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2014 World Champs

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Congrats to the Calgary Stampeders for their victory in the 2014 Grey Cup game! Awesome!
 
Silver said:
Congrats to the Calgary Stampeders for their victory in the 2014 Grey Cup game! Awesome!
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I watch Canadian football every chance I get. An old friend of mine, Ralph Brock played a little quarterback up there. He could really fling a football in college.
 
It's been 39 years since the Winnipeg Blue Bombers went to Jacksonville State University and signed an undrafted free agent quarterback named Ralph Brock. He was signed to a one-year deal for the 1975 season. The Bombers had Chuck Ealey at quarterback, after they had traded away their "franchise" player Don Jonas a year earlier.

Ralph Dieter Brock

But Brock, who was born and raised in Birmingham, Ala., had quickly become known as the "Birmingham Rifle," and by season stole the starting job from Ealey. By 1976, Brock was developing into one of the best quarterbacks in the Canadian game and by 1980, he was the best, winning back-to-back Most Outstanding Player Awards in '80 and '81.

Little did the Bombers know then, but Brock would be the last quarterback signed right out of college by the Bombers to develop into a CFL star. In fact, he was the only one to develop into a successful CFL regular.

Which brings us to 2013. The Bombers haven;t won a Grey Cup since 1990. Even worse, the club hasn't developed a quarterback it can call its own since Dieter Brock rode into town into 1975 disguised as Ralph Brock.

We knew him up here as Dieter.
 
I was hoping to see the Tiger Cats win. they have a K-Stater on there Brandon Banks, who is a wicked return man !
 
We didn't know him as Dieter. He went to Auburn out of high school but Pat Sullivan had a couple of years of eligibility left and Ralph probably wouldn't get to play until Sullivan left, so he transferred to Jax State. Haven't seen him since then.

But he could sure throw a football...... and was a good down to earth guy.
 
Mike said:
We didn't know him as Dieter. He went to Auburn out of high school but Pat Sullivan had a couple of years of eligibility left and Ralph probably wouldn't get to play until Sullivan left, so he transferred to Jax State. Haven't seen him since then.

But he could sure throw a football...... and was a good down to earth guy.
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I was reading he last played for the Rams, guess they weren't very good then and he got injured and didn't play after he was let go.
 
jigs said:
I was hoping to see the Tiger Cats win. they have a K-Stater on there Brandon Banks, who is a wicked return man !
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He's a heck of a return man. And he had it won for Hamilton, on a heck of a punt return with less than minute left in the game, but there was a flag on the play.

It was a good thing Calgary's defense showed up, because their offense sure didn't, compared the Western final, when they smoked Edmonton.

edited to add: When Mike mentioned Brock I didn't place him until BMR mentioned Dieter :lol:
 

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