1953 Canadian Football League Leaders

1953 Canadian Football League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1953 Canadian Football League Standings

Passing Touchdown Leaders

Player	Team	TD	Att	Comp	Yds	INT
Sam Etcheverry	Montreal Alouettes	24	343	166	2714	32
Tom O'Malley	Ottawa Rough Riders	22	0	0	0	0
Norbert Wirkowski	Toronto Argonauts	15	0	0	0	0
Frankie Albert	Calgary Stampeders	12	225	104	1568	16
Jack Jacobs	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11	252	146	1924	10
Butch Songin	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	10	0	0	0	0
Glenn Dobbs	Saskatchewan Roughriders	9	128	67	906	7
Claude Arnold	Edmonton Eskimos	7	145	79	1171	12
Frank Filchock	Saskatchewan Roughriders	5	106	62	925	7
Keith Spaith	Calgary Stampeders	4	151	76	1113	13
Tommy Thompson	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4	68	43	511	3
Frank Tripucka	Saskatchewan Roughriders	4	94	59	703	5
Billy Vessels	Edmonton Eskimos	4	30	18	393	1

Passing Yardage Leaders

Player	Team	Yds	Att	Comp	TD	INT
Sam Etcheverry	Montreal Alouettes	2714	343	166	24	32
Jack Jacobs	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1924	252	146	11	10
Frankie Albert	Calgary Stampeders	1568	225	104	12	16
Claude Arnold	Edmonton Eskimos	1171	145	79	7	12
Keith Spaith	Calgary Stampeders	1113	151	76	4	13
Frank Filchock	Saskatchewan Roughriders	925	106	62	5	7
Glenn Dobbs	Saskatchewan Roughriders	906	128	67	9	7
Frank Tripucka	Saskatchewan Roughriders	703	94	59	4	5
Tommy Thompson	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	511	68	43	4	3
Billy Vessels	Edmonton Eskimos	393	30	18	4	1
Joe Zaleski	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	393	45	23	2	3

Rushing Yardage Leaders

Player	Team	Yds	TD	Long
Billy Vessels	Edmonton Eskimos	926	7	86
Rollie Miles	Edmonton Eskimos	819	8	91
Normie Kwong	Edmonton Eskimos	802	2	48
John Johnson	Calgary Stampeders	648	5	51
Lorne Benson	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	563	3	16
Bobby Marlow	Saskatchewan Roughriders	563	5	54
Herb Johnson	Saskatchewan Roughriders	408	3	65
Sully Glasser	Saskatchewan Roughriders	333	1	13
Tom Casey	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	250	0	41
Karl Hilzinger	Saskatchewan Roughriders	211	0	33

Rushing Touchdown Leaders

Player	Team	TD	Yds	Long
Rollie Miles	Edmonton Eskimos	8	819	91
Billy Vessels	Edmonton Eskimos	7	926	86
Chuck Hunsinger	Montreal Alouettes	6	0
John Johnson	Calgary Stampeders	5	648	51
Bobby Marlow	Saskatchewan Roughriders	5	563	54
Bob Cunningham	Ottawa Rough Riders	4	0
Gene Roberts	Ottawa Rough Riders	4	0
Avatus Stone	Ottawa Rough Riders	4	0
Alex Webster	Montreal Alouettes	4	0
Royal Bailey	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	3	0
Lorne Benson	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	563	16
Ulysses Curtis	Toronto Argonauts	3	0
Bernie Custis	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	3	0
Herb Johnson	Saskatchewan Roughriders	3	408	65
Lou Kusserow	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	3	0
Len Meltzer	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	203	20
Doug Smylie	Toronto Argonauts	3	0
Pete Thodos	Calgary Stampeders	3	196	23
Bill Todd	Saskatchewan Roughriders	3	87	15

Receiving Leaders

Player	Team	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Bud Grant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	68	922	5	0
Pete Thodos	Calgary Stampeders	58	795	7	84
Mac Speedie	Saskatchewan Roughriders	57	817	7	0
Neill Armstrong	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38	668	7	0
Rollie Miles	Edmonton Eskimos	37	657	3	0
John Johnson	Calgary Stampeders	33	365	3	40
Tommy Ford	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31	464	3	0
Herb Johnson	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29	380	2	0
Will Sherman	Calgary Stampeders	27	545	3	84
Harry Lampman	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24	312	3	0

Receiving Yardage Leaders

Player	Team	Yds	Rec	TD	Long
Bud Grant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	922	68	5	0
Mac Speedie	Saskatchewan Roughriders	817	57	7	0
Pete Thodos	Calgary Stampeders	795	58	7	84
Neill Armstrong	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	668	38	7	0
Rollie Miles	Edmonton Eskimos	657	37	3	0
Will Sherman	Calgary Stampeders	545	27	3	84
Tommy Ford	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	464	31	3	0
Frank Anderson	Edmonton Eskimos	430	22	3	0
Tom Stolhandske	Edmonton Eskimos	382	19	4	0
Herb Johnson	Saskatchewan Roughriders	380	29	2	0

Receiving Touchdown Leaders

Player	Team	TD	Rec	Yds	Long
Bernie Flowers	Ottawa Rough Riders	9	0	0
Red O'Quinn	Montreal Alouettes	8	0	0
Neill Armstrong	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	38	668	0
Mac Speedie	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7	57	817	0
Pete Thodos	Calgary Stampeders	7	58	795	84
Joey Pal	Montreal Alouettes	6	0	0
Avatus Stone	Ottawa Rough Riders	6	0	0
Bud Grant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	5	68	922	0
Lou Kusserow	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5	0	0
Joe Scudero	Toronto Argonauts	5	0	0

Interception Leaders

Player	Team	Int	Yds	TD	Long
Tom Casey	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	75	0	51
Ray Willsey	Edmonton Eskimos	7	61	0	39
Rollie Miles	Edmonton Eskimos	6	56	0	29
Mike King	Edmonton Eskimos	5	25	0	16
John Johnson	Calgary Stampeders	5	20	0	15
Herb Johnson	Saskatchewan Roughriders	4	23	0	15
Bud Grant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4	10	0	10
Billy Vessels	Edmonton Eskimos	4	0	0	0
Stan Williams	Saskatchewan Roughriders	3	71	0	35
Harry Lampman	Saskatchewan Roughriders	3	70	0	40
Brian Mulhern	Calgary Stampeders	3	49	0	40
Johnny Bright	Calgary Stampeders	3	35	0	35
Ken Charlton	Saskatchewan Roughriders	3	0	0	0

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