The Alberta Football League (AFL) is a semi-professional Canadian football competition. For the 2005 season 10 teams (all based in Alberta) competed in a single division. The league's schedule runs from May through to the end of August. A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid money to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the... Canadian football is a sport in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (100. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English Flower Wild rose Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 6th 661,848 km² 642,317 km² 19...
The league was founded in 1984. Until the 2004 season, the league's teams were based in Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer. In 2004 the league added teams in Grande Prairie, Lloydminster, and Medicine Hat. The league then added a team in Wainwright for the 2005 season after the Edmonton Icemen folded. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Education, Industry, Progress Established: Town: 1901 City: 1913 Area: 70. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = The Greatest Place To Be (unofficial) Established: HBC trading post: 1881 Village: 1914 Town: 1919 City: 1958 Area: 61. ... Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling a provincial border. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = A Community of Choice Established: City: 09 May 1906 Area: 120. ... Wainwright is a small town on the prairies of Alberta, Canada on the outskirts of a large army base (Western Area Training Centre or, WATC). ...
In 1999, the AFL became a founding member of the Canadian Senior Football League, which is now known as the Canadian Major Football League. The CMFL is the national governing body for semi-pro Canadian football. Every September the AFL champion meets the champions of the other semi-pro leagues across the country to determine the national champion. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Canadian football is a sport in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (100.6 m) long and 65 yards (59.4 m) wide, with end zones 20 yards (18.3 m) deep.
The professional league in which the sport is played is the eight-team Canadian FootballLeague (CFL), and its champion is awarded the Grey Cup, the oldest trophy in professional football.
As the rules of American football are very similar to Canadian football, the CFL has maintained a close relationship with its American counterpart, the National FootballLeague (NFL).
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