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Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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| Founded | 1930 |
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| Based in | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Home field | Osborne Stadium (1935–1952) Canad Inns Stadium (1953–2012) Princess Auto Stadium (2013–present) |
| Head coach | Mike O'Shea |
| General manager | Kyle Walters |
| Team president | Wade Miller |
| Owner(s) | Winnipeg Football Club (a non-profit corporation) |
| League | Canadian Football League |
| Division | West |
| Colours | Royal blue, metallic gold, white[1][2] |
| Nickname(s) | Bombers, Blue and Gold, Big Blue, True Blue |
| Mascot(s) | Buzz and Boomer |
| Grey Cup wins | 12 (1935, 1939, 1941, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1984, 1988, 1990, 2019, 2021) |
| Website | bluebombers.com |
| Current uniform | |
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at Princess Auto Stadium.[3]
The Blue Bombers were founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, later changed to the Winnipeg Football Club, which is the organization's legal name.[4] The Blue Bombers are one of two community owned teams, without shareholders, in the CFL.
Since their establishment, the Blue Bombers have won the Grey Cup championship 12 times, most recently in 2021 CFL season when they defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–25 in the 108th Grey Cup. The team holds the record for most Grey Cup appearances of any team (29) and Winnipeg were the first club in Western Canada to win a championship.[5]
- ^ "Club Information & History" (PDF). 2024 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Media Guide (PDF). CFL Enterprises LP. May 22, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ^ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers Team Information & History" (PDF). 2024 CFL Guide & Record Book (PDF). CFL Enterprises LP. June 10, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ^ "Stadium History". Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
- ^ In 1930 the original legal name was Winnipeg Rugby Football Club.
- ^ "History of the Grey Cup". Canadian Football Hall Of Fame. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
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