1952 Saskatchewan Roughriders Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 3-13 6
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Glenn Dobbs (3-13)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1952 Saskatchewan Roughriders RosterTeam Record: 3-13 6
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Glenn Dobbs (3-13)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1952 Saskatchewan Roughriders Results
The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses for 6 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.
Saskatchewan racked up 216 points, while the porous defense surrendered 363, most in the circuit. Glenn Dobbs threw for 1,977 yards. Holly Aplin hauled in 41 receptions for 801 yards.
Sully Glasser ran for a team-high 267 yards for the Roughriders, and Dick Gregory also aided the ground game.
Butch Avinger intercepted 8 errant tosses from the opposition.
Glenn Dobbs coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 253 | 116 | 45.8 | 1977 | 7.8 | 14 | 5.5 | 12 | 4.7 | 0 | 71.5 |
| Doug Belden | 78 | 30 | 38.5 | 470 | 6.0 | 5 | 6.4 | 5 | 6.4 | 0 | 53.9 |
| Butch Avinger | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 124 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 64.3 |
| Ken Charlton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 347 | 151 | 43.5 | 2571 | 7.4 | 19 | 5.5 | 17 | 4.9 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sully Glasser | 58 | 267 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Gregory | 45 | 225 | 5.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Nels Greene | 33 | 164 | 5.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Freddy Hamilton | 40 | 161 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Ken Charlton | 43 | 152 | 3.5 | 43 | 2 |
| Art Stewart | 24 | 140 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Maruska | 32 | 85 | 2.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 24 | 74 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 35 | 70 | 2.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Wayne Anderson | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Jim Keane | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Pelling | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Del Wardien | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Stracina | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Bell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reg Whitehouse | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Belden | 15 | -21 | -1.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Totals | 379 | 1452 | 3.8 | 43 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Aplin | 41 | 801 | 19.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Harry Lampman | 25 | 429 | 17.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Ken Charlton | 18 | 345 | 19.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Butch Avinger | 16 | 172 | 10.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Bell | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pelling | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Keane | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Elbert Johnson | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Maruska | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Anderson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Gregory | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Wardien | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Hamilton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sully Glasser | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Roy Wright | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Nels Greene | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 151 | 2571 | 17.0 | 20 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Wardien | 27 | 24 | 88.9 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Reg Whitehouse | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 543 | 49.4 | 57 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 32 | 29 | 90.6 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 11 | 543 | 49.4 | 57 | 0 | 34 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Avinger | 131 | 5855 | 44.7 | 82 | 19 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Totals | 132 | 5898 | 44.7 | 82 | 19 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Wright | 33 | 203 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Del Wardien | 21 | 161 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Maruska | 17 | 90 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob McMillan | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Wayne Anderson | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Charlton | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Dick Gregory | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Sandy Spence | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Sully Glasser | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Pelling | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 104 | 666 | 6.4 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Maruska | 22 | 671 | 30.5 | 89 | 1 |
| Del Wardien | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob McMillan | 8 | 206 | 25.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Dick Gregory | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Wayne Anderson | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Ken Charlton | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Sully Glasser | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Freddy Hamilton | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Holly Aplin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Nels Greene | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1553 | 25.0 | 89 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Avinger | 8 | 34 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Pelling | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Ken Charlton | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Roy Wright | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Belden | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sully Glasser | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob McMillan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 172 | 6.9 | 38 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubrey Phillips | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Belden | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Butch Avinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Martin Ruby | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Pyne | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Scoccia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Prechek | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence Springstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Pelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chick Choukalos | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Del Wardien | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Art Stewart | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Holly Aplin | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Tony Hungle | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Lampman | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 92 | 4 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Holly Aplin | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||||||
| Butch Avinger | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 34 | |||||
| Harry Lampman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||
| Del Wardien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 28 | |||||
| Mike Maruska | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ken Charlton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Bob Pelling | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Freddy Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Reg Whitehouse | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Elbert Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Jim Keane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Tony Hungle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Nels Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Wayne Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Chick Choukalos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Doug Belden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Totals | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
