Wally Gabler
Wallace Fredrick Gabler III
Born: June 9, 1944
Royal Oak, MI
Deceased: February 9, 2025
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
College: Michigan
High School: Kimball (Royal Oak, MI)
Career: 1966-1972
Wally Gabler played from 1966 to 1972 during his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Gabler threw for 13,080 yards in his career, completing 854 of 1,690 passes with 61 touchdowns and 118 interceptions. He also ran for 1,777 yards in 319 attempts with 11 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | 1966 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 219 | 99 | 45.2 | 1659 | 7.6 | 6 | 2.7 | 14 | 6.4 | 75 | 53.8 | 1967 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 273 | 137 | 50.2 | 2057 | 7.5 | 10 | 3.7 | 14 | 5.1 | 65 | 66.1 | 1968 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 365 | 205 | 56.2 | 3242 | 8.9 | 18 | 4.9 | 22 | 6.0 | 73 | 77.2 | 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 338 | 168 | 49.7 | 2194 | 6.5 | 7 | 2.1 | 24 | 7.1 | 68 | 47.9 | 1969 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 94 | 13.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 68 | 62.2 | 1970 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 134 | 63 | 47.0 | 1077 | 8.0 | 4 | 3.0 | 13 | 9.7 | 68 | 45.1 | 1970 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 100 | 59 | 59.0 | 831 | 8.3 | 6 | 6.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 76.7 | 1971 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 38 | 16 | 42.1 | 237 | 6.2 | 2 | 5.3 | 4 | 10.5 | 55 | 41.1 | 1972 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 341 | 10.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 3 | 8.8 | 0 | 56.1 | 1972 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 182 | 87 | 47.8 | 1348 | 7.4 | 7 | 3.8 | 16 | 8.8 | 0 | 49.0 |
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| Totals | 1690 | 854 | 50.5 | 13080 | 7.7 | 61 | 3.6 | 118 | 7.0 | 75 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1966 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 67 | 373 | 5.6 | 27 | 1 | 1967 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 88 | 494 | 5.6 | 34 | 2 | 1968 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 72 | 458 | 6.4 | 28 | 4 | 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 44 | 209 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 1969 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 24 | 1 | 1970 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26 | 160 | 6.2 | 21 | 1 | 1970 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 1971 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 | 1972 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 319 | 1777 | 5.6 | 34 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1966 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 1970 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS | 1967 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 1 | 1968 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | 1970 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 59 | 0 | 1972 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
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| Totals | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 59 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1966 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1967 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1968 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1969 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1970 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1972 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1966 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 1967 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 14 | 1968 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 14 | 1969 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13 | 12 | 1969 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 3 | 1970 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9 | 7 | 1970 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5 | 1971 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 1972 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 1972 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 10 |
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