[1] A star with the collegiate Minnesota Gophers, their team MVP in 1954, McNamara was drafted by the Cleveland Browns.
Instead, he turned directly north and signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
In 1958, he did manage 236 rushing yards and 248 receiving yards, on 18 catches, but he had become a liability to the Bombers with his no cut contract, and he wasn't in the line up for the last half of the season and did not play in their Grey Cup victory.
[2] The Bombers then waived him out of the league,[3] but he still holds an amazing CFL record: he scored 6 touchdowns at the BC Lions on October 13, 1956.
[5] In his later years, Bob McNamara was a tireless booster for Minnesota Gophers sports and an instrumental supporter for the school's TCF Bank Stadium, which opened in 2009 and brought outdoor football back to campus.