Greg Kabat

PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB/WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1933 – 1940
PLAYER/COACH, VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES   1941

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN FLYING WING  1938
ALL-WESTERN GUARD  1939
ALL-WESTERN QUARTERBACK  1940

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1935, 1937, 1938, 1939
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS  1935 , 1939

GREG KABAT WAS ONE OF THE EARLY IMPORTS TO PLAY CANADIAN FOOTBALL, ARRIVING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN IN 1933. DURING HIS FIRST SEASON HE WAS A LINE COACH IN ADDITION TO PLAYING IN THE BACKFIELD.

KABAT WAS ABLE TO PLAY SEVERAL POSITIONS WHEN NECESSARY. HE WAS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE GREY CUP WINNING SQUAD IN 1935. THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR A WESTERN TEAM WON THE DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP. KABAT PLAYED THE ENTIRE 1938 GREY CUP GAME WITH A BROKEN TOE.

THROUGHOUT GREG KABAT'S CAREER, HE WAS ALSO A SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH.

INDUCTED 1966 – PLAYER

Class of 1966 John Ferraro, G. Sydney Halter, Q.C, Dave McCann, S.P. Quilty, Hugh Stirling