
PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1974 - 1983
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1983 - 1984
AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN QUARTERBACK 1980, 1981 and 1982
ALL-CANADIAN QUARTERBACK 1980 and 1981
JEFF NICKLIN MEMORIAL TROPHY 1980 and 1981
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD 1980 and 1981
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1984
AFTER GRADUATING FROM JACKSONVILLE STATE IN 1974, DIETER BROCK SIGNED A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH WINNIPEG AND ASSUMED THE STARTING QUARTERBACK ROLE OCTOBER 5, 1975. ALWAYS KNOWN FOR HIS STRONG ARM, HE TRAINED BY THROWING WEIGHTED STEEL BALLS AT A TARGET.
BROCK HAD 34,830 YARDS ON 4,535 PASS ATTEMPTS AND 2,602 COMPLETIONS. HE THREW 210 TOUCHDOWN PASSES AND HAD A 57.4% COMPLETION RATIO. ON OCTOBER 3, 1981 HE COMPLETED 41 PASSES, 16 OF THEM CONSECUTIVELY, AND COMPLETED AN OUTSTANDING 87.2% ON THE DAY. HE WAS THE CFL PASSING LEADER IN 1978, 1980, 1981 AND 1984. DIETER BROCK PLAYED IN THE 1984 GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. HE WAS INDUCTED TO THE WINNIPEG FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1990.
Other Media
INDUCTED 1995 - PLAYER
Class of 1995 Greg Fulton, Tommy Grant