10 lists in 10 days : quarterback sacks leaders
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QB Sacks is the stat that has evolved the most since it was first introduced to the #CFL in 1981.
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#56 Elfrid Payton
Elfrid Payton recorded 47 sacks as a Blue Bomber including a career high 22 sacks in 1993.
Payton lined up as a LB in his first tour of duty in Winnipeg (1991-1993). He had moved to DE when returned to the Bombers in 2000 & 2004.
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Imagine having 3 of the top 10 rushers in team history together in the same backfield
🔹️Leo Lewis - Lincoln Locomotive
🔹️Gerry James - Kid Dynamite
🔹️Charlie Shepard - Choo Choo
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10 lists in 10 days : interception leaders
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🔹️ individual interceptions were first recorded in 1952. Tom Casey had at least a dozen interceptions 1950-1951 which would vault him into 2nd place on this list
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#58 James Wild West
James 'Wild' West signed with the Blue Bombers late in the 1985 season after an NFL tryout. He made an intimidating linebacking corps better.
1985-1992
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#59 Lyle Bauer 59 days until CFL training camp
OL Lyle Bauer played 10 seasons for the Blue Bombers (1982-1991). He started games at tackle, guard & centre.
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#60 Dave Vankoughnett
Centre Dave Vankoughnett played 11 seasons for the Blue Bombers (1989, 1991-2000)
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Sergio Castillo Wins Both Blue Bombers Community Service Awards www.chrisd.ca/2026/03/11/s... #ForTheW
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#61 Bobby Thompson Winnipeg went to an all non-import offensive line in early 1984. Thompson had moved to the Tiger-Cats in the off season.
OT Bobby Thompson played 5 seasons (1979-1983) for the Blue Bombers.
At 6'8" 290 lbs, Thompson was huge for the era he played in.
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As posted by Ed Tait on TwiXter
QB Chase Artopoeus has decided to retire from football.
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#62 Roger Savoie, 1959 training camp photo
#62 Roger Savoie
Winnipeg native Roger Savoie played 15 seasons for the Blue Bombers (1951-1965)
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Buffalo Bills agree to terms with former CFL player Dee Alford: report
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#63 Chris Walby When he scored his only CFL TD, Walby was wearing a bib with #80 over his #63.
Chris Walby played for the Blue Bombers 1981-1996 mostly at RT.
'Bluto' was a 9 time CFL All-Star
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#64 Buddy Tinsley rides into Winnipeg Stadium on a horse
#64 Buddy Tinsley 1960
Tackle Robert 'Buddy' Tinsley played 11 seasons for the Blue Bombers (1950-1960)
🔹️1951 became the Bombers first (and last) barefooted punter - scored 1 single
🔹️1960 Tinsley played one play at FB and scored his only TD on a 1 yard rush
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#65 Nick Bastaja was acquired in a trade with the Argonauts in 1980.
Nick Bastaja played OG for the Blue Bombers (1980-1988)
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1st & 10 : Redha Kramdi
🔹️return to school
🔹️CFL internship program
🔹️life after football
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#66 Stanley Bryant
Stanley Bryant is a 4 time winner of the #CFL Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman
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Details: Zach Collaros restructures 2026 CFL contract with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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#67 Frank Rigney is 'officially' credited with playing 15 games in 1959. The game he 'missed' was the August 17, 1959 game in Calgary. The Winnipeg Free Press showed a picture of Rigney in the sports section and the article talks about how Rigney moved to Offensive End after Frank Gilliam was injured. The 'game played' error is the result of 'research' based on the roster published in newspapers. Based on article published in the same newspapers and backed up by video, there are numerous errors in the published roster for the Blue & Gold for that game.
#67 Frank Rigney in the 1961 Grey Cup. The lightning bolt was the first helmet logo used by the Blue Bombers but only lasted for one season.
Frank Rigney anchored the LT position for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for 10 seasons (1958-1967)
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#68 Nick Benjamin
Nick Benjamin played 5 seasons for the Blue Bombers (1989-1993)
The play I remember most was a rookie Benjamin chasing down CB David Shaw from behind on a 108 yard interception return.
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The play that crashed the #CFL stats system in 2011
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#69 Glenn January celebrates his only CFL TD This is the play that crashed the CFL stats system
Glenn January celebrates his only CFL TD, scored September 24, 2011 when he recovered a Carl Volny fumble 10 yards deep in the Argos’ end zone
All attempts to properly score this resulted in the TD being awarded to Volny and then the stats system would crash!
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#70 Jeff Boyd returned to the Blue Bombers midway through the 1986 season. He joined a receiving corps that included three 1000 yard receivers (Murphy, Tuttle & Poplawski). Boyd accumulated 619 yards in just 7 games that year.
#70 Mike Holmes was a favourite target of Dieter Brock 1977-1982. Unfortunately a serious injury limited his 1981 season to a few plays and he was never 100% when he returned in 1982.
Back in the days when your star receivers wore numbers in the 70s
Jeff Boyd & Mike Holmes both both ran routes from the WR position.
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Farrell Funston wore #10 in the Fog Bowl. Hamilton had an OT wear an eligible number which allowed them to run a tackle eligible play by shifting players around. When the CFL chose to permit this, the Blue Bombers chose to fight fire with fire by doing the same with OT Frank Rigney. Neither team used the tackle eligible play in the game.
Farrell Funston wore #71 for all but one game as a Blue Bomber. In the 1962 Grey Cup, Funston wore #10 while OT Frank Rigney wore Funston's #71.
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#71 Farrell Funston celebrates a win in the 1961 Grey Cup Funston became a Canadian citizen on July 21, 1965 allowing him to qualify as a Naturalized Canadian. The CFL ended the program a day or two later making him the last player to qualify as an American non-import. Existing players, including Funston, had their status grandfathered.
Ceremony at the Winnipeg Arena for the 1962 Grey Cup champions. Here he is saluted by the Majorettes.
Farrell 'Fungy' Funston played 8 seasons for the Blue Bombers (1959-1965).
He was the first Blue Bomber to play split end when the team adopted a more modern offence in 1964
He became a 🇨🇦 citizen July 21, 1965, making him the last CFL player to qualify as a Naturalized Canadian
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#72 Delbert Fowler
#72 Leo Ezerins
A couple of popular LBs wore #72 for the Blue Bombers in the 1980s
Delbert Fowler (1984, 1986-1988) had 26 sacks in 53 games
Leo Ezerins (1978-1982) started his career as a TE before switching to LB
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