Bob Cameron (Canadian football)

This article is about the football player. For other uses, see Robert Cameron (disambiguation).

Bob Cameron

No. 6
Date of birth	(1954-07-18) July 18, 1954
Place of birth	Ancaster, Ontario
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	P
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
University	Acadia
CFL draft	1977 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Drafted by	Edmonton Eskimos
Career history
As player
1977–1979	Edmonton Eskimos*
1980–2002	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
*Offseason and/or practice roster only.
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1984, 1988, 1990)
CFL All-Star	1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
CFL East All-Star	1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
CFL West All-Star	1984, 1995
Awards	1988 Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian 1988 Manitoba's Male Athlete of the Year 1976 Hec Crighton Trophy
Records	1980–2000 CFL Most Consecutive Games Played, Regular Season (353)
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2010

Robert "Bob" Cameron (born July 18, 1954, in Ancaster, Ontario) is a former Canadian football player who played 23 seasons (1980-2002) with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

Cameron was a quarterback at Acadia University. He won the Hec Crighton Trophy (most outstanding college football player in Canada). Cameron was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos in the first round of the 1977 College Draft. He was converted to a punter with the Blue Bombers.

Bob Cameron remains the CFL's all-time leading punter with 134,301 regular season punting yards. He was a CFL all-star 4 times, a divisional all-star 6 times, and helped the Bombers to three Grey Cup victories. In the 1988 Grey Cup Cameron was named the game's Most Valuable Canadian for his effective punting in windy conditions. Cameron is also considered the CFL's "iron man" by setting the record for consecutive games played with 353 in a row. In 2005, he was named one of the Blue Bombers 20 All-Time Greats. He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bernie Ruoff	Winnipeg Blue Bombers Punters 1980–2002	Succeeded by Troy Westwood
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Milson Jones	Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian 1988	Succeeded by Dave Ridgway
Preceded by Bob Stracina	Hec Crighton Trophy winner 1977	Succeeded by Jamie Bone