It’s often said the CFL is a passing league and while quarterbacks get the glory take a look at a championship team and they’ll have a strong crew of defensive backs. Joseph Noteboom Jersey . Our All-Time Bombers team will be no different when fans are done voting and pick a defensive back. The candidates are excellent with a mix of speed, smarts and the ability to steal the ball or deliver a hit. Rod Hill, Norm Rauhaus, Gord Rowland, Jovon Johnson and Ken Hailey are your five finalists for the defensive back position on our All-Time Blue Bombers Team. Voters have selected Ken Ploen as the quarterback, Chris Walby as the offensive lineman, Greg Battle as the linebacker, Bob Cameron as the kicker, Leo Lewis as both the kick returner and running back and Doug Brown as the defensive lineman of the Free Press/TSN 1290 All-Time Bombers Team. This week it’s your turn to select a defensive back for the team. Bud Grant and our panel have had their say. Now you get to weigh in. We’re presenting a position each week over a nine-week period with our panel’s choices of the top-five Winnipeg Blue Bombers to ever play for the club at that spot. Cast your vote at alltimebombers.winnipegfreepress.com or see the ballot on page B3 of the paper edition. On Friday afternoons at 4 p.m., live on TSN 1290’s Hustler and Lawless program, the Free Press and TSN 1290 websites, as well as the Saturday edition of the Winnipeg Free Press, we’ll announce the winner and member of the All-Time Bombers Team. The Free Press print and digital editions and tsn1290.ca will run stories every Monday putting forth the position of the week and finalists selected by our panel. Voting will take place on both websites. Legendary Blue Bombers player and coach Bud Grant headlines our panel. Grant was joined by former Bombers player and GM Paul Robson, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee and Free Press sports reporter Ed Tait, Free Press columnist and TSN 1290 host Gary Lawless and TSN 1290’s Andrew (Hustler) Paterson. Panellists were provided a statistical breakdown of the Bombers dating back to the 1950s, as well as an anecdotal package of the early Bombers teams, when statistics were not recorded. Each panellist brought a unique perspective and personal set of criteria. Grant joined the group via conference call from a cabin in the Wisconsin woods while the rest huddled around a boardroom table at the Free Press offices. From Grant’s gravelly voice emanating out of the telephone speaker, to Tait’s vivid recollections of games and players, to Robson’s cold analysis of a player’s strengths and weaknesses, to Paterson’s views from the upper decks of our stadiums, there were strong opinions all around. Some players were quickly selected. Others were hotly debated. Sometimes it came down to a clash of eras. Others made it on the merit of championship wins while those without rings on their fingers were often set aside. Vote a maximum of once per day and help choose the Blue Bombers player you consider the best at the following positions to be presented in this order: quarterback, offensive lineman, linebacker, kicker, kick returner, running back, defensive lineman, defensive back and receiver. We’ve done our part. The final decisions are up to you. So vote and vote often. You’re the GM of this team. Make your choices. Defensive Back ROD HILL, 1988-1992 Opposing quarterbacks feared throwing the ball in the direction of Rod Hill. Hill intercepted a team record 47 passes in just 5 seasons with the Blue Bombers. His best day was September 9, 1990 when he picked off a CFL record five interceptions in a game against Hamilton. Rod Hill was also a specialist at blocking punts; he sits third on the all-time CFL list with eight blocked kicks in his career. Hill added another two blocked punts in playoff action. A two-time Grey Cup champion. NORM RAUHAUS, 1956-1967 Norm Rauhaus patrolled the defensive backfield for 12 seasons; during that time recorded 34 interceptions. On September 14, 1961 Rauhaus returned an interception 111 yards for a TD. The touchdown didn’t count as CFL rules at the time stated that a pass intercepted in the end zone could not be returned. The CFL changed the rule because of this interception. A four-time Grey Cup champion. GORD ROWLAND, 1954-1964 Gordie Rowland spent his 11 career playing defensive halfback and corner linebacker for the Blue Bombers. Rowland ranks third on the Bombers’ all-time list with 31 interceptions. On September 3, 1960, Gordie Rowland punted to the deadline for winning point in a 15-14 win over the Edmonton Eskimos. What makes this play more remarkable is that Dave Burkholder intercepted a Don Getty pass on the play, and after a couple of laterals, the ball ended up in the hands of Rowland. A four-time Grey Cup champion. JOVON JOHNSON, 2008-2013 Jovon Johnson had 23 interceptions as a Blue Bomber and he returned six of those for a TD (5th on CFL list). Jovon Johnson also recorded 362 defensive tackles which ranks him second on the Bombers’ all-time list for defensive backs. First DB ever to win the CFL’s Defensive Player of the Year award. KEN HAILEY, 1983-1991 Ken Hailey intercepted 27 passes during his nine year tenure with the Blue & Gold. Hailey was a member of three Grey Cup championship teams (1984, 88 & 90). Sam Shields Jersey . -- Jerel Worthy and his Michigan State teammates charged across the field, holding four fingers in the air while celebrating another sweet victory over their biggest rival. Marcus Peters Rams Jersey . Detroits powerful offence made that unnecessary. 