It is the weekend where Canadian Football celebrates their Grey Cup, and part of the festivities is the announcement of the 2015 Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class. Next year’s class will contain seven men; four players and three entering in the builders category.
Receiving the most attention of the inductees is Dave Dickenson, who still holds many records at the University of Montana. Dickenson would begin his professional career with the Calgary Stampeders, where he would help the Stamps win the Grey Cup in 1998 and would become the top player in the CFL in 2000, earning the Most Outstanding Player of the Year Award and generating interest from a few teams in the NFL.
The transition to the NFL would not be successful, but his return to the CFL saw him join the B.C. Lions and earn another Grey Cup Ring. Overall in his playing career Dickenson threw for 22,913 Yards, 154 Touchdowns and is second all-time in Completion Percentage. Currently, he is the Offensive Coordinator for the Calgary Stampeders, who will be competing for this year’s Grey Cup.
Dickenson is joined by Leroy Blugh, who spent the bulk of his career with the Edmonton Eskimos. Blugh was a member of the Eskimos 1993 Grey Cup Championship team and was named the Most Outstanding Canadian in 1996. He is currently the Defensive Line Coach for the Ottawa Redblacks.
The third player inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame is former Northern Illinois Defensive Back, Eddie Davis. Davis had a lengthy career with the Birmingham Barracudas, Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1995 to 2009 and was a four time CFL All Star.
The fourth and final player is Gene Makowski, who spent seventeen seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1995 to 2011 earning to Offensive Lineman of the Year Awards and the Grey Cup in 2007.
Bob Wetenhall who is the owner of the Montreal Alouettes since 1997; and arguably one of the men who resurrected professional football in Montreal join these four players, as does Bob O’Billovich, a former player and long time coach and administrator and Larry Reda who also enters as a builder.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class of 2015.
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