Kenny Ploen, Leo Lewis, Charlie Sheppard, Farrel Funston, Herb Grey...the Bombers of my youth...and of course, Bud Grant.
Don Jonas, Mack Herron, Jim Thorpe, Jim Spavital...what an exciting team...my high school years.
Deiter Brock...the Birmingham Rifle! What an amazing arm Deiter had!!
And then the 80's...3 Grey Cups...going to the Grey Cup in '84 in Edmonton and watching my boys end their drought. Tom Clements, Willard Reaves, Joe Pop, Rick House, Jeff Boyd, James Murphy, Tyrone Jones, James West, Greg Battle, Rod Hill...Chris Walby, John Bonk...what a great team...and of course, kindly Coach Cal Murphy.
And then two more Grey Cups in '88 and '90 with Mike Riley at the helm...what a great coach, but an even finer man...got to know him quite well.
It's been a tough two decades cheering on the Blue since then...from the ignominy of Jeff Reinebold and Mike Kelly...to the amazing talents of Mr. Milt Stegall.
I have total confidence that Joe Mack and Paul LaPolice are on the right track...if, and yes I know, it's a big IF, we can keep Buck healthy this year, we are going to be in serious contention.
Here We Go Bombers, Here We Go!!
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