The 1967-70 Churchill Bulldogs : The Bulldogs were undefeated in the Winnipeg High School Football League from 1967-1969 , claiming the Championship all three years . The team went undefeated in the 1970 regular season , but lost in the Championship finals . The Bulldogs were Provincial Champions and ranked in the top 25 of all United States High School teams from 1967-1969 . Within those four years , the Bulldogs set an undefeated record of 32 games .
The 1955-56 Winnipeg Rods : For six years in a row the Winnipeg Inter- High Championship was won by the Rods . Coached by George Depres with Piggy Barnes on loan from the Bombers , along with Assistant Coaches George “ Jeep ” Woolley and Jack Dones , the Rods created a four-year dynasty from 1954 to 1957 , In 1955 they became the first Manitoba team to win the Canadian Junior Football Championship . In 1956 , Toronto Argonauts ’ GM Lew Hayman called the Rods , “ The greatest junior team that ever played .” That came after the Rids beat the Toronto Parkdale Lions for their second Canadian Junior Football Championship . They remain as the only Manitoba team to ever win the Canadian Junior Football Championship . Eleven players from the 55 team and six players from the 56 team went to play pro football .
Tom Coyle , Athlete : Tom Coyle played on both the offensive and defensive lines for the St . Paul ’ s High School Team from 1962-64 . He also served as his team ’ s captain for the 1963 and 1964 seasons . He moved on to play a full career with the University of Manitoba Bisons from 1965-69 . He was a starting guard in his freshman year with the Bisons and in 1966 , he was a Western All-Star on the Western Conference Champion Bisons . In 1969 , he was all All-Star once again and was the Bisons lineman of the year . In 1967 , 1968 , and 1969 , he was a Bosons co-captain and in 1969 , he was a member of the Vanier Cup Champions and was selected to the CIS All-Canadian Football Team .
Richard Howden , Athlete : He started his football career with the St . Vital Mustangs in 1960 . In 1963 , he moved on to play Juvenile football for the St . Boniface Broncos and in 1964 was the defensive co-captain as the Broncos won the Manitoba Juvenile Championship and he was named to the All-Star team . The Broncos made it to the Canadian Little Grey Cup Finals that year and Howden was named most valuable DB . He played five years for the U of M Bisons from 1965- 69 . In 1967 , he was a WCIAA All-Star DB and the University of Manitoba Male Athlete of the Year . 1968 , he was on the WCIAA Conference Championship team and was a WCIAA All Star DB . In his final year , the Bisons won the Vanier Cup and Howden was once again a WCIAA All- Star and CIAU All-Canadian . He was inducted into both the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame ( 1999 ) and Football Manitoba Hall of Fame ( 2012 ) as a member of the 1969 Vanier Cup Championship Team .
The 1955-56 Winnipeg Rods : For six years in a row the Winnipeg Inter- High Championship was won by the Rods . Coached by George Depres with Piggy Barnes on loan from the Bombers , along with Assistant Coaches George “ Jeep ” Woolley and Jack Dones , the Rods created a fouryear dynasty from 1954 to 1957 , In 1955 they became the first Manitoba team to win the Canadian Junior Football Championship . In 1956 , Toronto Argonauts ’ GM Lew Hayman called the Rods , “ The greatest junior team that ever played .” That came after the Rids beat the Toronto Parkdale Lions for their second Canadian Junior Football Championship . They remain as the only Manitoba team to ever win the Canadian Junior Football Championship . Eleven players from the 55 team and six players from the 56 team went to play pro football .
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