Menu
January 2, 2017

Number 30

NUMBER THIRTY
NAME POSITION YEAR
Ernie Ahoff (also #36 and 20) G, T 1942-43, 1946-49
Bryce Bevill DB 1998
John Bledsoe RB 1973-74
Jamie Boreham K 2011
Tom Casey (also #24, 32, 81) RB, DB, P 1950-55
Jack Delveaux (also #23) FB 1959-64
Will Ford RB 2012
Roy Gay HB/P 1930-32
Travis Hawkins DB 2016
Brian Herosian DB, LB 1976-79
Steven Holness DB 2008-09
Dan Huclack FB 1980-84
Jerry Jones (also #34) LB 1963-64
Nehemie Kankalongo LB 2017
Vernon Kearney DB 2015
Larry Kerychuk DB, P 1971-72
Ches McCance (also #24, 34, 60) E, PK 1937-43, 1945
George McPhail (also #36, 83) HB 1950-52
Gord Perry G, C, T, E 1947-49
Robert Priester DB 2018
Winston Rose CB 2019-
Darryl Sampson DB 1986-95
Will Smith LB 2014
Doug Strong (also #27) S 1969-74
Dick Wozney RB 1965-68
Brad Yamaoka FB 2000-03

Canadian Football Hall of Famers:

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

 

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:

  • Tom Casey (1984)
  • Ches McCance (1984)
  • Darryl Sampson (2004)

 

CFL All-Stars

  • Brian Herosian (1976)
  • Darryl Sampson (1993)
  • Winston Rose (2019)

 

Division All-Stars

  • Ches McCance (1940, 1941)
  • Tom Casey (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955)
  • Brian Herosian (1975, 1976)
  • Darryl Sampson (1993)
  • Will Ford (2013)
  • Winston Rose (2019)

 

CFL Awards

  • Eddie James Memorial Trophy (West Division leading rusher) – Tom Casey, 1950

 

Bomber Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Brian Herosian, 1975, 1977
  • Most Outstanding Rookie – John Bledsoe, 1973
  • Most Outstanding Special Teams Player – Will Ford, 2013
  • Ed Kotowich Good Guy Award – Darryl Sampson, 1992

 

He Wore It Well:

Darryl Sampson, DB, 1986-95

(Tom Casey will be noted at 32; Ches McCance was mentioned at 24)

Darryl Sampson often operated in the shadows of the Bombers dominant era of the late 1980s-early 1990s that featured defensive stalwarts like Tyrone Jones, James West, Greg Battle, Rod Hill and Less Browne, but his contributions were never unappreciated. A second-round draft pick of the Bombers in 1986, Sampson was a gifted defensive back and ratio changer who played the difficult halfback position in the club’s secondary. He played 10 years for the Bombers, winning Grey Cups in 1988 and 1990, and is third on the team’s all-time tackles list behind only Greg Battle and Doug Brown.

Sampson turned to coaching following his retirement and worked at his alma mater, York University, and then as an assistant with the Bombers in 2001 and 2002.

Notable: 

Brian Herosian was a hard-hitting defender during his days with the Bombers and came to Winnipeg after being drafted by the Baltimore Colts as well as the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees after a spectacular career as a two-sport star at the University of Connecticut. A highly-successful businessman who still lives in Winnipeg, Herosian also owns Pro-Fitness Training and is a professional motivational public speaker.