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A Winnipeg Blue Bombers occurs as Canadian Football League team based around Winnipeg, Manitoba.
A Winnipeg Pegs/Winnipegs are non a equivalent team when a Winnipeg Blue Bombers. A Pegs won of these Grey Ventral suction cup & appeared inside both. These appearances are non counted in the cost figures for the Blue Bombers.
Franchise history
A Winnipeg Rugby Football Club was formed within 1880. Within 1930 a Winnipeg Rugby Football Club becomes known as the Winnipegs. Inside 1933 a Winnipegs and a second team known as the St. John's merged to form a '' 'Pegs''. Around 1936 the 'Pegs became a Winnipeg Blue Bombers & joined the fresh created Western Interprovincial Football Union (one of the CFL's forerunners). Despite Winnipeg existence a american American city, the Blue Bombers use at times played several seasons (1987 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001) inside a Eastern section sequentially to keep the total of teams in both division somewhat equal.
Players of note
Canadian Football Hall of Famers
Dieter Brock
Tom Casey
Tom Clements
Carl Cronin
Bill Frank
Fritz Hanson
Dick Huffman
Jack Jacobs
Gerry James
Greg Kabat
Les Lear
Leo "The Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis
Ches McCance
Cal Murphy
James Murphy
Ken Ploen
Joe Poplowski
Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Rebholz
Frank Joseph Rigney
Art Stevenson
Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley
Current stars
Ace Charles Roberts, running back
Three Keith Stokes, wide receiver, kick returner
Phoebe Kevin Glenn, quarterback
Sevener Troy Westwood, kicker
Dozen Tee Martin, quarterback
Xiv Jon Ryan, punter
Twenty-five Vinny Sutherland, wide receiver
31 Wes Lysack, safety
36 Lamar McGriggs, linebacker
44 Tom Canada, defensive end
76 Joe Fleming, defensive tackle
85 Milt Stegall, slotback
97 Doug Brown, defensive tackle
Not to be forgotten
Chuck Ealey
Khari Jones
Dan Wicklum
Forgotten but successful elsewhere
Ed Schultz, talk show host
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