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December 11, 2016

Number 9

NUMBER NINE
NAME POSITION YEAR
Steve Bohunicki (also #19) F 1945-46
Al Brenner DB 1975
Antonio Brown WR 2002
Willie Byrd DB 2008
Roy Dewalt QB 1988
Benji Dial (also #14) QB 1970-71
Greg Frers S 1996
Gabriel Fulbright (also #24) DB 2006-07
David Gamble WR 1998
Sammy Garza (also #15) QB 1989-95
Norman Gibbs (also #8) QB 1983-85
Santino Hall DB 2005
Ben Hatskin (also #67) C, G 1937-41
Homer Jordan QB 1986
Warren Kean K 2008
Justin Medlock K 2016-19
Albert Olson G, E 1943-45
Joseph (Sefa) O’Reilly DE 2001
Eddie Peterman 1935
Kamau Peterson WR 2004-05
Ken Pettway (also #8) DB 1987-90
Tommy Pharr QB 1972-74
Vince Phason DB 1976-82
Cory Philpot RB 1999-2000
Raymond Philyaw QB 1997
Mike Renaud P 2009-14
Dan Renix FW 1932-33
Sebastien Roy LB 2003
Kwame Smith DB 1998
Ian Snider 1930,1932
Nick Taylor (also #25) DB 2019-22
Jack (Tiny) Thompson G, T 1942-43
Andrae Thurman WR 2006
Ricky Walker (also #96) DT 2021-
Brian Wilfley E 1946
Sam Young DB 2007-08

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers

  • Justin Medlock (2023)

CFL All-Stars

  • Vince Phason (1982)
  • Justin Medlock (2016)

 

Division All-Stars

  • Vince Phason (1982)
  • Mike Renaud (2010)
  • Justin Medlock (2016)

 

CFL Award Winners

  • Most Outstanding Special Teams Player – Justin Medlock, 2016
  • Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy (Leading scorer, West Division) – Justin Medlock, 2016, 2017

 

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Rookie – Ken Pettway, 1987
  • Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Vince Phason, 1978, Chris Randle, 2017
  • Most Outstanding Special Teams Player (established in 2000) – Justin Medlock, 2016, 2017, 2018

 

He Wore It Well:

Justin Medlock, 2016-19

Justin Medlock smashed both Blue Bomber and CFL records in his first year in blue and gold, including setting the league’s all-time single season field goal record with 60. He followed that up by hitting 56 field goals in 2017 and was the league’s leading scorer. Medlock famously hit on 14 of 15 in the Bombers 2019 playoff run, including tying a record with six field goals in the Grey Cup win over Hamilton — his last game in the CFL.
Medlock finished with a career field-goal percentage of 86.5 and was a remarkable 96.5 percent on field goals from 40 yards and shorter. As well, his playoff career field-goal percentage was a sparkling 89.5. He was also an underrated punter, Medlock with a career average of 42.7 yards.
Medlock was added to the Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame in 2023. Read his induction story here.

FYI: 

It was Garza who started the 1993 East Final for the Bombers after Matt Dunigan was injured in Week 17. He led the Bombers to a victory in that game, but the Bombers came up short a week later in the 1993 Grey Cup game. Garza married one of Cal Murphy’s daughters and is currently a scout with the Dallas Cowboys.

Notable:

Vince Phason spent seven years with the Bombers after stints with Edmonton and B.C. and was a CFL all-star in 1982. In 1988, three years after his final year in the CFL with the Montreal Concordes, Phason was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident. Phason stayed active with the game, serving as a volunteer assistant coach with a high school in Denver.