Bill Boivin

Bill Boivin
Career information
Date of birth	(1914-10-21)October 21, 1914
Place of birth	St. Boniface, Manitoba
Date of death	January 28, 2014(2014-01-28) (aged 99)
Place of death	Vancouver, British Columbia
CFL status	National
Position(s)	HB
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career history
As player
1938–1941	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1939, 1941)

William Elric Boivin (October 21, 1914 – January 28, 2014) was a Canadian football player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1939 and 1941.^[1]^[2] He was also a director of the BC Lions and general manager of the Blue Bombers (1955–1957).^[3]

References

Winnipeg Blue Bombers general managers

Joe Ryan (1931–1944)
Lou Adelman (1945)
Gord Bieber (1946–1947)
No general manager (1948–1954)
Bill Boivin (1955–1957)
Jim Ausley (1958–1964)
Bud Grant (1965–1966)
Joe Zaleski (1967)
Earl Lunsford (1968–1982)
Cal Murphy (1983–1996)
Jeff Reinebold (1997–1998)
Ken Bishop (1999)
Lyle Bauer (2000–2001)
Dave Ritchie (2002–2003)
Brendan Taman (2004–2008)
Mike Kelly (2009)
Ross Hodgkinson # (2009–2010)
Joe Mack (2010–2013)
Kyle Walters (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim general manager.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Reg Threlfall

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29th Grey Cup champions

2 Nate Shore
4 Jim Lindsay
11 Ken Draper
14 Lou Mogul
15 Bernie Thornton
16 Jack Manners
18 Art Kolisnyk
19 Frank Mulvey
20 Bill Boivin
24 Mel Wilson
26 Cliff McFayden
28 Wilf Daniels
33 Wayne Sheley
34 Wally Chikowski
36 Bill Ceretti
37 Cec Ludwig
39 Jimmy Lander
40 Fritz Hanson
43 Herb Peschel
44 Ken Preston
47 Cliff Roseborough
52 Art Stevenson
53 Andy Bieber
54 Bud Marquardt
60 Chester McCance
63 Johnny Lake
66 Les Lear
67 Benny Hatskin

Head coach: Reg Threlfall

Assistant coaches: Bert Warwick

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