PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS     1956-1965

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE END    1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE GUARD     1965
ALL-CANADIAN DEFENSIVE END    1962
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD   1960
DR. BERT OJA AWARD (MOST VALUABLE BOMBER LINEMAN) 1965

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962

HERB GRAY CAME TO CANADA AFTER A SUCCESSFUL AMATEUR CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

GRAY WAS THE DEFENSIVE CAPTAIN FOR NINE OF HIS TEN YEARS WITH THE BOMBERS, AND HIS "NEVER SAY DIE" ATTITUDE MADE HIM THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE DEFENSIVE SQUAD. IN 1960 HE WAS SELECTED AS THE OUTSTANDING LINEMAN IN THE LEAGUE.  HE WAS THE VERY FIRST DEFENSIVE PLAYER TO WIN THIS HONOUR.

HERB GRAY APPEARED IN SIX GREY CUP GAMES, FOUR OF THEM WINNERS. HE WAS NAMED THE WINNIPEG DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE HALF CENTURY.

INDUCTED 1983 - PLAYER

Class of 1983 Harry Peter "Bud" Grant, Don McPherson, Frank Morris, Earl Lunsford