The Best Bomber

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The Best Bomber

• Sam
• Sargent Park School

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Kas Vidruk

• Was a football player in 1950s
• Played in the C.F.L.(Canadian Football League)
• Was born in Villeneuve, Lithuania on 10/6/25
• Had a brother,sister,mother and father
• Brother and sister born in Canada
• Came to Canada at the age of 4

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Kas Vidruk (continued)

• Went to King Edward elementary
• Went to St. Pauls High school and he played
  football there
• Joined the navy before finishing gr. 12
• ( never traveled overseas)
• When he returned from the navy he finished his
  grade 12 at Norwood colligate
• Took phys-ed at McGill University and earned his
  teaching degree
• He coached an intermediate football team,taught
  at a north end high school and played with the
  bombers at the same time

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C.F.L. Career

• Played from 1949-1964
• Played for Alouettes in 1949
• Also played for Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• He won 0 Grey Cups
• Was the most valuable Canadian player award in
  1954
• Played for Montreal 12 years and Winnipeg for 3
  years
• He started playing for the bombers because all
  the older players went to war

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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers

• Began as a rugby club in 1930
• Won its first Grey Cup in 1935
• Changed their name to Blue Bombers in 1935
• Won Grey cups in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962

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The Montreal Alouettes

• First organized in 1872
• Played their first game on October 12, 1872
• The first 2 games were 0-0 ties

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Retirement

• Kas Vidruk retired in 1964
• Founded the High school football league for
  Winnipeg
• He became a teacher at St. Pauls High School
• Also became a phys-ed consultant for Winnipeg
  school division 1

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Why I Chose This Topic

• I chose this topic because I wanted to learn
  about a player that played a long time ago
• I knew I could get information easily
• There are not many people that know about him

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Bibliography

• http//www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/
• http//www.canoe.ca/AlouettesHistory/home.html
• Besson, Allan. Untitled Winnipeg Free Press May
  4, 1986 pg.26
• Leah, Vince. St. Pauls boasts rich memorable
  football TraditionWinnipeg Free Press September
  24, 1986
• Sigurdson, Hal. MSF purred with Vidruk in
  Command Winnipeg Free Press May 28, 1981 pages
  61-80
• Pictures courtesy of Vidruk family files