Dieter Brock

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Dieter Brock
Date of birth:	February 12, 1951 (1951-02-12) (age 57)
Place of birth:	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Career information
Position(s):	Quarterback
College:	Jacksonville State
Organizations
As player:
1974-1983 1983-1984 1985	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) Los Angeles Rams
Career highlights and Awards
Awards:	1980 CFL MOP 1981 CFL MOP
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Ralph "Dieter" Brock (born February 12, 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama), was a Canadian Football League quarterback who spent most of his career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Nicknamed "The Birmingham Rifle", Brock is the only Blue Bombers player to win back-to-back CFL Most Outstanding Player awards in 1980 and 1981. In 1981 Brock broke Sam Etcheverry's 1956 record of 4,723 passing yards with 4,796 yards. Brock started his illustrious pro football career as a little used back-up quarterback for the Bombers in 1974. That season the team traded away their aging star passer Don Jonas to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the much younger Chuck Ealey. About midway through the 1975 season Brock became the starter and that resulted in Ealey being sent to the Toronto Argonauts.

In 1983, Brock was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for quarterback Tom Clements. This trade led to an exciting Grey Cup in 1984, as the Tiger-Cats and Blue Bombers faced each other in the championship game. Brock's Tiger-Cat team lost the game to Clements's Blue Bombers and Brock ended his career with many accomplishments, but without a Grey Cup victory. In 1985 Brock played for the Los Angeles Rams before retiring from football. Technically a rookie during his one season with the Rams, Brock led the team to an NFC Championship Game matchup with the Chicago Bears, and set team rookie records for passing yards (2,658), touchdown passes (16), and passer rating (81.8). All these records were still on the books at the end of 2006.

Brock still holds the Blue Bombers record for career passing yards with 29,623. In 2005, for the commemoration of the Blue Bombers 75th anniversary, Brock was named one of the 20 All-Time Blue Bomber Greats. He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1995.

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Canadian Football Hall of Fame profile

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