esk game that I'll admit to

[vital shok]

Not even liquid.

[Okotokian]

Ah the old Clark... Knothole Gang, Long Gone Thomas.....

Knothole gang tickets were 25 cents in the 50's, and as late as 2007 they were $21.40 for SEASONS TICKETS (a little over $2 for a game). I was reading that they finally closed it down that year because parents no longer let kids go to games by themselves at any price. Not like the old days where an elementary school kid would take a cross town bus to go to a game or the ex.... sad really.

[bear crossing]

Gruduated in 71.JPCHS.Left for Hundred mile house to work at a sawmill

[Ronji]

8 - 0 Esks? I think that anything is possible. Team is pretty resilient.

Boy of boy the memories of the Knot Hole Gang as a kid.........

I remember when the CHQT firetruck would go by after a touchdown. They were pelted with what ever was handy. It was like the Clint Eastwood movie the Gauntlet.
When your 12, the QT's looked pretty hot
Watching the police load drunks into the paddy wagon.
The so called supervisors of the gang drinking from flasks, and not caring less if you hopped the fence to go into the stands.

[jstubbs]

In 1971, both my parents were approximately 7 years of age, so I was completely unexistant.

[brendan's dad]

Originally Posted by bb356

I was 7 ... They won't get 8 ... the Blue Bomber's are going to pound em next week !!!

I thought anytime you spoke about a sports team it usually included a few eye pleasing photos. Please tell me your short absence did alter your MO

[sjemac]

Apparently young enough that I didn't care.




Oh wait. I'm still young enough.

[bb356]

Originally Posted by brendan's dad

I thought anytime you spoke about a sports team it usually included a few eye pleasing photos. Please tell me your short absence did alter your MO

[TBark]

Surprising record really, sort of sneaking out some of these victories.
Nothing spectacular or really exciting in their wins, but a win is a win I guess.
Stamps coming up soon, a loss or 2 on the horizon for Esks me thinks.

TBark

[Hagalaz]

Originally Posted by waterninja

....the ESK'S last went 7-0? It was 1971.
I was 15 yrs old, and was an ESK'S Knothole member and also worked at Clarke Stadium during the games. Glory days.

Still 7 years from being born.

[Positrac]

Originally Posted by Talking moose

I had just been traded over from my father to my mother.

Me too, only just barely... Poped out May 25th of '72. Fifteen minutes earlier and it would have been on a tug boat between Sandspit and Queen Charlotte City...lol.

[bat119]

I was a 13 cheering for Ron Lancaster and George Reed

[Heron]

I was six and as my dad worked for Woodward's, I was part of the "Woodward's Knothole Gang"

[Travis44]

I was a glimmer in my dads eye