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 RosterTeam 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 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.
The Argonauts ran up 239 points, but 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 Toronto.
Bucky Curtis, Dick Brown, Dick Shatto, Johnny Sopinka and Howard Graves 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 | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pfeifer | 30 | 23 | 76.7 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 |
| Ed Fouch | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 2 | 0 | 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 | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Brown | 74 | 614 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Howard Graves | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Corky Tharp | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Rumball | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Nayland Moll | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill McFarlane | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Royal Copeland | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Shatto | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 105 | 820 | 7.8 | 21 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corky Tharp | 16 | 370 | 23.1 | 48 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 13 | 336 | 25.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 9 | 144 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Nayland Moll | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Howard Graves | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Clark | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Hanifan | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Brown | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bucky Curtis | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Shatto | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Royal Copeland | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rod Smylie | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Cox | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1161 | 19.7 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Brown | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bucky Curtis | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Howard Graves | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Shatto | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Sopinka | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Black | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Holmes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alex Ponton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Foster | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Albright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Royal Copeland | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Pfeifer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corky Tharp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 110 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Al Pfeifer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 98 | ||||||||
| Bucky Curtis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Corky Tharp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Royal Copeland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Wilford White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Johnny Sopinka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Henry Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jim Shirley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Nayland Moll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Tom Dublinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Dick Shatto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Ed Fouch | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 231 |
