PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS .1950 - 1954

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN QUARTERBACK 1950 , 1952
JEFF NICKLIN MEMORIAL TROPHY 1952

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1950, 1953

JACK JACOBS, A CREEK INDIAN FROM OKLAHOMA, WAS KNOWN AS "INDIAN JACK" THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. HE CAME TO CANADA TO PLAY WITH THE BLUE BOMBERS AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES.

DURING HIS FIVE YEARS IN WINNIPEG, "INDIAN JACK" COMPLETED 710 PASSES FOR 11,094 YARDS AND 104 TOUCHDOWNS AND KICKED 57 SINGLES. HE WAS THE PASSING YARDAGE LEADER IN THE WEST (STATS WERE NOT YET RECORDED IN THE EAST) IN 1951, 1952, AND 1953 WITH 3,248, 2,586 AND 1,924 YARDS RESPECTIVELY.

IN THE 1953 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME “INDIAN JACK” JACOBS COMPLETED 31 PASSES FOR 357 YARDS, PROVIDING A GREAT AERIAL DISPLAY, BUT, THE BOMBERS COULD NOT DEFEAT THE POWERFUL HAMILTON TIGER-CATS.

INDUCTED 1963 - PLAYER

CHARTER MEMBER

Class of 1963 Earl Grey, D. Wes Brown, John DeGruchy, "Seppi" DuMoulin, William C. Foulds, Frank J. Hannibal, Alvin Ritchie, Harry L. Batstone, Ormond Beach, Joseph M. Breen, Lionel P. Conacher, Ernest Cox, Eddie "Dynamite" James, Fritz Hanson, Smirle Lawson, Frank R. "Pep" Leadlay, Norman Perry, Teddy Reeve, Jeff Russel, David S. Sprague, Brian M. Timmis, Dr. Harry Crawford Griffith, N.J. "Piffles" Taylor, Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy, Benjamin L. Simpson, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz