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December 27, 2016

Number 24

NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
NAME POSITION YEAR
Marvin Bergson 1947-48
Bert Border (also #12, 34) G 1943, 1945
Don Bowman (also #31) DB 1975-77
John Brown (also #41, 60, 66) C 1950-53
Gregg Butler DB 1982
Tom Casey (also #30, 32, 81) RB, DB, P 1950-55
Grady Cavness DB 1972-73
Glenn Davis CB 2002
Cedric Dickerson (also #37) DB 2004-05
Biff Fliss (also #41, 52, 64) HB, C 1948-51
Gabriel Fulbright (also #9) DB 2006-07
Obie Graves RB 1981
Courtney Griffin DB 1997
Ken Hailey DB 1983-91
Andrew Henry S 1997-99
Alfred Jackson (also #5) CB, WR 1993-94
Jovon Johnson (also #2) CB 2008-12
Maurice Kelly LB, S 1998-99, 2003-04
Pascal Lochard RB 2016
Bert (Tiny) Lucid (also #5, 24, 34) 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947-48
Bud Marquardt (also #54) E 1935-41
Chester (Ches) McCance (also #30, 34 60) E, PK 1937-43, 1945
Sam McGuffie WR 2014
Mike Miller FB 2017-
Nick Miller (also # 85, 91, 92, 93, 94) FW, DB 1953-64
Ian Montieth (also #26) FB 1963
Steve Ogradnick 1941-42
Chijioke Onyenegecha DB 2007
Walt Passaglia K, WR 1979-80
Anthony Shelton DB 1994
Daryl Stephenson (also #34) RB 2008-10
Ed Ulmer DB, P 1965-71
Merv Walker DB 1974-77
Mel Wilson (also #7, 37) DT, FW, E, K 1937-42, 1945-47
Anthony Woodson RB 2012-13
Demetrius Wright DB 2015

Canadian Football Hall of Famers:

  • Tom Casey (1964)
  • Ches McCance (1976)

 

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:

  • Tom Casey (1984)
  • Bud Marquardt (1984)
  • Ken Hailey (1997)
  • Ches McCance (1984)
  • Nick Miller (1996)
  • Ed Ulmer (1993)

 

CFL All-Stars

  • Ed Ulmer (1966)
  • Grady Cavness (1972)
  • Ken Hailey (1984, 1985, 1987)
  • Maurice Kelly (1999)
  • Jovon Johnson (2009, 2011)

 

Division All-Stars

  • Bud Marquardt (1937, 1939, 1940)
  • Ches McCance (1940, 1941)
  • John Brown (1950)
  • Tom Casey (1950, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1954, 1955)
  • Ed Ulmer (1966)
  • Grady Cavness (1972)
  • Ken Hailey (1984, 1985, 1987)
  • Maurice Kelly (1999)
  • Jovon Johnson (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Mike Miller (2019)

 

CFL Award Winners

  • Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Jovon Johnson, 2011
  • James McCaffrey Trophy (Most Outstanding Defensive Player, East Division) – Jovon Johnson, 2011
  • Eddie James Memorial Trophy (Leading rusher, West Division) – Tom Casey, 1950
  • West Division Most Outstanding Special Teams Player — Mike Miller, 2019

 

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Player – Maurice Kelly, 1999; Jovon Johnson, 2009, 2011
  • Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Maurice Kelly, 1999; Jovon Johnson, 2011
  • Most Outstanding Rookie Player – Walt Passaglia, 1979
  • Most Outstanding Canadian Player — Mike Miller, 2019
  • Most Outstanding Special Teams Player (established in 2000) – Jovon Johnson, 2009, 2010, 2011; Mike Miller, 2019

 

He Wore It Well:

Ches McCance, E, PK 1937-43, 1945

McCance played his junior football in Winnipeg and graduated to the Bombers in 1937 as a two-way end who also handled the kicking chores. He was a Grey Cup champion in 1939 and 1941 with the Bombers and in the ’41 championship, kicked two field goals and two converts in the win. After his days with the Bombers, he joined the Montreal Alouettes as a player and assistant coach, winning another title in 1949. He was also an adept curler, serving as the third on Ken Weldon’s Quebec squad in the 1952 and 1953 Briers.

FYI: 

Bud Marquardt came to Winnipeg in 1935 after graduating from North Dakota State University and spent the rest of his life in Manitoba. He helped the Bombers win three Grey Cups – 1935, 1939 and 1941 – and caught a touchdown catch in the ’35 game, the first won by a Western-based team. He was a three-time all-star who played basketball in the winter for the Winnipeg Toilers and worked with the Hudson’s Bay Company until his retirement.

Notable:

Ken Hailey wasn’t the biggest defensive back, but he’s always in those ‘pound-for-pound’ discussions when it comes to toughness among the all-time Bomber greats. He joined the Bombers in 1983 and spent nine seasons in Winnipeg before finishing up his career in Ottawa and B.C. He was a three-time CFL all-star and as fierce a hitter as any who have pulled on blue and gold.