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January 13, 2017

Number 41

NUMBER FORTY-ONE
NAME POSITION YEAR
Melvin Bradley DL 2004
John Brown (also #24, 60, 66) C 1950-53
Brian Cole LB 2022-
Kerfalla Exumé DB 2019
Biff Fliss (also #24, 52, 64) HB, C 1948-51
Doug Gauthier (also #10) HB 1946
Freddie Harris DE 2013
Bill Hutton (also #43) C 1955
Derek Jones (also #0) DB 2014-16
Dave Kaplan 1941
Clint Kent DB, LB 2010-11
Les Lear (also #4, 36, 66) G 1937-43
Anthony Maggiacomo LB 2008
Russ Manning 1932
Herb Mobberley (also #11) E 1933-39
Fred Perry DE 2009
Bob (Stonewall) Smith T 1947
Don Smith (also #46) FB 1946-49
John Stroppa HB 1949-51
R.P. (Buddy) Tinsley (also #64, 66) T, DT 1950-60
James Tuck FB 2016

Canadian Football Hall of Famers:

  • Les Lear (1974)
  • Buddy Tinsley (1982)

 

Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Famers:

  • Les Lear (1984)
  • Buddy Tinsley (1984)

 

Division All-Stars:

  • Les Lear (1941)
  • Bob Smith (1947)
  • Buddy Tinsley (1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958)

 

CFL Awards:

  • Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Outstanding Canadian Rookie in West Division, until 1972) – John Stroppa, 1949

 

He Wore It Well:

John Stroppa, HB, 1949-51

A Winnipeg product who played his amateur football with the Elmwood Bombers, Stroppa joined the Bombers in 1949 and made an immediate impact by winning the first-ever Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy – awarded to the top Canadian Rookie in the West Division and named after the former president of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Stroppa played in the 1950 Grey Cup – the infamous ‘Mud Bowl’ – but had his career cut short after suffering a kidney injury in 1951. He would move to Edmonton after his playing days and begin a career as an official, officiating 250 games over 15 years and then serving as the CFL’s Director of officiating for another 11.

Notable:

Our records show that both Les Lear and Buddy Tinsley wore the #41, but we have honoured Lear at #66 and Tinsley at #64.