They were teammates for the bulk of their CFL careers, celebrated two Grey Cup wins and spent countless hours off the field together. So it's only fitting that Josh Bourke will enter the Canadian Football Hall of Fame with John Bowman.
"Life is crazy, after football you have a tendency to drift away from the game and guys you played with but John and I still talk on a semi-regular basis," Bourke said."When we played together, we were super close.
The class of 2023 has a definite Montreal/Quebec flavour to it. Offensive lineman Lloyd Fairbanks, who spent four of his 17 CFL seasons with both the Concordes and Alouettes, will also be inducted as a player while Larry Smith — a former Als running back and team president who also served as CFL commissioner — and longtime coach Jacques Dussault will enter as builders.
When Bourke joined the Alouettes, he quickly established himself as a dominant left tackle. He was an East Division all-star from 2008 to 2014 and captured the CFL's top lineman honour in 2011. Twice he was a league all-star and appeared in 151 career games with Montreal and Toronto. "It's quite an honour," he said."The fact I was able to get in so early caught me off guard but I'm definitely appreciative."
"I'm a firm believer of getting outside your comfort zone and your four walls and building relationships with people you normally wouldn't build relationships with. I have many interesting friends, which is pretty cool. Obviously the Grey Cups were tremendous but I was just so fortunate to play with so many great players over the years."
"I wasn't the most talented sales rep out there but I worked extremely hard and I think in life there's no substitute for hard work. I've carried that motto over to my life after football as well."
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