Player Awards
Jon Cornish – RB– Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian at the 2012 Gibson’s Finest Player Awards.
Cornish's first Most Outstanding Canadian Award arrives after he ran for 1,457 yards this season as he broke Normie Kwong’s 56-year-old single-season rushing record for Canadians.
The total also allowed him to win the 2012 CFL rushing title by 180 yards over his closest pursuer, Roughriders tailback Kory Sheets.
The New Westminster BC native became the eighth Stamp to win a rushing crown as he joins a group that includes Earl Lunsford (1961), Lovell Coleman (1963, 1964), Hugh McKinnis (1970), Willie Burden (1975), James Sykes (1980, 1981), Gary Allen (1986) and Joffrey Reynolds (2008, 2009).
Cornish’s rushing total this past season was the best in the CFL since 2009, the second-best since 2006 and the seventh-best single-season total in Stampeders’ franchise history. He shared the league lead with 11 rushing touchdowns and was also a threat in the passing game as he hauled in 38 catches for 338 yards and two scores.
| Previous CFL Most Outstanding Canadians |
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| 2012 -- Jon Cornish, Calgary 2011 -- Jerome Messam, Edmonton 2010 -- Andy Fantuz, Saskatchewan 2009 -- Ricky Foley, B.C. 2008 -- Kamau Peterson, Edmonton 2007 -- Jason Clermont, B.C. 2006 -- Brent Johnson, B.C. 2005 -- Brent Johnson, B.C. 2004 -- Jason Clermont, B.C. 2003 -- Ben Cahoon, Montreal 2002 -- Ben Cahoon, Montreal 2001 -- Doug Brown, Winnipeg 2000 -- Sean Millington, B.C. 1999 -- Michael O’Shea, Toronto 1998 -- Mike Morreale, Hamilton 1997 -- Sean Millington, B.C. 1996 -- Leroy Blugh, Edmonton 1995 -- David Sapunjis, Calgary 1994 -- Gerald Wilcox, Winnipeg 1993 -- David Sapunjis, Calgary 1992 -- Ray Elgaard, Saskatchewan 1991 -- Blake Marshall, Edmonton 1990 -- Ray Elgaard, Saskatchewan 1989 -- Rocky DiPietro, Hamilton 1988 -- Ray Elgaard, Saskatchewan 1987 -- Scott Flagel, Winnipeg 1986 -- Joe Poplawski, Winnipeg |
1985 -- Paul Bennett, Hamilton 1984 -- Nick Arakgi, Montreal 1983 -- Paul Bennett, Montreal 1982 -- Rocky DiPietro, Hamilton 1981 -- Joe Poplawski, Winnipeg 1980 -- Gerry Dattillio, Montreal 1979 -- Dave Fennell, Edmonton 1978 -- Tony Gabriel, Ottawa 1977 -- Tony Gabriel, Ottawa 1976 -- Tony Gabriel, Ottawa 1975 -- Jim Foley, Ottawa 1974 -- Tony Gabriel, Hamilton 1973 -- Gerry Organ, Ottawa 1972 -- Jim Young, B.C. 1971 -- Terry Evanshen, Montreal 1970 -- Jim Young, B.C. 1969 -- Russ Jackson, Ottawa 1968 -- Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg 1967 -- Terry Evanshen, Calgary 1966 -- Russ Jackson, Ottawa 1965 -- Zeno Karcz, Hamilton 1964 -- Tommy Grant, Hamilton 1963 -- Russ Jackson, Ottawa 1962 -- Harvey Wylie, Calgary 1961 -- Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary |
1960 -- Ron Stewart, Ottawa 1959 -- Russ Jackson, Ottawa 1958 -- Ron Howell, Hamilton 1957 -- Gerry James, Winnipeg 1956 -- Normie Kwong, Edmonton 1955 -- Normie Kwong, Edmonton 1954 -- Gerry James, Winnipeg |
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