Leo Blanchard

Coming out of the University of Alberta, Blanchard signed as a free agent with Edmonton prior to the 1979 season.  Blanchard played nine seasons in Edmonton (1979-1987), winning five Grey Cup (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1987) with the Eskimos.  Blanchard was traded in March of 1988 to the BC Lions for defensive lineman Brett Williams. Blanchard was traded for a second time that year, in September, when the Lions sent him to Calgary in a swap of offensive linemen with Rob Smith goint to BC.  Blanchard won six West All-Star honours (1982-86 inclusive with Edmonton, and 1990 with Calgary).  Blanchard also won two CFL All-Stars in 1983 and 1986.

Games Played and Fumble Recoveries
Year Team GP FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR
1979 EDM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 EDM 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 EDM 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 EDM 16 1 0 0 0 0 2
1983 EDM 16 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 EDM 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 EDM 16 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 EDM 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 EDM 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CAL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BC 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CAL 18 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 CAL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CAL 18 0 0 0 0 0 1

Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1979 EDM


1980 EDM


1981 EDM


1982 EDM


1983 EDM


1984 EDM


1985 EDM


1986 EDM


1987 EDM 5

1988 CAL 2

1988 BC 0

1989 CAL 1

1990 CAL 2

1991 CAL 0 0 0

Rushing and Receiving
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1979 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 EDM 1 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0
1986 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 25
1990 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0