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December 26, 2016

Number 23

NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
NAME POSITION YEAR
Roy Bennett CB 1985-87
Andy Bieber (also #53) HB, FB 1938-41
Ricky Blake (also #25) RB 1989
Lloyd Boivin (also #10, 35, 54) E, HB 1941-42, 1945
Bruce Boyko  (also #14) RB, SB 1997-99
Byron Capers DB 2001-02
Tim Carter DB 2004
Ike Charlton (also #10, 0) LB 2005-10
Ernie Christmas DB 1983
Billy Cooper WR 1964-67
Scott Deibert FB 2000
Jack Delveaux (also #30) FB, LB, P 1959-64
Desia Dunn DB 2013-14
Jimmy Edwards RB 1981
Harry Fitzgibbons (also #19) E, HB 1946, 1948-49
Kevin Fogg (also #3) DB 2016
Anthony Gaitor DB, LB 2018-19
Shannon Garrett DB 1995-97
Ian Gibb (also # 33, 39, 97) FW, RB, DB 1949-52
Don Gilbert DB, RB 1968
Darwin Gonnerman RB 1969
Noah Hallett DB 2021-
Craig Harrison FB 1991-92
T.J. Heath (also #13) DB 2016-18
Kyries Hebert LB, DB 2006-07
Jonathan Hefney DB 2009-11
Harry Hood (also #4) HB, FW, QB 1945-47
Tony Johns FB 1988
Rich Johnson (also #34) RB 1970
Ron Johnson (also #12) QB 1969-70
Harry Johnston (also #7, 21) HB 1941-42, 1945, 1947
Vic Latimer HB 1941-43
Morris Lolar DB 1998
Rod McDonald E 1946
Mike Richardson RB 1980
Michael Roberts DB 2008
Da’Rel Scott RB 2015
Darrell Smith RB 1983
Syniker Taylor DB, LB 2005
Joe Turner HB 1947-48
James Walker WR 1969
Ned Wiginton (also #27) 1932
Trevor Williams DB 1984
Robert Woods WR 1980
Keith Woodside RB 1994-95

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:

  • Andy Bieber (1985)
  • Jack Delveaux (1988)

 

CFL All-Stars

  • Roy Bennett (1986, 1987)
  • Jonathan Hefney (2009, 2011)
  • T.J. Heath (2016, 2017)

 

Division All-Stars

  • Roy Bennett (1986, 1987)
  • Jonathan Hefney (2009, 2011, 2012)
  • T.J. Heath (2016, 2017)

 

CFL Award Winners

  • Frank M. Gibson Memorial Trophy (Most Outstanding Rookie Player, East Division) – Jonathan Hefney, 2009
  • Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Outstanding Rookie Player, West Division, until 1974) – Billy Cooper, 1964

 

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Canadian Player – Billy Cooper, 1964, 1965
  • Most Outstanding Rookie Player – Roy Bennett, 1985, Jonathan Hefney, 2009
  • Most Outstanding Special Teams Player – Kyries Hebert, 2007

 

He Wore It Well: Jonathan Hefney, DB, 2009-11

 

Hefney tore it up during his college days at Tennessee, being named to the 2004 Freshman All-SEC all-star squad and a 2007 First-Team All-SEC selection in 2007. But at 5-9, 185 pounds it was difficult for him to stick in the NFL. And so after stints with Tampa Bay and Philadelphia – he would later take a shot with Detroit in 2010 – Hefney found a football home with the Bombers. He was a CFL All-Star in 2009, his first year, and was also the East Division’s Most Outstanding Rookie that season. He was a big part of the ‘Swaggerville’ defence of 2011 before moving on to Calgary and then Montreal, where his career ended after a nasty collision led to a neck injury.

FYI: 

Billy Cooper came to the Bombers from the Winnipeg Rods junior program and was twice named the club’s top Canadian. He left the Bombers after four seasons with Winnipeg and spent the next six years in Ottawa with the Rough Riders, winning Grey Cups in 1968 and 1969 before moving on to Edmonton in 1973 and Toronto a year later.

Notable:

Ike Charlton came to the Bombers after bouncing around the NFL as a draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks then with Jacksonville, the New York Giants, Oakland and New England. He left Winnipeg after six years and helped Montreal win a Grey Cup in 2010. After retiring he participated in the NFL’s coaching internship program, worked his way up the ranks and has spent the last two years with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, helping them to the 2016 Grey Cup title.