=== CFL Hall of Fame coach Murphy passes away ===
 
 Regina,  SK (The Sports Network) - Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach and
 Hall of Fame member Cal Murphy passed away at the age of 79 on Saturday night.
 
 He  passed away in  a hopsital in Regina after being admitted there earlier in
 February when he suffered broken ribs from a fall.
 
 Murphy  was a part  of nine Grey Cup championship teams over his 24 years as a
 head  coach, assistant  coach and  general  manager in  the Canadian  Football
 League.
 
 He  was an  assistant under Marv Levy  in Montreal when that team won the Grey
 Cup  in 1977  and was also an  assistant with Edmonton when that team won five
 consecutive championships from 1978-82.
 
 Murphy  then went to Winnipeg to again become a head coach in 1983 and won the
 Grey Cup with the Bombers in 1984. He was general manager at Winnipeg when the
 team won the Cup in 1988 and 1990.
 
 "Everyone  in  both the immediate, and  extended, Blue Bomber family is deeply
 saddened by this news," said Winnipeg president Garth Buchko. "Cal was a great
 ambassador for our game and for Canadian football in Winnipeg and Manitoba."
 
 He  finished his coaching career in the CFL with Saskatchewan in 1999 and went
 on to coach teams in NFL Europe and the XFL.
 
 Elected  to  the CFL Hall of  Fame in 2004, he  was serving as a scout for the
 NFL's Indianapolis Colts when he passed away.
 
 "Cal  Murphy  lived and breathed  and loved football --  and our league was so
 much  better for  it," said  CFL  commissioner Mark  Cohon. "He  was a  fierce
 competitor, with a keen eye for talent, and an ability to mold great teams."
 
 
 
 
 02/19 14:29:31 ET

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