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January 27, 2017

Number 55

NUMBER FIFTY-FIVE
NAME POSITION YEAR
Andre Allen DE 1995
Bill Ceretti (also #6, 36, 39) G, T 1931-41, 1945-49
Mike Dirks DT, T 1972-74
Ryan Donnelly OL 2008-10
Jim Duke (also #65, #70) DE, T 1972-75
Aaron Fiacconi (also #51) C, G 2005-07
Dayroni Harris (also #97) DL 1999-00
Al Haycock HB 1939
Norm King G 1949
Gary Krahn (also #54) G 1977
Eric Lofton T 2022
Duncan MacKinlay (also #50) LB 1978-79
Ted Mikliechuk (also #54) G 1958, 1960-61
Tony Norman DE 1980-86
Ayo Oyelola LB 2021
Sig Paulson G 1954
Rob Pavan LB 1987
Ken Peeples G 1975
Keith Powe DT 1997
Jerome Rinehart (also #94) DL 1990-92
Randy Scott LB 1980
Steve Scully T 1977
Larry Slagle G 1968-71
Frank Smith G, C 1955
Tommie Smith LB 1996
Bill Smitiuk (also #53) G 1955-57
Paul Swiston OL 2013-14
Tawan Temple LB 1994
Sherwyn Thorson G 1962-68
Jamaal Westerman DE 2015-17
Ryland Wickman LB 2000-05
Al Wiley (also #52) G 1950-54

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:

  • Bill Ceretti (1985)
  • Sherwyn Thorson (2001)
  • Tony Norman (2014)

CFL All-Stars

  • Jamaal Westerman (2015)

Division All-Stars

  • Bill Ceretti (1938, 1940, 1946)
  • Sherwyn Thorson (1962)
  • Tony Norman (1983, 1984, 1985)
  • Jamaal Westerman (2015)

CFL Awards:

  • Dr. Beattie-Martin Trophy (Most Outstanding Canadian, West Division) — Jamaal Westerman, 2015

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Player – Jamaal Westerman, 2015
  • Most Outstanding Canadian — Jamaal Westerman, 2015
  • Most Outstanding  Defensive Player — Jamaal Westerman, 2015

He Wore It Well:

Tony Norman, DE, 1980-86

A big man at 6-5 with a long wingspan, Norman got after opposition quarterbacks with a vengeance during his seven years in Winnipeg. The CFL didn’t start tracking quarterback sacks until 1981 – a year after Norman arrived – but he managed to rack up 59 before leaving for the Minnesota Vikings in 1987. That total ranks second on the Bombers’ all-time list behind only Tyrone Jones, who had 98.

He was added to the Winnipeg Football Club’s Hall of Fame in 2014.

FYI:

Jamaal Westerman has been a Bomber for just two years, but is already putting his stamp all over the club’s records. His 2015 season – in which he had 17 sacks en route to being named the team’s Most Outstanding, Canadian and Defensive Player – was one of the most dominant in club history. He has 25 sacks in his two seasons, the most over a two-year stretch by a Bomber since Elfrid Payton had 28 in 1992-93… In case you missed it, we highlighted hall of fame Bill Ceretti at Number 6.

Notable:

Sherwyn Thorson was a steady fixture on the Bomber offensive line during his days from 1962-68. And it’s little wonder he could handle himself in the trenches – he wrestled at Iowa where he was an NCAA champion in 1962, and is in the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame and University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame.