
NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR | ||
NAME | POSITION | YEAR |
Marvin Bergson | — | 1947-48 |
Bert Border (also #12, 34) | G | 1943, 1945 |
Don Bowman (also #31) | DB | 1975-77 |
John Brown (also #41, 60, 66) | C | 1950-53 |
Gregg Butler | DB | 1982 |
Tom Casey (also #30, 32, 81) | RB, DB, P | 1950-55 |
Grady Cavness | DB | 1972-73 |
Glenn Davis | CB | 2002 |
Cedric Dickerson (also #37) | DB | 2004-05 |
Biff Fliss (also #41, 52, 64) | HB, C | 1948-51 |
Gabriel Fulbright (also #9) | DB | 2006-07 |
Obie Graves | RB | 1981 |
Courtney Griffin | DB | 1997 |
Ken Hailey | DB | 1983-91 |
Andrew Henry | S | 1997-99 |
Alfred Jackson (also #5) | CB, WR | 1993-94 |
Jovon Johnson (also #2) | CB | 2008-12 |
Maurice Kelly | LB, S | 1998-99, 2003-04 |
Pascal Lochard | RB | 2016 |
Bert (Tiny) Lucid (also #5, 24, 34) | — | 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947-48 |
Bud Marquardt | E | 1935-41 |
Chester (Ches) McCance (also #30, 34 60) | E, PK | 1937-43, 1945 |
Sam McGuffie | WR | 2014 |
Mike Miller | FB | 2017- |
Nick Miller (also # 85, 91, 92, 93, 94) | FW, DB | 1953-64 |
Ian Montieth (also #26) | FB | 1963 |
Steve Ogradnick | — | 1941-42 |
Chijioke Onyenegecha | DB | 2007 |
Walt Passaglia | K, WR | 1979-80 |
Anthony Shelton | DB | 1994 |
Daryl Stephenson (also #34) | RB | 2008-10 |
Ed Ulmer | DB, P | 1965-71 |
Merv Walker | DB | 1974-77 |
Mel Wilson (also #7, 37) | DT, FW, E, K | 1937-42, 1945-47 |
Anthony Woodson | RB | 2012-13 |
Demetrius Wright | DB | 2015 |
Canadian Football Hall of Famers:
- Tom Casey (1964)
- Ches McCance (1976)
Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:
- Tom Casey (1984)
- Bud Marquardt (1984)
- Ken Hailey (1997)
- Ches McCance (1984)
- Nick Miller (1996)
- Ed Ulmer (1993)
CFL All-Stars
- Ed Ulmer (1966)
- Grady Cavness (1972)
- Ken Hailey (1984, 1985, 1987)
- Maurice Kelly (1999)
- Jovon Johnson (2009, 2011)
Division All-Stars
- Bud Marquardt (1937, 1939, 1940)
- Ches McCance (1940, 1941)
- John Brown (1950)
- Tom Casey (1950, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1954, 1955)
- Ed Ulmer (1966)
- Grady Cavness (1972)
- Ken Hailey (1984, 1985, 1987)
- Maurice Kelly (1999)
- Jovon Johnson (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Mike Miller (2019)
CFL Award Winners
- Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Jovon Johnson, 2011
- James McCaffrey Trophy (Most Outstanding Defensive Player, East Division) – Jovon Johnson, 2011
- Eddie James Memorial Trophy (Leading rusher, West Division) – Tom Casey, 1950
- West Division Most Outstanding Special Teams Player — Mike Miller, 2019
Bomber Team Awards
- Most Outstanding Player – Maurice Kelly, 1999; Jovon Johnson, 2009, 2011
- Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Maurice Kelly, 1999; Jovon Johnson, 2011
- Most Outstanding Rookie Player – Walt Passaglia, 1979
- Most Outstanding Canadian Player — Mike Miller, 2019
- Most Outstanding Special Teams Player (established in 2000) – Jovon Johnson, 2009, 2010, 2011; Mike Miller, 2019
He Wore It Well:
Ches McCance, E, PK 1937-43, 1945
McCance played his junior football in Winnipeg and graduated to the Bombers in 1937 as a two-way end who also handled the kicking chores. He was a Grey Cup champion in 1939 and 1941 with the Bombers and in the ’41 championship, kicked two field goals and two converts in the win. After his days with the Bombers, he joined the Montreal Alouettes as a player and assistant coach, winning another title in 1949. He was also an adept curler, serving as the third on Ken Weldon’s Quebec squad in the 1952 and 1953 Briers.
FYI:
Bud Marquardt came to Winnipeg in 1935 after graduating from North Dakota State University and spent the rest of his life in Manitoba. He helped the Bombers win three Grey Cups – 1935, 1939 and 1941 – and caught a touchdown catch in the ’35 game, the first won by a Western-based team. He was a three-time all-star who played basketball in the winter for the Winnipeg Toilers and worked with the Hudson’s Bay Company until his retirement.
Notable:
Ken Hailey wasn’t the biggest defensive back, but he’s always in those ‘pound-for-pound’ discussions when it comes to toughness among the all-time Bomber greats. He joined the Bombers in 1983 and spent nine seasons in Winnipeg before finishing up his career in Ottawa and B.C. He was a three-time CFL all-star and as fierce a hitter as any who have pulled on blue and gold.