The Manitoba Bisons are the athletic teams that represent the

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, Canada. The football team plays their games at

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. The soccer team play their home games at the University of Manitoba Soccer Fields while the track and field teams use the University Stadium as their home track. The University has 18 different teams in 10 sports: basketball, curling, cross country running, Canadian football, golf, ice hockey, soccer, swimming, track & field, and volleyball.

Varsity sports

Ice hockey

Men's ice hockey

The Bisons iced a junior ice hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The Bisons won four consecutive

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s as Manitoba junior champions in 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1925. The 1923 Bisons team won the

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and

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, and were inducted into the

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. The roster included J.A. Wise (Forward), C.E. Williams (Sub Forward), C.S. Doupe (Sub Goal), F. Robertson (Sub Defence), R.E. Moulden (Forward), A.I. Chapman (Defence), Blake Watson (Forward), Murray Murdoch (Captain & Centre), A.T. Puttee (Goal), J. Mitchell (Forward), A. Johnson (Defence), S.B. Field (Secretary/Treasurer), R.L. Bruce (Manager), H. Andrews (President), Hal Moulden (Coach), Walter Robertson (Trainer). The school's

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team won the 1931 World Ice Hockey Championships playing as the University of Manitoba Grads, and were inducted into the

in the team category. The roster included Sammy McCallum, Gordon MacKenzie, Blake Watson, Art Puttee, Frank Morris, George Hill, Ward McVey, Jack Pidcock, Guy "Weary" Williamson. In December 1934, the university appealed to W. A. Fry and the

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regarding a decision by the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) which did not require university students be released from a private club team to play for the school team. Fry agreed with the university, stating that students are under the jurisdiction of the school unless released by the school to play for a club team. He also stated that AAU of C rulings should be respected by affiliated organizations, such as the MAHA. The 1965 Bisons won the

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as the

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champions, and were also inducted into the

=NHL alumni

= List of National Hockey League alumni of the Bisons:

=Other notable people

= * Wayne Fleming, National Hockey League coach, and Manitoba Bisons coach * Bob Lowes, Two-time Canadian Hockey League Coach of the Year * Claude C. Robinson, Canadian ice hockey and sports executive, inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame and the

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Women's ice hockey

Football

The Bisons football program includes one of only four

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teams to have won back-to-back

Vanier Cup The Vanier Cup (french: Coupe Vanier) is the championship of Canadian university football. It is organized by U Sports football and is currently played between the winners of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl. It is named after Georges Vanier ...

championships, having won in 1969 and 1970. In total, the Bisons have won three Vanier Cup national championships and 11

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conference championships. Notable players *

Israel Idonije Israel Idonije (born November 17, 1980) is a retired Nigerian-Canadian defensive end in the National Football League and actor. Idonije was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns out of the University of Manitoba. A draft pi ...

, Nigerian-Canadian professional American football defensive end, primarily for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. * David Onyemata, Nigerian-Canadian professional American football defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL 2016)

Soccer

Manitoba Bisons ladies team plays in Canada West’s Universities Athletic Association.

Notable alumni

* Dalima Chhibber, Indian soccer player

Awards and honours

*2020 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards: Kelsey Wog, Swimming

Athletes of the Year

Canada West Hall of Fame

*Colleen Dufresne, Basketball Coach:

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Hall of Fame - 2019 Inductee * Desiree Scott, Soccer:

Hall of Fame - 2019 Inductee

References

External links

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