The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have announced Doug Brown will be the ninth and final 2016 inductee to the team's Ring of Honour.

The bruising, 6-foot-8 defensive tackle played 11 years with Winnipeg, from 2001 until 2011, and earned a raft of awards.

In his first season in blue and gold, Brown was named the CFL's most outstanding Canadian. He was a divisional all-star eight times and a CFL all-star seven times.

"Knowing Doug personally as a teammate and friend, I am pleased to be able to add his name to the Ring of Honour," said Bombers' president and CEO Wade Miller.

"Doug remains a familiar face at the stadium on game days and we are thrilled to add such a tremendous player to the list of inductees."

Brown was inducted into the Winnipeg Football Hall of Fame in 2012 and named to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame this year.

The one thing Brown wasn't able to accomplish in his career was to get his name engraved on the Grey Cup. He was on three Bombers teams that went to the championship game — 2001, 2007 and 2011 — but came away on the short end of the score every time.

"The Bombers are 86 years old, and so to be recognized by a club that has such a storied history with so many players that defined the Canadian football landscape is very humbling and a tremendous honour," Brown said in a news release.

The Bombers launched the Ring of Honour this year and added one inductee at each regular season home game. Each following year, one team alumnus per season will be added.

The inductees from the inaugural year are: