1955 Toronto Argonauts Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-8 8
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Final
Coach: Bill Swiacki (4-8)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1955 Toronto Argonauts Roster
1955 Toronto Argonauts Results

The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses for 8 points, finishing third in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

Toronto ran up 239 points, while the defensive squad conceded 328. Tom Dublinski led the charge, passing for 3,561 yards. Al Pfeifer snagged 75 passes for 1,342 yards.

Corky Tharp carried the ball for a team-best 798 yards for the Argonauts.

Johnny Sopinka, Howard Graves, Dick Brown, Dick Shatto and Bucky Curtis each picked off 2 opponent throws.

Bill Swiacki coached the team. The 1955 Toronto Argonauts lost in the Final.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Tom Dublinski	388	225	58.0	3561	9.2	30	7.7	34	8.8	79	77.9
Gerry Doucette	20	8	40.0	126	6.3	0	0.0	2	10.0	29	22.1
Dick Shatto	3	1	33.3	23	7.7	1	33.3	1	33.3	23	61.8
Nayland Moll	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	412	234	56.8	3710	9.0	31	7.5	37	9.0	79

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Corky Tharp	130	798	6.1	61	4
Dick Shatto	87	423	4.9	17	0
Nayland Moll	44	221	5.0	19	1
J.C. Caroline	43	190	4.4	15	1
Tom Dublinski	38	140	3.7	18	1
Howard Graves	30	113	3.8	15	0
Jim Shirley	17	84	4.9	11	1
Gerry Doucette	7	29	4.1	27	0
Chuck Holmes	8	28	3.5	9	0
Henry Ford	2	15	7.5	8	0
Royal Copeland	0	10		10	1
Dick Brown	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	407	2057	5.1	61	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Pfeifer	75	1342	17.9	54	15
Bucky Curtis	39	642	16.5	40	6
Jim Hanifan	25	325	13.0	25	0
Royal Copeland	17	301	17.7	42	3
Corky Tharp	15	257	17.1	40	0
Dick Shatto	13	195	15.0	34	1
Wilford White	11	213	19.4	79	3
Henry Ford	10	124	12.4	26	2
Howard Graves	7	83	11.9	24	0
J.C. Caroline	7	23	3.3	9	0
Nayland Moll	6	90	15.0	36	0
Johnny Sopinka	4	71	17.8	23	1
Jim Shirley	3	30	10.0	13	0
Chuck Holmes	2	14	7.0	8	0
Totals	234	3710	15.9	79	31

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FG %	Pts.
Al Pfeifer	30	23	76.7	2	0.0	23
Ed Fouch	2	2	100.0	0		2
Totals	32	25	78.1	2	0.0	25

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Gerry Doucette	34	1295	38.1	56	0
Alex Ponton	26	868	33.4	50	0
Joe Krol	22	659	30.0	45	0
Mario Pacenti	12	367	30.6	41	0
Chuck Holmes	11	399	36.3	48	1
Bob Rumball	6	242	40.3	47	0
Totals	111	3830	34.5	56	1

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Brown	74	614	8.3	21
Howard Graves	6	59	9.8	13
Henry Ford	8	53	6.6	14
Corky Tharp	6	33	5.5	14
Bob Rumball	5	22	4.4	9
Nayland Moll	2	19	9.5	10
Bill McFarlane	1	11	11.0	11
Royal Copeland	1	7	7.0	7
Dick Shatto	2	2	1.0	2
Totals	105	820	7.8	21

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Corky Tharp	16	370	23.1	48
J.C. Caroline	13	336	25.8	39
Henry Ford	9	144	16.0	30
Nayland Moll	6	105	17.5	21
Howard Graves	4	66	16.5	21
Bill Clark	2	24	12.0	13
Jim Hanifan	2	22	11.0	14
Dick Brown	1	20	20.0	20
Bucky Curtis	2	20	10.0	12
Dick Shatto	1	18	18.0	18
Royal Copeland	1	15	15.0	15
Rod Smylie	1	11	11.0	11
Ron Cox	1	10	10.0	10
Totals	59	1161	19.7	48

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Brown	2	35	17.5	20
Bucky Curtis	2	27	13.5	19
Howard Graves	2	21	10.5	21
Dick Shatto	2	5	2.5	5
Johnny Sopinka	2	0	0.0	0
Fred Black	1	8	8.0	8
Chuck Holmes	1	3	3.0	3
Alex Ponton	1	3	3.0	3
Ken Foster	1	3	3.0	3
Bill Albright	1	3	3.0	3
Royal Copeland	1	2	2.0	2
Al Pfeifer	1	0	0.0	0
Henry Ford	1	0	0.0	0
Corky Tharp	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	19	110	5.8	21

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Johnny Sopinka				N/A		1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Al Pfeifer	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0			98
Bucky Curtis	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Corky Tharp	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			20
Royal Copeland	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			20
Wilford White	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15
Johnny Sopinka	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			10
Henry Ford	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			10
Jim Shirley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
J.C. Caroline	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Nayland Moll	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Tom Dublinski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Dick Shatto	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Ed Fouch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0			2
Chuck Holmes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			1
Totals	9	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	1	0	0	231