Bob Cameron (Canadian football)

Robert Cameron (born July 18, 1954) is a Canadian former professional football player who played 23 seasons (1980–2002) with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL).^[1]

Cameron was a quarterback at Acadia University. He won the Hec Crighton Trophy (most outstanding college football player in Canada).^[1] Cameron was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos in the first round of the 1977 College Draft.^[2] He was converted to a punter with the Blue Bombers.^[3]

Bob Cameron remains the CFL's all-time leading punter with 134,301 regular season punting yards.^[4] He was a CFL all-star 4 times, a divisional all-star 6 times, and helped the Bombers to three Grey Cup victories.^[1] In the 1988 Grey Cup Cameron was named the game's Most Valuable Canadian for his effective punting in windy conditions.^[1][5] Cameron is also considered the CFL's "iron man" by setting the record for consecutive games played with 353 in a row. One game more than the NFL record of 352 held by Jeff Feagles. ^[1][6] In 2005, he was named one of the Blue Bombers 20 All-Time Greats. He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.^[1][7][8]