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1959 Toronto Argonauts Statistics
Team Record: 4-10 8
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Coach: Steve Owen (3-7)
Coach: Hampton Pool (1-3)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1959 Toronto Argonauts Results
The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses for 8 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union.
Toronto managed just 192 points, worst in the league, while the defensive unit surrendered 274. Dick Shatto carried the ball for a team-best 950 yards for the Argonauts.
Al Dorow passed for 1,093 yards. Dick Shatto paced all receivers, snagging 46 passes for 518 yards, while Boyd Carter provided receiving help, too.
Bob Dehlinger intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Steve Owen and Hampton Pool coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Dorow | 151 | 74 | 49.0 | 1093 | 7.2 | 8 | 5.3 | 17 | 11.3 | 72 | 51.2 |
Ronnie Knox | 110 | 58 | 52.7 | 753 | 6.8 | 4 | 3.6 | 11 | 10.0 | 47 | 47.1 |
Gerry Doucette | 54 | 27 | 50.0 | 371 | 6.9 | 2 | 3.7 | 3 | 5.6 | 32 | 61.6 |
Dick Shatto | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 127 | 7.1 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 87.0 |
Johnny Green | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 62 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 27 | 8.8 |
Totals | 353 | 175 | 49.6 | 2406 | 6.8 | 15 | 4.2 | 34 | 9.6 | 72 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Shatto | 174 | 950 | 5.5 | 45 | 3 |
Cookie Gilchrist | 87 | 496 | 5.7 | 69 | 4 |
Bobby Kuntz | 47 | 260 | 5.5 | 32 | 0 |
Corky Tharp | 41 | 241 | 5.9 | 29 | 0 |
Al Dorow | 27 | 173 | 6.4 | 24 | 2 |
Phil Muntz | 28 | 99 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
Ronnie Knox | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Rountree | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
Wray Carlton | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 |
Gerry Doucette | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
Johnny Green | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 3 | 0 |
Boyd Carter | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 439 | 2288 | 5.2 | 69 | 9 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Shatto | 46 | 518 | 11.3 | 72 | 2 |
Boyd Carter | 31 | 510 | 16.5 | 38 | 4 |
Ron Stover | 23 | 388 | 16.9 | 51 | 2 |
Bobby Kuntz | 20 | 236 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 |
Ross Coyle | 12 | 176 | 14.7 | 63 | 4 |
Gerry Philp | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 47 | 0 |
Dick Fouts | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 19 | 0 |
Corky Tharp | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 35 | 1 |
Al Schlosser | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 40 | 1 |
Cookie Gilchrist | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 38 | 1 |
Ed Ochiena | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 18 | 0 |
Phil Muntz | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 |
Ron Brewer | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
Wray Carlton | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Rountree | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 175 | 2406 | 13.7 | 72 | 15 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cookie Gilchrist | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 2 | 40 | 2105 | 52.6 | 69 | 0 | 45 |
Totals | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 2 | 40 | 2105 | 52.6 | 69 | 0 | 45 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Dorow | 59 | 2181 | 37.0 | 51 | 0 |
Ronnie Knox | 45 | 1826 | 40.6 | 58 | 1 |
Johnny Green | 12 | 460 | 38.3 | 43 | 0 |
Gerry Doucette | 9 | 343 | 38.1 | 49 | 1 |
Dick Shatto | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
Totals | 126 | 4853 | 38.5 | 58 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Philp | 36 | 282 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
Phil Muntz | 34 | 188 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 |
Jim Rountree | 13 | 159 | 12.2 | 26 | 0 |
Brian Aston | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
Bob Dehlinger | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 36 | 0 |
Eddie Simms | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
Dick Clark | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Dick Shatto | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Ross Coyle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 115 | 863 | 7.5 | 36 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Rountree | 16 | 433 | 27.1 | 40 | 0 |
Bob Dehlinger | 15 | 327 | 21.8 | 46 | 0 |
Cleve Wester | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 23 | 0 |
Corky Tharp | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 27 | 0 |
Dick Shatto | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
Alex Ponton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Charley Horton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 942 | 20.5 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Dehlinger | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
Ross Coyle | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
Cookie Gilchrist | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 32 | 0 |
Jim Rountree | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
Donnie Caraway | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
Gerry Philp | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
Eddie Simms | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Al Rogers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Alex Ponton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Fouts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 225 | 7.8 | 32 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Cookie Gilchrist | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 75 | |||||||
Dick Shatto | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
Ross Coyle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Boyd Carter | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Ron Stover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Al Dorow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Al Schlosser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Corky Tharp | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Ronnie Knox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Gerry Doucette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 191 |