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Bob McNamara
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A star with the collegiate Minnesota Gophers, their team Most Valuable Player in 1954, McNamara was drafted by the Cleveland Browns. Instead, he turned directly north and signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. However, the promise he showed was unfulfilled, as his career was beset with injury.
In 1955 he rushed for only 51 yards.
1956 is when he showed his true form, rushing for 1101 yards, catching 36 passes for another 512 yards, scoring 17 touchdowns, and intercepting two passes. He was chosen as an all-star.
Injuries returned and in 1957 he rushed for 90 yards with one Territorial Decoration on an interception return. The Bombers then waived him out of the league, but he still holds an amazing Canadian Football League record: he scored 6 touchdowns at the British Columbia Lions on October 13, 1956.
McNamara next played with the inaugural Denver Broncos of the new American Federation of Labor-Congress. In two seasons as a receiver and cornerback he caught 7 passes for 143 yards and intercepted 7 passes.
He later tried out with the Minnesota Vikings. In his later years, Bob McNamara was a tireless booster for Minnesota Gophers sports and an instrumental supporter for the school"s TCF Bank Stadium, which opened in 2009 and brought outdoor football back to campus. He died while undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer, on July 20, 2014.
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July 20, 2014 (aged 82)