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I cant remember a single qb between kapp and tagge.BC 1988 wrote:Nice sharp game pics. Dave Raimey was having trouble containing #25 that day.
Living in the East all through the '70s and most of the '80s, I had minimal exposure to the Lions until they started to turn heads in the Dewalt era. The '70s seem to be full of what-ifs, chief among them the one-way pipeline of talent running from BC to EDM, as well as players like Ashton Jr.
NOTE - It's actually the same 54 yard run to paydirt but taken from different angles. The first is from a short lived local publication called "Football News," the second is a Vancouver Sun image.BC 1988 wrote:Nice sharp game pics. Dave Raimey was having trouble containing #25 that day.
Lou Harris had 1232 yards rushing, 532 receiving, and a league best 12 touchdowns. Monroe Eley also rushed for over a thousand yards (1176). We had quite the rushing attack that season, even with Johnny Musso injured and only playing 3 games. But even with those impressive stats, our best rushing season was in 1960, when we ran the football for 3.248 yds. Yup, you read that right.David wrote:It was tough being a Lions fan back then. It was a very dry period from the Grey Cup winning season of 1964 right through to the Vic Rapp era of 1977, which finally instilled a commitment to winning, discipline, and accountability.
The club recruited very well in 1971 and 1972 - lots of high profile US collegians signed here such as Don Moorhead, Don Bunce, Ray Nettles, Johnny Musso, and Ron Estay. By 1974 Nettles was a consistent All-Star and Moorhead showed flashes at quarterback (but was always getting injured. Same goes for Alabama legend Johnny Musso). You wonder "what could have been" had so many good players not been jettisoned to the Eskimos.
Even without Tom Wilkinson, Larry Highbaugh, Ron Estay et al., the Leos roared out 8-4 record in '74 beind a very good O-line (particularly Curtis Wester at guard and Al Wilson at centre), two 1,000 yard rushers in Lou Harris and Monroe Eley, and a mobile quarterback in Moorhead who could exploit the run. When he went down to injury, the club lost the final 4 games of the season and the West Semi Final. One wonders if those who departed for Edmonton would have put that '74 team over the edge.
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I just watched the video David and loved watching it. Great to see my fave Leo at the time, Ron Morris make a couple of outstanding catches. From Kapp and Fleming, Swift and Munsey, Claridge and Homer, Dennis and Cotter, Fouts and Martin, Brown and Fieldgate, and Neil Beamont, it was fun to watch. Thanks!!!!David wrote:Being "Throwback Thursday," I thought some of you might like to look at some colour footage of our Leos in 1963 and 1964 (our first "Glory Years"). The first is a home playoff game against Saskatchewan in November 23, 1963 (one day after US President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald). This was the 3rd game of a total point playoff which we won 36-1 to move us to the home Grey Cup game the following week. That was played on a glorious sunny day - those highlights follow right after, then the '64 Grey Cup win in Toronto.
FF to the 42:50 mark. Although it's before my time, it's still really cool to watch in those beautiful burnt orange and black unis.
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I think the player you're referring to WCJ is Bobby Thompson (who burned the Leos many times). Bobby Thompson and Silas McKinnie. Uggh!West Coast Joe wrote:Eagle had a shifty back named Bobby (Moore? something) in Regina. He was asked if he could get a back like that in Vancouver. Ashton was his answer. And then ... gone.
But Eagle also found Monroe Eley. Lou Harris. Johnny Musso. Jim Evenson. Some absolutely great running backs.
If I'm not mistaken, they were permitted to use team colours because they represent all of BC. At least that's the way I remember it...BC 1988 wrote:It's interesting the Lions were allowed to adapt it to their colours, since the official Canada, Confederation, and Centennial dogwood logo appears to be 3 gold "C"s on a blue background.
No problem, David. Tendency to be pretty casual with the facts in a discussion through recall. This site is a good place to get the facts straightened out, as in a hot stove league. As with Bobby Thompson.David wrote:I think the player you're referring to WCJ is Bobby Thompson (who burned the Leos many times). Bobby Thompson and Silas McKinnie. Uggh!West Coast Joe wrote:Eagle had a shifty back named Bobby (Moore? something) in Regina. He was asked if he could get a back like that in Vancouver. Ashton was his answer. And then ... gone.
But Eagle also found Monroe Eley. Lou Harris. Johnny Musso. Jim Evenson. Some absolutely great running backs.
And not to be overly pedantic - nobody likes a know it allbut Eagle didn't actually find Jim Evenson.
The Portland Pig arrived here in 1968 when Jim Champion was coach (I believe Eagle was with the Riders). Evie was an Oregon dropout and was playing rugby at the time when one of the guys he was playing rugby with was Lefty Hendrickson (our tight end) who convinced him to come up to Canada and give the CFL a shot. Jim Evenson ended up winning rushing titles and is still the club's 2nd all-time leading rusher (behind Willie Fleming). He was also a 2-time CFL All-Star and 4 time Western All-Star. He is 4th all-time in BC Lions single game rushing yards, with a 202 yard effort against the Bombers in 1969.
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This thread is bringing back some good memories from an otherwise bleak era in Lions' history. I recall in 1968 Evenson finished just two yards behind George Reed for the rushing title, 1,222 to 1,220. The Lion coaches spent the following day going through film from the season to see if they could find a couple more yards. They didn't but Evenson had a better rushing average than Reed (4.9 yards to 4.6).David wrote:The Portland Pig arrived here in 1968 when Jim Champion was coach (I believe Eagle was with the Riders). Evie was an Oregon dropout and was playing rugby at the time when one of the guys he was playing rugby with was Lefty Hendrickson (our tight end) who convinced him to come up to Canada and give the CFL a shot. Jim Evenson ended up winning rushing titles and is still the club's 2nd all-time leading rusher (behind Willie Fleming). He was also a 2-time CFL All-Star and 4 time Western All-Star. He is 4th all-time in BC Lions single game rushing yards, with a 202 yard effort against the Bombers in 1969.
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