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December 28, 2016

Number 25

NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
NAME POSITION YEAR
Johnny Augustine (also #27) RB 2018-
Robert Bean DB 2006-08
Ricky Blake (also #23) RB 1989
Kahlen Branning DB 2017
Lester Brown RB 1986-87
Brady Browne DB 2009-12
Ken Charlton RB, FW, DB 1942
Mike Collymore WR 1981-82
Keith Corrigan (also #49) HB, QB 1945-46
Martin Cox (also #28) WR 1982
Peter Crepin (also #10) DB 1981
Forey Duckett DB 1996
Tyrell Ford DB 2022
Ken Freeman HB 1948
Johnny Gardiner QB 1949
Kyle Hall DB 1991-92
Dave Harding (also #8) HB, FW 1934-35
Ray Jauch RB, DB 1960-61
Bruce Johnson DB 2014-16
Chris Johnstone FB 1993-95
Carlos Jones DB 2000
Harry Kruger DB 1979-80
DJ Lalama DB 2019
Des McCourt T 1937-38
Cliff McFayden (also #26) E 1940-43, 1945
Josh Miller DB 2021
Sean Millington RB 1998-99
Kevin Neiles WR 1984-86
Wesley Pendleton DB 2013
Darrell Penner DB 1978
Norm Penny E 1930, 1933
Dave Raimey (also #10, #27) RB, DB 1965-69
Terry Ray LB 2003-04
Larry Riley DB 1979
Junior Robinson DB 1989
John Shanski HB 1963
Bo (Tyler) Smith DB 2013
Vinny Sutherland WR 2005
Nick Taylor (also #9) DB 2019-22
Ronald Williams RB 1997
Kirby Wilson DB 1983

CFL All-Stars

  • Dave Raimey (1966)

 

Division All-Stars

  • Dave Raimey (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)
  • Chris Johnstone (1993)

 

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Player – Dave Raimey, 1966, 1968
  • Most Outstanding Rookie Player – Kevin Neiles, 1984

 

He Wore It Well:

Dave Raimey, DB, RB, 1965-69

We are saluting Raimey at #25, even though he switched to #27 after his rookie season (he also wore #10 for half a game in October of 1966 after having his 27 jersey ripped).

A star at Michigan, Raimey was a ninth-round draft choice of the Cleveland Browns in 1963 but opted to sign with the Bombers. A shoulder injury caused him to miss the ’63 season, and in ’64 he made the Browns before coming back to Canada.

Raimey joined the Bombers at the end of their Glory Days, appearing in the 1965 Grey Cup ‘Wind Bowl’ loss and was a divisional all-star in each of his years in Winnipeg before being traded during the ’69 season to Toronto for quarterback Wally Gabler. Raimey’s first year as a Bomber was outstanding, as he rushed for 1,052 yards – and an 8.1-yard average – caught 20 passes and led the West Division in kickoff returns.

FYI: 

Many Bomber fans remember Ray Jauch as the team’s head coach from 1978-82, during those days when Dieter Brock filled the skies with passes, but the club just couldn’t get past the Edmonton Eskimos dynasty of the same time. Jauch also played for the Bombers in 1960-61. Like so many others of that era, including fellow Iowa alumnus Ken Ploen, Jauch came to the Bombers rather than signing with the Buffalo Bills of the AFL, who had drafted him.

A running back and defensive back, Jauch was part of the 1961 Grey Cup championship side, but suffered a torn Achilles in that game that ended his career. He would begin his coaching career at Iowa, then headed to Edmonton – he was the CFL’s Coach of the Year in 1970 and led the Esks to the 1973 Grey Cup – followed by stops in Winnipeg, the Washington Federals of the USFL before returning to coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 1990s.

Notable:

Ken Charlton played only the 1942 season with the Bombers, but is a legend in Saskatchewan. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and the Roughrider Plaza of Honour. He was an all-star with the Regina Roughriders in 1941 and after joining the Royal Canadian Air Force he was stationed in Winnipeg and opted to join the Bombers.