Chris Walby

PLAYING CAREER

MONTREAL ALOUETTES 1981
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1981 - 1996

AWARDS AND HONOURS

ALL-WESTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE 1984 - 1986, 1996
ALL-CANADIAN OFFENSIVE TACKLE 1984 - 1987, 1989 - 1991, 1993, 1994
ALL-EASTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE 1987, 1989 - 1994
LEO DANDURAND TROPHY 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993
SCHENLEY AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 1987
CFL MOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 1993
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1984, 1988, 1990

Chris Walby played junior football with the Winnipeg Rods for two years which lead to a football scholarship with Dickinson State University in North Carolina.

In 1981, Walby was selected fourth overall in the CFL draft by the Montreal Alouettes.  He played five games with the team in 1981 and finished the season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.  He would play the remainder of his career with the Blue Bombers.

He won CFL All-Star honours nine times, Western All-Star honours four times and was named Eastern All-Star seven times.  He won the Schenley Award for the Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman in 1987 and CFL Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman award in 1993. Walby played in five Grey Cup games, winning three times.

INDUCTED 2003 - PLAYER

 

Class of 2003 Ron Estay, Ed Henick, George McGowan, Dave Ridgway