Richard (Dick) Huffman

PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1951 - 1955
CALGARY STAMPEDERS 1956, 1957

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE 1952, 1954, 1957
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE TACKLE 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1953

RICHARD HUFFMAN PLAYED FOUR YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE BEING LURED TO CANADA BY THE WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS.

HUFFMAN WAS A SPLENDID TWO-WAY TACKLE WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS TREMENDOUS STRENGTH AND AGILITY. IN HIS FINAL SEASON HUFFMAN WAS SELECTED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM AS BOTH AN OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE. SPORTS REPORTS SUGGESTED THAT "ENEMY QUARTERBACKS SIMPLY RAN THEIR PLAYS AWAY FROM DICK HUFFMAN".

DICK HUFFMAN WAS NOMINATED TWICE FOR BOTH THE SCHENLEY OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD AND THE SCHENLEY OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD.

INDUCTED 1987 - PLAYER

Class of 1987 Harold Ballard, R.A. (Bob) Kramer, Angelo Mosca, Tom Wilkinson