1953 Calgary Stampeders Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 3-12-1 7
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Bob Snyder (3-12-1)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1953 Calgary Stampeders Roster
1953 Calgary Stampeders Results

The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 3 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties for 7 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.

The Stampeders scored 190 points, but the leaky defense surrendered 313, most in the circuit. Frankie Albert threw for 1,568 yards, and Keith Spaith played quarterback, too. Pete Thodos led pass catchers, grabbing 58 receptions for 795 yards.

John Johnson carried the ball for a team-high 648 yards for Calgary.

John Johnson picked off 5 opponent throws.

Bob Snyder coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Frankie Albert	225	104	46.2	1568	7.0	12	5.3	16	7.1	84	57.8
Keith Spaith	151	76	50.3	1113	7.4	4	2.6	13	8.6	66	47.7
John Johnson	11	5	45.5	62	5.6	0	0.0	1	9.1	9	25.6
Pete Thodos	4	2	50.0	43	10.8	1	25.0	0	0.0	27	128.1
Johnny Bright	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	392	187	47.7	2786	7.1	17	4.3	30	7.7	84

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Johnson	107	648	6.1	51	5
Pete Thodos	54	196	3.6	23	3
Johnny Bright	38	128	3.4	32	0
Bob Westlake	15	113	7.5	75	1
Glen Christian	18	104	5.8	33	0
Stan Kaluznick	20	64	3.2	19	0
Peter Muir	9	56	6.2	17	0
Brian Mulhern	19	48	2.5	10	0
Keith Bennett	6	36	6.0	14	0
Al Endriss	1	1	1.0	1	0
Frankie Albert	53	-26	-0.5	31	2
Keith Spaith	35	-188	-5.4	9	0
Totals	375	1180	3.1	75	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pete Thodos	58	795	13.7	84	7
John Johnson	33	365	11.1	40	3
Will Sherman	27	545	20.2	84	3
Sugarfoot Anderson	19	291	15.3	47	0
Al Endriss	16	241	15.1	71	3
Brian Mulhern	11	120	10.9	17	0
Peter Muir	6	133	22.2	55	1
Glen Christian	5	140	28.0	65	0
Bob Shaw	4	73	18.2	22	0
Keith Bennett	2	25	12.5	0	0
Bob Westlake	2	24	12.0	16	0
Bill Ewing	2	18	9.0	0	0
Frankie Albert	1	9	9.0	9	0
Johnny Bright	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	187	2786	14.9	84	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	Pts.
Glen Christian	15	14	93.3	4	1	25.0	1	18
Pete Thodos	7	4	57.1	0	0		0	4
Sugarfoot Anderson	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	2
Al Endriss	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	1
Stan Kaluznick	3	1	33.3	1	0	0.0	0	1
Bob Shaw	3	1	33.3	1	0	0.0	0	1
Totals	31	23	74.2	6	1	16.7	1	27

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Keith Spaith	102	3946	38.7	65	1
Frankie Albert	48	1926	40.1	70	0
Totals	150	5872	39.1	70	1

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Johnson	47	386	8.2	26
Pete Thodos	44	313	7.1	29
Glen Christian	14	145	10.4	21
Johnny Bright	5	60	12.0	21
Peter Muir	5	24	4.8	17
Tony Momsen	1	20	20.0	20
Keith Spaith	1	0	0.0	0
Brian Mulhern	3	0	0.0	0
Totals	120	948	7.9	29

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Johnson	20	578	28.9	104	1
Glen Christian	12	257	21.4	56	0
Peter Muir	6	122	20.3	33	0
Pete Thodos	10	118	11.8	26	0
Brian Mulhern	3	48	16.0	22	0
Bob Westlake	2	24	12.0	17	0
Johnny Bright	2	23	11.5	12	0
Dave Macfarlane	2	18	9.0	12	0
Bill Pullar	1	15	15.0	15	0
Tony Momsen	1	6	6.0	6	0
Keith Bennett	1	3	3.0	3	0
Stan Kaluznick	1	1	1.0	1	0
Bob Mike	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leo Sweeney	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	63	1213	19.3	104	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Johnson	5	20	4.0	15
Brian Mulhern	3	49	16.3	40
Johnny Bright	3	35	11.7	35
Will Sherman	2	16	8.0	16
Peter Muir	1	25	25.0	25
Al Endriss	1	0	0.0	0
Keith Bennett	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	16	145	9.1	40

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Bill Pullar				4	46	1
Harry Langford				3	0	0
Roy Jenson				3	36	0
Will Sherman				2	0	0
Tony Momsen				2	29	0
Sugarfoot Anderson				2	39	2
Brian Mulhern				1	0	0
Al Endriss				1	0	0
Peter Muir				1	0	0
Dave Macfarlane				1	0	0
Bob Bryant				1	0	0
Porky Brown				1	0	0
Bob Mike				1	0	0
Pete Thodos				1	0	0
Keith Bennett				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	25	150	3	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Pete Thodos	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0			54
John Johnson	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			45
Al Endriss	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			16
Glen Christian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	1			18
Will Sherman	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15
Sugarfoot Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0			12
Frankie Albert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			10
Peter Muir	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Bob Westlake	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Bill Pullar	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			5
Stan Kaluznick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Bob Shaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Keith Spaith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			1
Totals	11	17	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	23	2	0	0	188