Troy Westwood

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Troy Westwood
Date of birth	March 21, 1967
Place of birth	Selkirk, Manitoba
Position(s)	Kicker, Punter
College	Augustana College (South Dakota)
Team(s)
1991-present	Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Troy Westwood (born March 21, 1967) is a Canadian Football League place kicker and punter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Westwood has been with the Bombers since the 1991 season, when he was selected 48th overall in the 6th round of the Canadian College Draft. He holds numerous club records, such as all-time scoring leader and single season scoring leader. He is known for stirring up things off the field with such things as trying his hand at professional boxing, tap dancing, and a public feud with Montreal Alouette Ed Philion. He is arguably most known for his tongue-in-cheek insult of the Saskatchewan Roughriders' (the Bombers' main rival) fans by calling them "banjo-pickin' inbreds." He later followed that up with a faux apology saying he didn't think any one in Saskatchewan was actually capable of playing a banjo. These quotes inspired the Banjo Bowl.

Westwood is also known for his long hair which he has vowed not to cut until he wins the Grey Cup. He decided to grow it out after the 2001 Grey Cup loss to Calgary, in which he missed three out of four field goal attempts. This poor performance capped off what was Westwood's worst season statistically as he only converted on 60.8% of his field goal attempts that year. As of 2006 his career field goal success rate is 72.8 percent.

Westwood was resigned by the club Februrary 23rd, 2007.

[edit] Career stats

[edit] Regular season

Year	Kicking
	FG	FG Att	FG %	Singles	Conv	Conv Att	Conv %	Points
1991	16	22	72.7	6	21	21	100	75
1992	47	62	75.8	11	47	48	97.9	199
1993	45	56	80.4	6	68	69	98.5	209
1994	42	58	72.4	15	72	72	100	213
1995	36	49	73.5	5	34	34	100	147
1996	37	51	72.5	9	36	36	100	156
1997	39	54	72.2	7	40	40	100	164
1998	36	64	66.7	6	30	30	100	144
1999	34	49	69.4	11	27	27	100	140
2000	45	58	77.6	8	52	52	100	195
2001	31	51	60.8	12	54	54	100	159
2002	45	62	72.6	12	57	57	100	204
2003	47	61	77.0	9	48	48	100	198
2004	39	50	78.0	8	41	41	100	166
2005	28	40	70.0	8	49	49	100	141
2006	30	43	69.8	15	32	32	100	137
Career	597	820	72.8	148	708	710	99.7	2,647

[edit] External links

• Troy Westwood profile on Blue Bombers site

Preceded by Bob Cameron	Winnipeg Blue Bombers Punters 2003	Succeeded by Jon Ryan
Preceded by Jon Ryan	Winnipeg Blue Bombers Punters 2006-	Succeeded by