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January 22, 2017

Number 50

NUMBER FIFTY
NAME POSITION YEAR
Chris Cvetkovic (also #19, #35) LS 2003-13
Larry Fleisher G 1960
Paul Frederickson (also #35, #36) T 1946-49
Steve Glenn LB, LS 1999-2001
Bob Haas C 1956
Kyle Knox LB 2016-17
Duncan MacKinlay (also #55) LB 1978-79
John Michels G 1957
Mark Moors C, G 1983-86
George Noga LB 1997
Jakub Szott OL 2023
Willie Thomas C, G 1981-82
Bill Todd (also #86, #89) HB 1951, 1953
Kas Vidruk (also #27, #29, #37, #58, #68) G, C, LB, T 1942, 1945-47, 1951-55
Dale Warren LB 2019
Johnny Westrum E, T 1947-48
Ray Wiens OL 1992
Tyler Witt OL 2022-

He Wore It Well:

Kas Vidruk, G, C, LB, T, 1942, 1945-47, 1951-55

Kas Vidruk was born in Lithuania and joined the Bombers as a 17- year-old in 1942 with older players heading overseas to join the action of World War II. He stayed in Winnipeg until 1948 when he joined the Montreal Alouettes, before returning in 1951. It’s what Vidruk did after he hung up the cleats that earned him a spot in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. He taught and coached the game and was instrumental in sports at the high school level (a division of the Winnipeg High School Football League is named in his honour). Vidruk was on the first Pan Am Games board and served with the Manitoba Football Officials Association and the Canadian Football League.

Notable:

Johnny Michels suited up for just one season with the Bombers, in 1957, but played a vital role in the club’s ensuing dominance over the next decade as an assistant coach on Bud Grant’s staff. Michels was part of the four Grey Cup Championships in five years from 1958-62 and when Grant left the Bombers for the Minnesota Vikings, he followed. Michels coached the Vikings offensive line from 1967-83, the running backs in 1984 and then the O-line again from 1985-93. He was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.