Ron Stewart
Ron Stewart
Born: September 25, 1934
Toronto, ON
Position: HB
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 180
College: Queen's
Career: 1958-1970
Ron Stewart played from 1958 to 1970 during his career with the Ottawa Rough Riders. Stewart ran for 5,690 yards in his career on 983 attempts, scoring 43 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 202 passes for 2,727 yards and 23 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 62 | 20.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 149.3 |
| 1960 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 17 | 1.7 |
| 1962 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 70.1 |
| 1963 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 118.8 |
| 1964 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 87 | 17.4 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 143.8 |
| 1965 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1966 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 54.6 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 217 | 8.7 | 3 | 12.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 82 | 425 | 5.2 | 31 | 2 |
| 1960 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 139 | 1020 | 7.3 | 59 | 15 |
| 1961 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 107 | 706 | 6.6 | 72 | 6 |
| 1962 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 96 | 555 | 5.8 | 68 | 2 |
| 1963 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 103 | 523 | 5.1 | 35 | 3 |
| 1964 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 144 | 867 | 6.0 | 45 | 5 |
| 1965 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 68 | 314 | 4.6 | 16 | 2 |
| 1966 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 89 | 431 | 4.8 | 41 | 3 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 64 | 488 | 7.6 | 70 | 4 |
| 1968 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 31 | 114 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 |
| 1969 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 29 | 151 | 5.2 | 26 | 1 |
| 1970 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 28 | 95 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 983 | 5690 | 5.8 | 72 | 43 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 15 | 150 | 10.0 | 28 | 1 |
| 1960 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 15 | 240 | 16.0 | 38 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 30 | 4 |
| 1962 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 19 | 347 | 18.3 | 37 | 3 |
| 1963 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 23 | 340 | 14.8 | 45 | 5 |
| 1964 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 20 | 411 | 20.6 | 70 | 3 |
| 1965 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 162 | 10.1 | 36 | 2 |
| 1966 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 19 | 275 | 14.5 | 50 | 2 |
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 25 | 316 | 12.6 | 51 | 1 |
| 1968 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 129 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
| 1969 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 148 | 10.6 | 29 | 1 |
| 1970 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 202 | 2727 | 13.5 | 70 | 23 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
| Totals | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 22 | 117 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 40 | 271 | 6.8 | 28 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 47 | 238 | 5.1 | 25 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 118 | 657 | 5.6 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 13 | 265 | 20.4 | 38 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 22 | 501 | 22.8 | 43 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 10 | 231 | 23.1 | 62 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 405 | 28.9 | 93 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 10 | 258 | 25.8 | 67 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 7 | 182 | 26.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Totals | 83 | 1962 | 23.6 | 93 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1960 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||
| 1961 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1962 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1963 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1964 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1965 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1966 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1967 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1969 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Totals | 43 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 402 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12 | |
| 1962 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | |
| 1969 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | |
| 1970 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8 |
Awards
1960 - CFL Most Outstanding Canadian
1960 - CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
Honors
1960 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1961 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1964 - CFL CFL East All-Star
