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December 18, 2016

Number 16

NUMBER SIXTEEN
NAME POSITION YEAR
R.J. Archer QB 2012
Dave Berry E, T 1943
Michael Bishop QB 2009
Jason Boltus QB 2013
Terry Cochrane (also #31) RB 1988-90
Gilles Colon (also #82) WR 2004-05
Matt Dunigan QB 1992-94
Joey Elliott (also #14) QB 2010-12
Rick House (also #31) SB 1979-84, 1989-91
Mike Jones DB 2019-21
Stan Kaluznick FB 1948
Jake Kelly DB 2023-
Kliff Kingsbury QB 2007
Troy Kopp QB 1998-99
Taylor Loffler S 2016-18
Jack Manners (also #33, 46) G, T 1938-42, 1945-46
Robert Marve QB 2014-15
Bert Oja G 1935-37
Steve Pelluer QB 1995
Harvey Russell (also #43) E 1932-34, 1936
Stanford Samuels DB 2005-06
Nate Shore (also #2, 26) G, C, E 1940-43, 1945-46
Eddie Taylor (also #27) DB 1991-92, 1995
Craphonso Thorpe WR 2009
Chris Vargas QB 1997-98

Canadian Football Hall of Famers:

  • Matt Dunigan (2006)

 

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:

  • Rick House (1995)
  • Matt Dunigan (2003)

 

CFL All-Stars

  • Taylor Loffler (2016, 2017, 2018)

 

Division All-Stars

  • Nate Shore (1946)
  • Rick House (1990)
  • Matt Dunigan (1993, 1994)
  • Taylor Loftier (2016, 2017, 2018)

 

CFL Award Winners

  • Terry Evanshen Trophy (Most Outstanding Player, East Division) – Matt Dunigan, 1993

 

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Player – Matt Dunigan, 1993
  • Most Outstanding Canadian Player – Rick House, 1982, 1990, 1991
  • Most Outstanding Rookie Player – Taylor Loffler, 2016
  • Ed Kotowich Good Guy Award – Matt Dunigan, 1993

 

He Wore It Well: Matt Dunigan, 1992-94

Matt Dunigan had already been a member of three CFL teams by the time he arrived in Winnipeg in 1992, having started his CFL career in Edmonton before moving on to B.C. and then leading Toronto to a Grey Cup in 1991.

He brought a certain swagger to everything he did and, although he battled injuries during his three years in Winnipeg, filled the skies with long bombs and howitzer-shots over the middle. He did more than pass for 713 yards in one game against Edmonton in 1994, he helped create a buzz about the Bombers again after years of the team being dominated by its defences.

Unfortunately, while Dunigan and Danny McManus led the club to a Grey Cup appearance in 1992, they fell short against Doug Flutie and the Calgary Stampeders. A year later Dunigan was on crutches as the Bombers fell in the 1993 championship to Edmonton. And the 1994 Bombers – as good a squad as has ever been fielded in these parts – fell short in the 1994 divisional final when they fell to the all-American roster of the Baltimore Stallions.

FYI: 

The Bert Oja Award used to be present annually to the Bombers most valuable lineman. Oja was instrumental in the establishment of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alumni.