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December 22, 2016

Number 20

NUMBER TWENTY
NAME POSITION YEAR
Johnny Adams CB 2015-16
Ernie Ahoff (also #30 and #36) G,T 1942-43, 46-49
Deon Beasley DB 2010-12
Ricky Bell CB 2002-04
Marc Beswick DB 2008
Bill Boivin (also #38) QB, HB 1937-39
Sammie Brennan DB 1997
Donnavan Carter LB, S 2006
Jayson Dzikowicz S 1992-94
Timothy Flanders (also #32) RB 2016-18
Ryan Folk LB 2005
Melvin (Fritz) Hanson (also #10, #40) HB 1935-41, 1945
Dick Huffman (also #65) T, DT 1951-55
Bert Iannone (also #4, 45) G 1939-40, 1945-47
James Jefferson DB 1986-88, 1995
Tony Kehrer (also #90) FB 1958-60
Brownie Krochak G 1945
Sammy Lavitt (also #14) HB, K 1941-43
Will Lewis DB 1989
Gilles Lezi FB 2007
William Mackall WR 1989
Jason Mallett DB 1995-96
Deland McCullough RB 1998-99
Ed Mills (also #6) HB 1931-34
Troy Mills RB 2001
Al (Bud) Moorehouse (also #17) E 1942
Brady Oliveira RB 2019-
Siddeeq Shabazz LB 2009
Brad Wagner DB 1979
Charles Williams DB 1979-82
Gene Zakila HB 1948
Steve Zatylny WR 1990-91

Canadian Football Hall of Famers:

  • Fritz Hanson (1963)
  • Dick Huffman (1987)

 

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:

  • Fritz Hanson (1984)
  • Dick Huffman (1985)

 

CFL All-Stars

  • James Jefferson, 1987
  • Brady Oliveira, 2023

 

Division All-Stars

  • Fritz Hanson, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941
  • Bert Iannone, 1947
  • Dick Huffman, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
  • Charles Williams, 1980, 1981
  • James Jefferson, 1987, 1988
  • Johnny Adams, 2015
  • Brady Oliveira, 2023

 

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Player – Dick Huffman, 1953; Brady Oliveira, 2023
  • Most Outstanding Canadian Player — Brady Oliveira, 2023

 

He Wore It Well: Dick Huffman, T, DT, 1951-55

Dick Huffman was already well known in football circles before he came to the Bombers and he had to fight – figuratively, not literally – to get on the field here. He was an All-American tackle at the University of Tennessee and played four years with the Los Angeles Rams before signing in Winnipeg in 1951.

But the Rams obtained a court injunction in an attempt to prevent him from playing with the Bombers. The Rams lost the case and Huffman was dominant in his years in Winnipeg before being traded to Calgary.

Brady Oliveira, RB, 2019-

Oliveira authored a season for the ages in 2023. A second-round draft pick in 2019 who became the club’s feature back in 2022, Oliveira led the CFL in rushing in ’23 with 1,534 yards, as well as yards from scrimmage (2,016) and touchdowns (13). His rushing total was the second highest by a Canadian in league history after Jon Cornish rumbled for 1,813 yards for the Calgary Stampeders in 2013. Oliveira had a league-best seven 100-yard rushing games and set career highs in rushing, receptions (38) and receiving yards (482) en route to being named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian.

FYI: 

Fritz Hanson wore three different numbers, including 20, but we will be singling him out at #40.