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January 11, 2017

Number 39

NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
NAME POSITION YEAR
Walter Bender RB 1988
Bill Ceretti (also #6, 36, 55) G, T 1931-41, 1945-49
Bill Clawson E 1949
Kerfalla Exume (also #41) DB 2019, 2023-
Ian Gibb (also #23, #33, #97) FW, RB, DB 1949-52
Cooper Harris LB 2000
David Hewson LB 2007
Richard Holmes RB 1979
Howie Jamieson HB 1945
Sean Kehoe FB 1983-86
Don (Sleepy) Knowles HB 1950-51
Jim Lander QB, HB 1941
Joe Lobendahn (also #58) LB 2008-11
Dean Lytle FB 1996
Frankie Morris 1930, 1932
Joe Perpich E 1935-36
Michel-Pierre Pontbriand FB 2011-15
Frederic Plesius LB 2018
Patrice Rene DB 2022
Marcus Rios DB 2019
Ossie Snell (also #40) HB 1939-40
John Sullivan DB 2005-06
Wylie Turner (also #28) DB 1982-86
Jason Van Geel LB 1998
Alan Wetmore LB, FB 1993-95
Darren Yewchyn RB 1987-88
John Yule LB 1990

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers

  • Bill Ceretti (1985)

 

Division All-Stars

  • Bill Ceretti (1938, 1940, 1946)
  • Wylie Turner (1985)

 

CFL Awards

  • Dick Suderman Trophy (Most Outstanding Canadian, Grey Cup) – Sean Kehoe, 1984

 

He Wore It Well:

Sean Kehoe, FB, 1983-86

Sean Kehoe was already a Grey Cup champion by the time he came to the Bombers along with Willard Reaves in a trade with Edmonton. An exceptional athlete who had once held the Canadian indoor record for the 60 metres, Kehoe joined the Eskimos in 1981 and won championships there that season and the next. He would spend four years in Winnipeg before he got into a contract squabble and was traded. As Kehoe told bluebombers.com: “(Murphy) ended up trading me to the Montreal Alouettes… about a week before they folded in ’87. So he traded me for future considerations to a team with no future.”

Kehoe’s shining moment as a Bomber came in the 1984 Grey Cup game in his hometown of Edmonton. He returned kicks, caught passes and rushed for 89 yards as Reaves fought through an injury. For his efforts, he was named the game’s Most Outstanding Canadian.

FYI:

In case you missed it, we highlighted hall of famer Bill Ceretti at Number 6.

Notable:

Walter Bender led the Bombers in rushing in 1988 with just 384 yards in just nine games before he was released in September of that season. With Willard Reaves having left after ‘87, the Bombers turned to a platoon system with Bender (384 yards) sharing time with Tim Jessie (359) and Tony Johns. By 1989 only Jessie remained with the club.