PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS   1978-1986

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN WIDE RECEIVER  1978
ALL-WESTERN SLOTBACK   1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
ALL-CANADIAN ALL-STAR   1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
DR. BEATTIE MARTIN TROPHY  1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
JACKIE PARKER TROPHY   1978
SCHENLEY OUTSTANDING ROOKIE  1978
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN 1981, 1986
JACK JACOBS TROPHY   1986

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1984
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM    1984

ONE OF THE BOMBERS MOST POPULAR PLAYERS, JOE POPLAWSKI ELECTRIFIED FANS AND CRITICS WITH HIS VERSATILITY AND ALL-AROUND ATHLETIC ABILITY. HE EVEN TRIED HIS HAND AT KICKING WHEN TREVOR KENNERD WAS INJURED IN 1986.

THE GIFTED SLOTBACK FINISHED HIS CAREER IN 1986 WITH 549 RECEPTIONS FOR 8341 YARDS AND 48 TOUCHDOWNS TO HIS CREDIT.

JOE POPLAWSKI WAS NOMINATED THE MOST VALUABLE BOMBER IN 1978 AND 1980 THROUGH 1984.  HE IS  A MEMBER OF THE MANITOBA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1998 - PLAYER

Class of 1998 Bernie Custis, Dave Cutler, Larry Robinson, Tom Scott