Kenny Ploen
Kenneth Alan Ploen
Born: June 3, 1935
Lost Nation, IA
Deceased: February 13, 2024
Position: QB,QB/HB,DB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 184
College: Iowa
High School: Clinton (IA)
Career: 1957-1967
Kenny Ploen played from 1957 to 1967 during his career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Ploen threw for 16,470 yards in his career, completing 1,084 of 1,916 passes with 119 touchdowns and 106 interceptions. He also ran for 3,001 yards in 588 attempts with 13 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 140 | 74 | 52.9 | 1284 | 9.2 | 10 | 7.1 | 8 | 5.7 | 71 | 84.3 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 77 | 33 | 42.9 | 626 | 8.1 | 4 | 5.2 | 5 | 6.5 | 61 | 61.9 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 56 | 30 | 53.6 | 467 | 8.3 | 3 | 5.4 | 4 | 7.1 | 65 | 69.6 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 201 | 103 | 51.2 | 1693 | 8.4 | 12 | 6.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 78 | 64.5 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 96 | 50 | 52.1 | 905 | 9.4 | 5 | 5.2 | 4 | 4.2 | 75 | 84.8 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 208 | 137 | 65.9 | 2097 | 10.1 | 17 | 8.2 | 4 | 1.9 | 66 | 118.2 |
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 226 | 132 | 58.4 | 2026 | 9.0 | 14 | 6.2 | 15 | 6.6 | 70 | 81.1 |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 239 | 132 | 55.2 | 1878 | 7.9 | 12 | 5.0 | 13 | 5.4 | 67 | 74.9 |
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 213 | 124 | 58.2 | 1789 | 8.4 | 15 | 7.0 | 14 | 6.6 | 53 | 81.7 |
| 1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 257 | 153 | 59.5 | 2323 | 9.0 | 16 | 6.2 | 11 | 4.3 | 96 | 92.3 |
| 1967 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 203 | 116 | 57.1 | 1382 | 6.8 | 11 | 5.4 | 11 | 5.4 | 49 | 73.6 |
| Totals | 1916 | 1084 | 56.6 | 16470 | 8.6 | 119 | 6.2 | 106 | 5.5 | 96 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 100 | 319 | 3.2 | 30 | 4 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 67 | 366 | 5.5 | 35 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 15 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 68 | 541 | 8.0 | 24 | 4 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 43 | 192 | 4.5 | 20 | 2 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 40 | 245 | 6.1 | 29 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 64 | 316 | 4.9 | 81 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 65 | 397 | 6.1 | 40 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 59 | 230 | 3.9 | 16 | 2 |
| 1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 35 | 163 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33 | 149 | 4.5 | 42 | 1 |
| Totals | 588 | 3001 | 5.1 | 81 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 27 | 1 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 24 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 47 | 1 |
| 1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 28 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 25 | 1 |
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 1 |
| 1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Totals | 25 | 421 | 16.8 | 47 | 6 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Totals | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 32 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 43 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 216 | 12.7 | 43 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 55 | |||
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1967 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 16 |
| 1958 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10 | 7 |
| 1959 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 1 |
| 1960 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 16 |
| 1961 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | 12 |
| 1962 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 16 |
| 1963 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | |
| 1964 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 15 |
| 1965 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13 | 13 |
| 1966 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 13 |
| 1967 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11 | 11 |
Awards
1961 - CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
Honors
1957 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1959 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1962 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1963 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1965 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1965 - CFL CFL West All-Star
