PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS   1958-1967

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE  1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966
ALL-CANADIAN OFFENSIVE TACKLE  1962, 1965, 1966
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD 1961
DEMARCO-BECKET MEMORIAL TROPHY  1960, 1961

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS    1958, 1959, 1961, 1962

FRANK RIGNEY PLAYED FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. HE WAS THE THIRD DRAFT CHOICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, BUT CAME TO CANADA TO PLAY WITH THE BLUE BOMBERS.

FRANK RIGNEY ANCHORED THE OFFENSIVE LINE DURING AN ERA WHEN THE BOMBERS, UNDER HALL OF FAME COACH BUD GRANT, WERE FREQUENT GREY CUP WINNERS. RIGNEY WAS SELECTED AS THE WEST'S OUTSTANDING LINEMAN IN 1960 AND 1961. IN 1961 HE WAS ALSO CHOSEN AS THE LEAGUE'S BEST LINEMAN.

FRANK RIGNEY IS A MEMBER OF THE WINNIPEG FOOTBALL CLUB HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1985 - PLAYER

Class of 1985 Tony Gabriel, Frank Tindall, Bill Zock