| NUMBER THIRTY-NINE | ||
| NAME | POSITION | YEAR |
| Walter Bender | RB | 1988 |
| Bill Ceretti (also #6 and #55) | G, T | 1931-41, 1945-49 |
| Bill Clawson | E | 1949 |
| Ian Gibb (also #23, #33, #97) | FW, RB, DB | 1949-52 |
| Cooper Harris | LB | 2000 |
| David Hewson | LB | 2007 |
| Richard Holmes | RB | 1979 |
| Howie Jamieson | HB | 1945 |
| Sean Kehoe | FB | 1983-86 |
| Don (Sleepy) Knowles | HB | 1950-51 |
| Jim Lander | QB, HB | 1941 |
| Joe Lobendahn (also #58) | LB | 2008-11 |
| Dean Lytle | FB | 1996 |
| Frankie Morris | — | 1930, 1932 |
| Joe Perpich | E | 1935-36 |
| Michel-Pierre Pontbriand | FB | 2011-15 |
| Frederic Plesius | LB | 2018 |
| Patrice Rene | DB | 2022- |
| Marcus Rios | DB | 2019 |
| John Sullivan | DB | 2005-06 |
| Wylie Turner (also #28) | DB | 1982-86 |
| Jason Van Geel | LB | 1998 |
| Alan Wetmore | LB, FB | 1993-95 |
| Darren Yewchyn | RB | 1987-88 |
| John Yule | LB | 1990 |
Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers
- Bill Ceretti (1985)
Division All-Stars
- Bill Ceretti (1938, 1940, 1946)
- Wylie Turner (1985)
CFL Awards
- Dick Suderman Trophy (Most Outstanding Canadian, Grey Cup) – Sean Kehoe, 1984
He Wore It Well:
Sean Kehoe, FB, 1983-86
Sean Kehoe was already a Grey Cup champion by the time he came to the Bombers along with Willard Reaves in a trade with Edmonton. An exceptional athlete who had once held the Canadian indoor record for the 60 metres, Kehoe joined the Eskimos in 1981 and won championships there that season and the next. He would spend four years in Winnipeg before he got into a contract squabble and was traded. As Kehoe told bluebombers.com: “(Murphy) ended up trading me to the Montreal Alouettes… about a week before they folded in ’87. So he traded me for future considerations to a team with no future.”
Kehoe’s shining moment as a Bomber came in the 1984 Grey Cup game in his hometown of Edmonton. He returned kicks, caught passes and rushed for 89 yards as Reaves fought through an injury. For his efforts, he was named the game’s Most Outstanding Canadian.
FYI:
In case you missed it, we highlighted hall of famer Bill Ceretti at Number 6.
Notable:
Walter Bender led the Bombers in rushing in 1988 with just 384 yards in just nine games before he was released in September of that season. With Willard Reaves having left after ‘87, the Bombers turned to a platoon system with Bender (384 yards) sharing time with Tim Jessie (359) and Tony Johns. By 1989 only Jessie remained with the club.
