Greg Battle

Greg Battle had an outstanding 12 year CFL career that stretched from 1987 to 1998 and included two Outstanding Defensive Player awards (1990 and 1991).  Battle is best known as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers who he signed with in 1987 after having had a tryout with the Denver Broncos of the NFL in 1986.  Battle stayed with the Bomber for 7 seasons from 1987 to 1993 and they marked his most successful seasons, especially the trio of years from 1989 to 1991 in which he was runner-up and then a two time winner of the Outstanding Defensive Player in the CFL.  In those same years, Battle was a Western All-Star in 1989 and an All-Canadian choice in 1990 and 1991.  Battle signed as a free agent with the expansion Los Vegas Posse in 1994, but was traded partway through the season to the Ottawa Rough Riders.  As a free agent again in 1995, Battle returned south of the border to sign with the expansion Memphis Mad Dogs where he had a career high 6 intercpetions.  With the folding of the American teams, Battle was drafted in the second round of the dispersal draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he played in 1996.Released by the Riders in December of 1996, Battle returned to the site of his greatest success and played his final two seasons for Winnipeg in 1997 and 1998.  Battle went to four Grey Cups with the Bombers, winning two in 1988 and 1990, losing in 1992 and 1993. Greg Battle was elected to the Canadian Football Hall-of-Fame in 2007.

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Games Played, Tackles and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1987 WPG 6 20




3
1988 WPG 18 54




5
1989 WPG 18 109




2
1990 WPG 18 100




4
1991 WPG 17 97 3 100 6 15
0
1992 WPG 17 81 0 81 2 3
3
1993 WPG 16 45 2 47 2 3
2
1994 LV 11 49 1 50 1 6
1
1994 OTT 4 12 1 13 1 2
1
1995 MPH 16 68 3 71 4 8
3 20
1996 SASK 12 50 12 62 7 21
0 0
1997 WPG 18 58 24 72 9 30
1 5
1998 WPG 8 24 1 25 3 7
1 17

 

Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1987 WPG 1 25 25 0 25
1988 WPG 1 12 12 0 12
1989 WPG 3 15 5 0 9
1990 WPG 3 14 4.7 0 14
1991 WPG 3 31 10.3 0 24
1992 WPG 4 59 14.8 0 33
1993 WPG 4 53 13.3 1 34
1994 LV 1 11 11 0 11
1994 OTT 1 2 2 0 2
1995 MPH 6 100 16.7 0 36
1996 SASK 1 25 25 0 25
1997 WPG 3 32 10.7 0 29
1998 WPG 0 0 0 0 0

 

Fumble Recoveries
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1987 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 WPG 4 66 16.5 1 66 0
1989 WPG 2 19 9.8 0 19 0
1990 WPG 5 30 6 0 30 1
1991 WPG 4 24 6 0 20 0
1992 WPG 3 61 20.3 1 55 1
1993 WPG 2 41 20.5 1 41 0
1994 LV 1 0 0 0 0 1
1994 OTT 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MPH 1 20 20 0 20 0
1996 SASK 3 2 0.7 0 2 0
1997 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 WPG 1 7 7 0 7 0 1

 

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1987 WPG 0 0
1988 WPG 1 0
1989 WPG 1 1
1990 WPG 0 0
1991 WPG 0 0
1992 WPG 2 1
1993 WPG 1 1
1994 LV 0 0
1994 OTT 0 0
1995 MPH 0 0
1996 SASK 0 0
1997 WPG 0 0
1998 WPG 0 0

 

Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1987 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1988 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1989 WPG 1 25 25 0 25
1990 WPG 0 5 0 0 5
1991 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1992 WPG 1 13 13 0 13
1993 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1994 LV 3 36 12 0 19
1994 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MPH 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1997 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1998 WPG 0 0 0 0 0

 

Pass Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1987 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1988 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1989 WPG 2 52 26 0 30
1990 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1991 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1992 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1993 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1994 LV 0 0 0 0 0
1994 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MPH 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1997 WPG 1 17 17 0 17
1998 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1987 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1988 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1989 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1990 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1991 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1992 WPG 1 18 18 0 18
1993 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1994 LV 0 0 0 0 0
1994 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MPH 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1997 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1998 WPG 0 0 0 0 0

1992 Jogo

1992 Jogo

1992 Jogo