Tom Canada

Infobox CFL player
Name=Tom Canada
team=Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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status=Active
import=yes
Position=DE
number=44
College=Berkeley
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1980|01|08
Birthplace=Iowa City, Iowa
Height_ft=6
Height_in=3
Weight_lbs=255
playing_years=2004-present
playing_teams=Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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CFL=348

Tom Canada (born January 8, 1980 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American born football player playing in the Canadian Football League as a defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

High School years

Canada attended Mt. Whitney High School in Visalia, California, and as a senior middle linebacker, received All-League honors and was named the West Yosemite League Player of the Year. He played college football at the University of California at Berkeley.

Blue Bombers

Canada joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL in 2004, and started all 18 games of the year for them. His play earned him the club’s Most Outstanding Rookie Award, and he was named a West Division All-Star. He continued his good play in the 2005 CFL season and the 2006 CFL season, once again starting all 18 games. In the 2007 CFL season his stellar play continued with the Bombers and was named a West Division All-Star for the second time in his career.

In the 2008 CFL season Canada's performance suffered along with the Blue Bombers, prompting Winnipeg to initiate a trade that was to send him to Hamilton in exchange for Zeke Moreno. Over the course of the trade negotiations it was determined that Canada had an enlarged spleen and would likely be out for the rest of the season. The Bombers still acquired Moreno in exchange for a 2009 first round pick and the CFL rights to Corey Mace.

Blog

For Canada Day the Winnipeg Free Press decided to give the appropriately named Canada his own blog to fill with the many pictures he takes while with the team.

External links

* [http://www.bluebombers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=187 Winnipeg Blue Bombers profile]
* [http://www.winnipegfreepress2.com/blogs/canada/index.php Tom Canada Blog in the Winnipeg Free Press]