CFL

• Flutie, Pringle highlight list of CFL inductees

  
  

  Hamilton, ON (Sports Network) -- Doug Flutie and Mike Pringle are among the five members of the Canadian Football League's 2008 Hall of Fame class.

  Flutie and Pringle will be joined in the hall by John Bonk, Michael Clemons, and Tom Shepherd.

  "The Hall of Fame deserves our support in recognizing these men's accomplishments, and these inductees deserve our admiration and gratitude," said CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon. "They are Canadian football: tough, exciting and a credit to the communities in which they thrilled us all."

  Flutie and Clemons played two seasons together on one of the greatest teams in CFL history. Flutie was a six-time Most Outstanding Player award as well as a six-time All-Star, and the Heisman Trophy winner passed for 41,355 yards and 270 touchdowns in eight seasons before heading back to the NFL.

  Flutie began his CFL career with the B.C. Lions in 1990, and the following season threw for a CFL-record 6,619 yards on 499 completions. Flutie joined the Calgary Stampeders in 1992, winning the Grey Cup that season. In 1994, Flutie threw for a record 48 touchdowns.

  Pringle, the CFL's all-time leading rusher, twice won Most Outstanding Player honors, in 1995 and in 1998 when he rushed for a CFL-record 2,065 yards. A three-time Grey Cup champion, Pringle amassed 16,425 yards on the ground in his 15-year career. He also shared the all-time touchdown mark of 137, a record which was surpassed by Winnipeg Blue Bombers slotback Milt Stegall last season. Pringle, who played with the Montreal Alouettes, Baltimore Stallions, Edmonton Eskimos and Sacramento Gold Miners, was a seven-time CFL All-Star.

  Clemons was a winner of the CFL's Most Outstanding Player award in 1990 and was a two-time CFL All-Star. Along with Flutie, Clemons was a three-time winner of the Grey Cup as a player, adding another as a head coach in 2004.

  Bonk played for 13 seasons in the CFL, mostly with Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers converted Bonk from linebacker to center where he enjoyed most of his success. He did not miss a regular-season game between 1973 and 1985, a span of 202 games. Bonk was a four-time CFL All-Star, and won the Schenley award for Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman in 1984, the same year he won his only Grey Cup.

  Shepherd was a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1966 to 2005. He served as a club director from 1980 to 2005, and was a member of the management/executive committee for 22 years, as well as treasurer for 20 years. During Shepherd's tenure as club president and CFL governor from 1987 to 1989, the Roughriders won their second Grey Cup.

  04/02 15:25:32 ET