Leo Lewis
Jr. Lewis "Lincoln Locomotive"
Born: February 4, 1933
Des Moines, IA
Deceased: August 30, 2013
Columbia, MO
Position: HB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 196
College: Lincoln
High School: John Marshall (Rochester, MN)
Career: 1955-1966
Leo Lewis played from 1955 to 1966 during his career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Lewis ran for 8,861 yards in his career on 1,351 attempts, scoring 48 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 234 passes for 4,251 yards and 26 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 102 | 11.3 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 125.9 |
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 109.7 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 217 | 16.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 157.9 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 109 | 6.4 | 2 | 11.8 | 2 | 11.8 | 36 | 62.7 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 133 | 16.6 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 156.3 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 98 | 14.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 37 | 101.8 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 71 | 17.8 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 135.4 |
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 28 | 58.3 |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 56 | 9.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 122.2 |
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 15 | 2.1 | 1 | 14.3 | 3 | 42.9 | 19 | 50.3 |
| Totals | 80 | 45 | 56.2 | 919 | 11.5 | 14 | 17.5 | 7 | 8.8 | 55 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 135 | 834 | 6.2 | 41 | 5 |
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 119 | 817 | 6.9 | 69 | 5 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 167 | 1164 | 7.0 | 47 | 8 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 112 | 730 | 6.5 | 37 | 2 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 106 | 923 | 8.7 | 85 | 5 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 146 | 1036 | 7.1 | 63 | 8 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 134 | 865 | 6.5 | 83 | 4 |
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 133 | 691 | 5.2 | 92 | 3 |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 114 | 845 | 7.4 | 87 | 3 |
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 154 | 828 | 5.4 | 33 | 5 |
| 1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31 | 128 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 1351 | 8861 | 6.6 | 92 | 48 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11 | 345 | 31.4 | 59 | 1 |
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13 | 261 | 20.1 | 54 | 3 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31 | 679 | 21.9 | 61 | 3 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 43 | 695 | 16.2 | 50 | 7 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 374 | 20.8 | 78 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13 | 206 | 15.8 | 19 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30 | 661 | 22.0 | 66 | 6 |
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 27 | 390 | 14.4 | 40 | 2 |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26 | 314 | 12.1 | 55 | 3 |
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 267 | 14.8 | 52 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Totals | 234 | 4251 | 18.2 | 78 | 26 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26 | 854 | 32.8 | 76 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20 | 639 | 32.0 | 68 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 397 | 26.5 | 65 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 417 | 26.1 | 82 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19 | 495 | 26.1 | 42 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20 | 573 | 28.6 | 91 | 1 |
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 29 | 796 | 27.4 | 50 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24 | 768 | 32.0 | 84 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17 | 474 | 27.9 | 52 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Totals | 187 | 5443 | 29.1 | 91 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | ||||||
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 41 | ||||||
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Totals | 48 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 456 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | |
| 1956 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | |
| 1957 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 |
Awards
1962 - CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
Honors
1955 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1957 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1958 - CFL Coaches All-Star
1958 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1958 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1960 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1961 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1961 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1962 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1962 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1962 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1964 - CFL CFL West All-Star
