1955 BC Lions Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Annis Stukus (5-11)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1955 BC Lions Roster
1955 BC Lions Results

The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.

The Lions scored 211 points, but the leaky defense allowed 330. Arnie Galiffa passed for 2,273 yards. Dan Edwards topped pass catchers, grabbing 41 passes for 681 yards, while Gil Bartosh and Sam Adams provided receiving help also.

Al Pollard carried the ball for a team-leading 557 yards for BC.

Primo Villanueva snatched 5 opponent throws.

Annis Stukus coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Arnie Galiffa	271	155	57.2	2273	8.4	10	3.7	14	5.2	63	75.5
Ron Clinkscale	66	30	45.5	462	7.0	2	3.0	9	13.6	36	39.6
Primo Villanueva	8	4	50.0	62	7.8	1	12.5	1	12.5	23	76.0
Gil Bartosh	9	3	33.3	53	5.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	54.4
Al Pollard	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Frank Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Ted Duncan	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	357	192	53.8	2850	8.0	13	3.6	24	6.7	63

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Pollard	90	557	6.2	56	4
Byron Bailey	79	384	4.9	18	2
Ron Clinkscale	92	376	4.1	52	4
Gil Bartosh	66	350	5.3	52	1
Primo Villanueva	63	317	5.0	26	2
Jim Garrett	5	33	6.6	11	0
Ken Higgs	11	26	2.4	6	0
Frank Williams	8	24	3.0	11	1
Glen Christian	2	20	10.0	20	0
Joe DeLuca	0	18		18	1
Doug Reid	2	6	3.0	3	0
Ted Duncan	0	4		4	0
Arnie Galiffa	41	-52	-1.3	23	0
Totals	459	2063	4.5	56	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dan Edwards	41	681	16.6	50	3
Gil Bartosh	33	428	13.0	52	4
Sam Adams	30	575	19.2	52	3
Primo Villanueva	16	234	14.6	37	2
Ron Clinkscale	15	188	12.5	30	0
Byron Bailey	12	158	13.2	63	0
Bob Holburn	10	120	12.0	22	0
Al Pollard	10	99	9.9	24	0
Vic Chapman	6	90	15.0	19	0
Don Ross	6	75	12.5	17	0
Jack Cook	3	25	8.3	9	0
Frank Williams	2	71	35.5	51	1
Ken Higgs	2	23	11.5	12	0
Jim Garrett	2	22	11.0	12	0
Don George	1	25	25.0	25	0
Ivan Livingstone	1	13	13.0	13	0
Mac Speedie	1	11	11.0	11	0
Norm Fieldgate	1	9	9.0	0	0
Ron Baker	0	3		3	0
Totals	192	2850	14.8	63	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Al Pollard	18	17	94.4	2	2	100.0	0	22	1254	57.0	77	23
Ron Baker	14	14	100.0	6	1	16.7	2					19
Totals	32	31	96.9	8	3	37.5	2	22	1254	57.0	77	42

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Vic Chapman	95	4022	42.3	91	7
Ted Duncan	23	937	40.7	57	1
Primo Villanueva	4	124	31.0	40	0
Totals	122	5083	41.7	91	8

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pete Von Harten	25	210	8.4	32
Ron Clinkscale	18	114	6.3	24
Rae Ross	17	111	6.5	25
Primo Villanueva	14	103	7.4	20
Ted Duncan	10	72	7.2	15
Gil Bartosh	15	57	3.8	20
Glen Christian	5	34	6.8	12
Ivan Livingstone	3	27	9.0	14
Frank Williams	2	16	8.0	10
Norm Fieldgate	1	15	15.0	15
Lorne Reid	1	8	8.0	8
Bob Levenhagen	1	6	6.0	6
Al Pollard	1	0	0.0	0
Don George	1	0	0.0	0
Keith Bennett	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	115	773	6.7	32

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Al Pollard	8	248	31.0	52
Pete Von Harten	10	190	19.0	26
Gil Bartosh	9	146	16.2	24
Ron Clinkscale	6	106	17.7	22
Byron Bailey	3	71	23.7	44
Ken Higgs	3	65	21.7	27
Ken Swalwell	4	53	13.2	20
Primo Villanueva	3	42	14.0	15
Don George	2	37	18.5	20
Glen Christian	3	32	10.7	19
Jack Cook	1	25	25.0	25
Doug Reid	2	21	10.5	16
Ivan Livingstone	1	18	18.0	18
Rae Ross	2	17	8.5	12
Frank Williams	1	14	14.0	14
Totals	58	1085	18.7	52

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Primo Villanueva	5	87	17.4	40
Ted Duncan	2	24	12.0	24
Rae Ross	1	30	30.0	30
Glen Christian	1	11	11.0	11
Ron Clinkscale	1	0	0.0	0
Pete Von Harten	1	0	0.0	0
Gil Bartosh	1	0	0.0	0
Bill Hortie	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	13	152	11.7	40

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Norm Fieldgate				5	8	1
Bob Levenhagen				5	22	1
Ken Swalwell				3	3	1
Gord Mitchell				2	0	0
Bill Hortie				2	0	0
John Cvitanovich				1	0	0
Rae Ross				1	9	1
Jack Cook				1	0	0
Lorne Reid				1	19	0
Glen Christian				1	0	0
Laurie Niemi				1	0	0
Arnie Weinmeister				1	0	0
Byron Bailey				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	25	61	4	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Al Pollard	4	0	0	0					2	17	1			44
Gil Bartosh	1	4	0	0		0			0	0	0			25
Primo Villanueva	2	2	0	0		0			0	0	0			20
Ron Clinkscale	4	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			20
Ron Baker		0							1	14	2			19
Sam Adams		3							0	0	0			15
Dan Edwards		3							0	0	0			15
Frank Williams	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			10
Byron Bailey	2	0		0			0		0	0	0			10
Vic Chapman		0							0	0	7			7
Rae Ross			0	0		0	1		0	0	0			5
Ken Swalwell				0			1		0	0	0			5
Norm Fieldgate		0	0				1		0	0	0			5
Bob Levenhagen			0				1		0	0	0			5
Joe DeLuca	1								0	0	0			5
Ted Duncan	0		0			0			0	0	1			1
Totals	15	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	31	11	0	0	211