1954 Toronto Argonauts Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 6-8 12
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Coach: Frank Clair (6-8)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1954 Toronto Argonauts Roster
1954 Toronto Argonauts Results

The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses for 12 points, finishing third in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union.

The Argonauts scored 212 points, but the defensive squad yielded 265. Norbert Wirkowski tossed for 2,960 yards. Al Pfeifer paced all receivers, snagging 68 passes for 1,142 yards.

Gene Wilson carried the ball for a team-best 702 yards for Toronto.

Bill McFarlane intercepted 10 opponent throws.

Frank Clair coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Norbert Wirkowski	355	198	55.8	2960	8.3	12	3.4	20	5.6	63	71.1
Dick Shatto	13	8	61.5	124	9.5	2	15.4	3	23.1	29	93.1
Gerry Doucette	7	4	57.1	31	4.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	68.2
Alex Ponton	2	2	100.0	28	14.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	118.8
Ulysses Curtis	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Gene Wilson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	379	212	55.9	3143	8.3	14	3.7	24	6.3	63

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gene Wilson	108	702	6.5	55	5
Dick Shatto	72	386	5.4	23	6
Ulysses Curtis	73	303	4.2	31	3
Billy Cross	38	181	4.8	25	1
Teddy Toogood	25	138	5.5	39	1
Johnny Fedosoff	22	93	4.2	16	0
Norbert Wirkowski	21	72	3.4	13	0
Alex Ponton	5	17	3.4	7	0
Doug Gray	2	16	8.0	12	0
Bobby Fiveash	3	12	4.0	7	0
Gerry Doucette	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	370	1921	5.2	55	16

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Pfeifer	68	1142	16.8	63	6
Norb Hecker	44	652	14.8	59	2
Gene Wilson	34	379	11.1	37	2
Dick Shatto	26	323	12.4	35	1
Ulysses Curtis	17	268	15.8	48	1
Billy Cross	11	191	17.4	62	1
Johnny Fedosoff	4	117	29.2	55	1
Rod Smylie	3	36	12.0	19	0
Bill McFarlane	2	20	10.0	10	0
Teddy Toogood	2	3	1.5	4	0
Alex Ponton	1	12	12.0	12	0
Totals	212	3143	14.8	63	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	Pts.
Norb Hecker	33	31	93.9	3	2	66.7	1	38
Totals	33	31	93.9	3	2	66.7	1	38

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Alex Ponton	112	4188	37.4	60	6
Gerry Doucette	31	1137	36.7	56	1
Totals	143	5325	37.2	60	7

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnny Fedosoff	73	605	8.3	47	0
Bill McFarlane	31	192	6.2	19	0
Billy Cross	13	147	11.3	55	1
Doug Gray	7	36	5.1	16	0
Teddy Toogood	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	125	988	7.9	55	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Cross	16	373	23.3	38
Gene Wilson	14	282	20.1	39
Johnny Fedosoff	11	200	18.2	55
Dick Shatto	4	62	15.5	24
Ken Foster	4	35	8.8	13
Ron Watton	1	12	12.0	12
Bobby Fiveash	1	9	9.0	9
Oatten Fisher	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	52	981	18.9	55

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill McFarlane	10	209	20.9	65	1
Dick Shatto	5	94	18.8	30	0
Gene Wilson	4	73	18.2	48	0
Royal Copeland	4	39	9.8	26	0
Billy Cross	3	43	14.3	37	0
Doug Gray	2	22	11.0	22	0
Tommy Adkins	2	20	10.0	10	0
Oatten Fisher	1	92	92.0	92	1
Norb Hecker	1	27	27.0	27	0
Bobby Fiveash	1	3	3.0	3	0
Jack Carpenter	1	2	2.0	2	0
Alex Ponton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Johnny Fedosoff	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	36	624	17.3	92	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Norb Hecker	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	31	1			48
Gene Wilson	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			35
Dick Shatto	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			35
Al Pfeifer	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Ulysses Curtis	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			20
Billy Cross	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15
Bill McFarlane	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			5
Johnny Fedosoff	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Oatten Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			5
Alex Ponton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6			6
Teddy Toogood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Gerry Doucette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			1
Totals	16	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	31	8	0	0	210