Tyrone Jones was a dominant player in the Canadian Football League and was a fan favourite for the 9 years that this fierce linebacker played. Beginning in 1983 Ty played for 8 years with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 1983 - 1987, 1989 - 1991. Ty played 1 game for the NFL Phoenix Cardinals in 1988 , 1 season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1992 and 1 year with the BC Lions in 1993. 

Tyrone was an integral member of the 1984 Grey Cup Champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers team where he won the Grey Cup Most Valuble Player Award and also had a league record (Grey Cup) 4 sacks in the game. Tyrone lead the team to a Grey Cup victory again in 1990 and had 1 sack. Ty is the Winnipeg Blue Bomber sack leader of all time with 84 sacks over the span of his 8 years with the Blue Bombers and also holds the CFL Grey Cup sack leader race with 5 sacks. Ty finished his career with 110 sacks.

Ty has been voted a  CFL AllStar 4 times (1984, 1985, 1986,1987) and a Divisional AllStar 5 times during his career. Ty was the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 1985.

A vocal and intense player, Ty never failed to rev up the fans and get under the skin of the opposition. 

Ty was born in St. Mary's, Georgia on August 3 1961 and went to and played for Southern University.

In August of 2005, Ty was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and he bravely fought this disease for some 3 1/2 years before passing away on June 10, 2008 at 4:30 a.m., at the Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick, Ga., which is 45 minutes from his hometown of St. Mary's.

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Greg Hill  - Coach Jones   |2010-03-12 00:50:59 Coach Jones, Thanks for presence and the lessons of life and football that you shared while coaching at Morgan. You,ll be missed. Greg Hill Reply | Quote

laurie fairbrother   |2009-12-23 19:00:41 My sympathies and prayers to the Jones family. Tyrone will always be remembered and appreciated. i always enjoyed watching him play for the CFL. L.fairbrother(BC) Reply | Quote

Bill   |2009-09-06 23:14:50 Ty was the best rush-backer in the CFL. A blast to watch, and he was a winner. Very sad when Ty past away, my memories as a student season ticket holder have Ty, James Wild West and Greg Battle all doing a sack dance on the other teams quarter back. Reply | Quote

Brent Waruk  - He turned me BLUE   |2009-08-25 08:05:47 I moved from Saskatchewan to Winnipeg in 1985, and because I loved the CFL (a Rider fan at the time) I would go to Bomber games all the time, and eventually got season tickets. Most Rider fans stay Rider fans for life, but because of Tyrone Jones I eventually turned into a Blue Bomber fan. The more I watched Ty and James West, the more the green faded and the Blue and Gold took over completely. I am now a true Blue fan, and it's all because of Tyrone. I loved watching him play. There was no one like him, and will never be. So much fun to watch. Thanks Tyrone Reply | Quote

Seandee Myers Moore  - Cousin   |2009-08-19 10:47:23 My condolences to the family. I used to work for my cousin Ty when he had a restaurant in St. Marys. He was very hands on and attentive to what his customers wanted. We were always inundated with the Navy crowd. We can never take people for granted and never forget to say "I love you" to our loved ones. Miss you Cousin Ty! From the Myers Family, (Atlanta, GA) Reply | Quote

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