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 RosterTeam 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 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:
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 | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cross | 16 | 373 | 23.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Gene Wilson | 14 | 282 | 20.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Johnny Fedosoff | 11 | 200 | 18.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Dick Shatto | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Foster | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Watton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Fiveash | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Oatten Fisher | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 981 | 18.9 | 55 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||
| Gene Wilson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Dick Shatto | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Al Pfeifer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Ulysses Curtis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Billy Cross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Bill McFarlane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Johnny Fedosoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Oatten Fisher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Alex Ponton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Teddy Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Gerry Doucette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
