PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG ST. JOHN'S RUGBY CLUB  1932
WINNIPEG "WINNIPEGS"/BLUE BOMBERS 1933-1938

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1935, 1937, 1938
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM   1935

RUSS REBHOLZ, THE "WISCONSIN WRAITH", WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TWO IMPORTS TO ARRIVE IN CANADA FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER.  HE CAME TO THE ST. JOHN'S RUGBY CLUB AS A PLAYER/COACH, AFTER HAVING BEEN AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

"DOSS" REBHOLZ WAS A VERSATILE BACKFIELDER, KNOWN FOR HIS PASSING, RUNNING, BLOCKING AND KICKING ABILITIES. IN A 1934 EXHIBITION GAME HE THREW ONE OF THE LONGEST PASSES EVER, 68 YARDS IN THE AIR, TO LYNN PATRICK FOR A TOUCHDOWN. IN THE 1935 GREY CUP GAME REBHOLZ THREW TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES, AND LED HIS "WINNIPEGS" TO A DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP OVER THE FAVOURED EASTERN RIVALS, THE HAMILTON TIGERS.

IN 1984 RUSS REBHOLZ WAS ELECTED TO THE WINNIPEG FOOTBALL CLUB HALL OF FAME.

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, 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