PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG “PEGS”  1935
REGINA PATS  1928
WINNIPEG ST. JOHNS 1930, 1932
REGINA ROUGHRIDERS 1920'S, 1930'S

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1935
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1935

EDWIN (EDDIE) "DYNAMITE" JAMES WAS ONE OF THE GREAT VETERANS OF FOOTBALL IN WESTERN CANADA. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING FLYING WING WHO PLAYED SANDLOT AND JUNIOR FOOTBALL BEFORE MOVING UP TO THE SENIOR GAME WITH WINNIPEG AND REGINA.

JAMES WAS TRULY A 60-MINUTE MAN, EQUALLY COMFORTABLE ON BOTH OFFENCE AND DEFENCE. KNOWN FOR HIS DEPENDABILITY, HE WAS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE HARD ROCKS OF THE GAME IN THE ERA BEFORE RECORDS AND STATISTICS.

EDDIE "DYNAMITE" JAMES POSSESSED A GREAT PLUNGING AND SCORING ABILITY WHICH MADE HIM A DEVASTATING FORCE. ABOVE ALL, HE WAS KNOWN AS A MAN WHO EASILY MADE FRIENDS AMONG TEAMMATES, OPPONENTS, FOOTBALL EXECUTIVES AND FANS ALIKE.

THE EDDIE JAMES MEMORIAL TROPHY IS ANNUALLY PRESENTED TO THE LEADING RUSHER IN THE WEST.

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, Jake Jacobs, 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