Dieter Brock
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Ralph "Dieter" Brock (born February 12, 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama), was a Canadian Football League quarterback who spent most of his career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was nicknamed "The Birmingham Rifle". He is the only Blue Bombers player to win back-to-back CFL Most Outstanding Player awards in 1980 and 1981. In 1984, Brock was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for quarterback Tom Clements. This infamous trade led to an exciting Grey Cup in 1984, as the Tiger-Cats and Blue Bombers faced each other in the championship game. Brock's Tiger-Cat team lost the game to Clements's Blue Bombers and Brock ended his career with many accomplishments, but without a Grey Cup victory. In 1985 Brock played for the Los Angeles Rams before retiring from football.
Brock still holds the Blue Bombers record for career passing yards with 29,623. In 2005, for the commeration of the Blue Bombers 75th anniversary, Brock was named one the 20 All-Time Blue Bomber Greats. He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
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| Preceded by: Jeff Kemp |
St. Louis Rams Starting Quarterbacks 1985 |
Succeeded by: Jim Everett |
