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 |
|
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