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Canadian Football HOF 2017

Someone posted this on RF, but thought i'd like to hear some bomber fans perspective.  such a deep list IMO who would you induct?

http://cfhof.ca/eligible-candidates/

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Builders (as of February 28, 2017)
Charlie Baillie Jacques Decarie Jim Donlevy
Keith Evans Ken Green J.W. Douglas Hargreaves
Jim Hopson John Hufnagel Ken Lazaruk
Marv Levy Dr. Frank Lodato Dwayne Mandrusiak
Frank McCrystal Dave Ritchie Val Schneider
Stan Schwartz Roy Shivers Frank Smith
Larry Smith Brian Towriss Larry Uteck

 
Players (as of February 28, 2017)
Kelvin Anderson Korey Banks Nick Bastaja
Bruce Beaton Don Blair Jaime Bone
Clyde Brock Arland Bruce Paul Brule
Anthony Calvillo Fred Childress Bryan Chiu
Ken Clark Jason Clermont Lovell Coleman
Phil Cote Tommy Denison Laurent DesLauriers
Mike Eben Kevin Eiben Mike Emery
Lloyd Fairbanks Michael Faulds Dan Feraday
Mervyn Fernandez Scott Flory Terry Greer
Leo Groenewegen Eric Glavic Jim Heighton
Tom Hugo Hank Ilesic Brent Johnson
Gordon Judges Daryl Leason Ed Learn
Jesse Lumsden Blake Marshall Barron Miles
Paul Osbaldiston Mike O'Shea Byron Parker
Ernie Pitts Hector Pothier Noel Prefontaine
Jim Rountree David Shaw Wayne Shaw
Chris Schultz Geroy Simon Barrin Simpson
Glenn Steele Orlondo Steinauer Bill Stevenson
Anwar Stewart Tim Tindale **** Thornton
Greg Vavra Mike Walker Mike Widger
David Williams Tyrone Williams

 
 

 

Edited by Taynted_Fayth

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That Calvillo guy was pretty good. I might give him a vote.

And, Simon seems like a no-brainer.

How many can get in each year?

Edited by JCon

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5 minutes ago, JCon said:

That Calvillo guy was pretty good. I might give him a vote.

And, Simon seems like a no-brainer.

How many can get in each year?

apparently no less then 5 but no more then 7

Was reading up on Ernie Pitts (long before my time) he seems like a good posthumous selection,  appearing in 6 GCs with the bombers winning 4 , 5x west all star.  crazy his estranged wife killed him in a domestic dispute

Dave Ritchie should go in for his quotes alone!

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of my picks on there,  because I've really only been following the CFL for about 16 years I might be a little biased based on players I've actually watched, but my 5-7 would be;

AC, Simon, Chui, Johnson, Miles, Pitts, Prefontaine

My votes: Calvillo, Osbaldiston, O'Shea, Simon, Fernandez, Greer

Four CFL all-time greats with long and distinguished careers plus two of the most dominant receivers of the eighties.

19 hours ago, 17to85 said:

wow there are some damned good players on that list

The Riders just found another rock to look under.  A nice mossy one!

Edited by Throw Long Bannatyne

51 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The Riders just found another rock to look under.

Hank Ilesic can probably throw a spiral.  Or just punt them to the receivers.

My short list:


Korey Banks, Arland Bruce, Anthony Calvillo, Jason Clermont, Scott Flory, Terry Greer, Brent Johnson, Mike O'Shea, Byron Parker, Ernie Pitts, Geroy Simon, Barrin Simpson, Orlondo Steinauer, Anwar Stewart, **** Thornton

Calvillo, Simon and Bruce for O.

Barrin  Simpson for D.

Hank Ilesic for special teams (hammering Hank or Hank the shank depending on who you talk to). 

I thought Lovell Coleman  would be already in, an outstanding player of his era.

This list is really surprising to me. How aren't Chris Schultz, Mike O'Shea, Terry Greer, & Mervyn Fernandez already in the HOF? Short(ish) CFL careers for Greer & Fernandez I suppose, but they're some of the first names I remember as stars in the CFL when I started watching football as a kid.

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I remember Kelvin Anderson well from the 90's - 8 consecutive 1000 yd rushing seasons. 

3 hours ago, Jimmy Pop said:

I remember Kelvin Anderson well from the 90's - 8 consecutive 1000 yd rushing seasons. 

I have a Kelvin Anderson bobblehead doll

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10 minutes ago, B-F-F-C said:

I have a Kelvin Anderson bobblehead doll

"Action Figure"

Personally I'm surprised that GBill has been overlooked yet again.  I'm calling on the CFLHoF to award him the "Greatest scooper in the whole universe" award and then immediately retire that category.

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