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Hoefl-Rieschs exit — from the downhill course into safety nets, then airlifted from the slope by helicopter — left Anna Fenninger of Austria favourite to win her first giant crystal trophy one month after becoming an Olympic champion.NEW YORK, N.Y. - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz appear to be shoo-ins for election to the Hall of Fame in what is shaping up as the baseball writers biggest class of inductees in 60 years.When the Hall of Fame reveals the results Tuesday at 2 p.m. on the MLB Network, holdover Craig Biggio and perhaps Mike Piazza could join those three first-ballot pitchers who were utterly dominant in a hitters era of artificially bulging statistics.Here are some things to know about the balloting, conducted again in a period when whos elected is as intriguing as whose names were not checked by Baseball Writers Association of America voters:THE THREE ACESJohnson, Martinez and Smoltz stand out among the 17 newcomers to the ballot.The reed-thin, scraggly-haired Johnson is a five-time Cy Young Award winner — four in a row from 1999-2002 — with 303 wins and 4,875 strikeouts. The Big Unit came up big in the post-season, too, sharing MVP honours in the 2001 World Series with Arizona Diamondbacks teammate Curt Schilling.Martinezs antics off the field were nearly as enthralling as an ever-elusive changeup that helped him to three Cy Youngs — two AL, one NL — and a 2.93 ERA in 18 years. He helped bring the Boston Red Sox their first World Series championship in 86 years.Smoltz was a steady presence on the Atlanta Braves staff for 20 seasons — including 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005 — winning the 1996 NL Cy Young. A career starter, Smoltz smoothly moved into the closer role for three full seasons and earned 154 saves. He should join former teammates Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, last years inductees along with Frank Thomas.The induction ceremony in Cooperstown will take place July 26.BALLOT LOGJAMNot since 1955, when Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance all gained entrance into the Hall, have four players received the necessary 75 per cent of the vote from the BBWAA.Five were elected at the same time on just one occasion, and that was the initial Hall class of 1936.With the ballot jammed by big names from the Steroids Era, the BBWAA has recommended to the Halls board of directors that it increase the number of players each voter can select ffrom 10 to 12. Sam Shields Rams Jersey. That change could come as soon as 2016.THE PED FACTORSuspected and admitted users of performance-enhancing drugs have been on the ballot since Mark McGwire was a first-timer in 2007. But the real debate over PEDs and players credentials heated up when otherwise certain locks Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens became eligible three years ago. Both glamour stars severely tarnished by steroid use accusations received about 35 per cent of the vote last year, a slight dip from their first ballots.Piazza, who received 62.2 per cent in his second year on the ballot, and Jeff Bagwell (54.3 per cent) are two players who have fallen under suspicion of use but were never caught up in any investigation. Will one more year on the ballot help them get closer to the threshold? Perhaps an enhanced ballot of up to 12 votes per writer next year will give them the nudge they need if they fail this year.CLOSING INBiggio, the Houston Astros second baseman-outfielder with 3,060 hits, fell two votes shy of election last year. Piazza, who has more homers than any other catcher in big league history, went up about 5 per cent from the previous year. According to research by Baseball Think Factory, Biggio was up to 82.9 per cent of the vote on 158 public ballots sourced by the website — thats about 27.7 per cent of the vote, based on last years totals. Piazza was at 76.6 per cent late Monday afternoon.Several others on the ballot of 34 candidates are hoping to get a better look. Tim Raines (46.1 per cent last year), hit .294 with a .385 on-base percentage in a 23-year career for six teams. The prototypical leadoff hitter scored 1,571 runs and stole 808 bases. Career designated hitter Edgar Martinez received 35.9 per cent, Curt Schilling got 29.2 and Mike Mussina 20.3 per cent in 2014.These players get only 10 years on the BBWAA ballot, recently reduced from 15 years maximum.NEXT YEARNext years ballot should open up some after the election of this years expected jumbo class and the amended voting rules. 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