Why blue bombers

The first solid core, wearing the Blue and Gold uniform and Blue Bomber nickname adopted during that time, emerged in the mids with stars such as Russ Rebholz, Fritz Hanson and Jeff Nicklin. Playing at newly-constructed Osborne Stadium, these players contributed to a record between and and seven Grey Cup appearances in nine years. These disappointments would soon be offset by a long stretch of dominant Winnipeg teams.

This next strong player core developed in time for the construction of Winnipeg Stadium and the strong run from to This year stretch can certainly be viewed as the Golden Age of Bomber football, but was by no means the only one. And no team better reflected that solid veteran core than the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Many of them achieved HOF status after their retirement having played only for Winnipeg in their careers. Following the retirement of the players from this central group, the period from to the early s was a down time for the club as the powerful teams in Calgary, Regina and Edmonton took their turns in dominating the West.

That is indeed the cyclical nature of Canadian football and again showed that the development of a long-serving core leads to post-season success. By the early s however, the next great Blue Bomber clubs began to re-emerge. The Bombers made it to five Grey Cups between and winning three times.

This group produced the last Cup for Winnipeg in with an all-time modern day record win over the Eskimos. Reggie White Jr. Kicker David Cote was good on three converts. CFL-leading rusher William Stanback had 16 carries for yards, taking the Als running back over the 1,yard mark for the second straight season.

He has 1, yards. Montreal's first possession of the third quarter ended with a TD toss to a wide-open Wieneke at The Alouettes' defence kept bringing pressure and forced the Bombers to punt on their next two possessions, but then Winnipeg got back-to-backs TDs from Wolitarsky at of the third and McGuire 29 seconds into the fourth.

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