1956 Toronto Argonauts Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-10 8
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Coach: Bill Swiacki (4-10)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1956 Toronto Argonauts Roster
1956 Toronto Argonauts Results

The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses for 8 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union.

Bill Swiacki coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Arnie Galiffa	441	256	58.0	3682	8.3	32	7.3	20	4.5	72	90.5
Gerry Doucette	36	19	52.8	350	9.7	1	2.8	5	13.9	40	56.3
John Stephans	30	14	46.7	127	4.2	0	0.0	3	10.0	16	19.0
Earl Blair	2	1	50.0	8	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	60.4
Dick Shatto	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	510	290	56.9	4167	8.2	33	6.5	28	5.5	72

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
O.K. Ferguson	154	802	5.2	21	6
Bobby Kuntz	108	578	5.4	28	2
Dick Shatto	118	575	4.9	67	3
Arnie Galiffa	32	106	3.3	15	2
Doug Thompson	3	35	11.7	20	0
Earl Blair	6	24	4.0	10	0
Bart Moll	6	11	1.8	7	0
John Stephans	2	3	1.5	3	0
Gerry Doucette	3	2	0.7	2	0
Totals	432	2136	4.9	67	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Pfeifer	78	993	12.7	35	6
Bucky Curtis	48	927	19.3	50	8
Dick Shatto	41	553	13.5	45	5
Al Romine	29	538	18.6	72	5
Bobby Kuntz	27	269	10.0	25	2
Menan Schriewer	24	386	16.1	68	3
O.K. Ferguson	21	194	9.2	19	1
Royal Copeland	10	138	13.8	32	1
Johnny Sopinka	4	45	11.2	16	0
Earl Blair	3	47	15.7	21	2
Bill McFarlane	2	37	18.5	23	0
Bart Moll	1	22	22.0	22	0
Doug Thompson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Norm Nygaard	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	290	4167	14.4	72	33

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bart Moll	15	8	53.3	3	1	33.3	11
Mike Falls	28	23	82.1	0	0		23
Al Pfeifer	5	2	40.0	0	0		2
Totals	48	33	68.8	3	1	33.3	36

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Gerry Doucette	106	3919	37.0	64	2
Alex Ponton	12	496	41.3	64	0
Totals	118	4415	37.4	64	2

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Brown	44	379	8.6	18
Bill McFarlane	35	246	7.0	27
Doug Thompson	18	127	7.1	22
Dick Shatto	1	25	25.0	25
Earl Blair	4	14	3.5	9
Lowell Lander	1	10	10.0	10
Al Pfeifer	1	5	5.0	5
Johnny Sopinka	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	105	806	7.7	27

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Shatto	25	636	25.4	54
Bill McFarlane	11	176	16.0	26
Doug Thompson	6	130	21.7	30
Bobby Kuntz	4	82	20.5	28
Jim Hagerty	5	65	13.0	24
Norm Nygaard	2	53	26.5	30
Earl Blair	3	48	16.0	20
Bucky Curtis	5	48	9.6	29
Lowell Lander	1	20	20.0	20
Menan Schriewer	1	16	16.0	16
Ron Marciniak	1	11	11.0	11
Dick Brown	1	7	7.0	7
Royal Copeland	1	5	5.0	5
Al Pfeifer	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	67	1301	19.4	54

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Hardiman Cureton	4	16	4.0	11
Johnny Sopinka	4	5	1.2	5
Dick Shatto	3	72	24.0	51
Earl Blair	2	29	14.5	23
Dick Brown	2	11	5.5	11
Bobby Kuntz	2	9	4.5	9
Doug Thompson	2	0	0.0	0
Ron Marciniak	1	15	15.0	15
Lowell Lander	1	11	11.0	11
Bill McFarlane	1	5	5.0	5
Fran Machinsky	1	3	3.0	3
Al Pfeifer	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	24	179	7.5	51

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Dick Shatto				N/A		1
Mike Falls				N/A		1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dick Shatto	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			54
Bucky Curtis	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			49
O.K. Ferguson	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Al Pfeifer	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0			38
Al Romine	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Mike Falls	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	0			29
Bobby Kuntz	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Menan Schriewer	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Earl Blair	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Arnie Galiffa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Bart Moll	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0			11
Royal Copeland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gerry Doucette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2			2
Totals	13	33	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	33	3	0	0	327