
1952 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 12-3-1 25
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 1-2 Lost Semifinal
Coach: George Trafton (12-3-1)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1952 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties for 25 points, finishing first in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
Offensively, Winnipeg led the league with 394 points. At the same time, the defense allowed 211 points. Jack Jacobs threw for 2,586 yards. Bud Korchak led pass catchers, catching 31 balls for 551 yards. Keith Pearce and Tom Casey were targeted regularly also.
Lorne Benson rushed for a team-high 491 yards for the Blue Bombers, while Ralph McAllister additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Tom Casey seized 7 opponent throws.
George Trafton coached the team. The 1952 Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost in the Semifinal.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Jacobs | 286 | 147 | 51.4 | 2586 | 9.0 | 34 | 11.9 | 12 | 4.2 | 0 | 104.7 |
Joe Zaleski | 80 | 35 | 43.8 | 761 | 9.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 7 | 8.8 | 0 | 66.7 |
Totals | 366 | 182 | 49.7 | 3347 | 9.1 | 40 | 10.9 | 19 | 5.2 | 0 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lorne Benson | 83 | 491 | 5.9 | 31 | 2 |
Ralph McAllister | 64 | 408 | 6.4 | 30 | 3 |
Tom Casey | 39 | 317 | 8.1 | 100 | 4 |
Tommy Ford | 28 | 214 | 7.6 | 95 | 1 |
Len Meltzer | 29 | 182 | 6.3 | 43 | 4 |
Gerry Palmer | 35 | 154 | 4.4 | 29 | 1 |
Andy Sokol | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
Gerry James | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 25 | 2 |
Mickey Maguire | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 |
Bud Korchak | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
Hal Mauthe | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
George McPhail | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 14 | 0 |
Jack Jacobs | 15 | -102 | -6.8 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 362 | 2036 | 5.6 | 100 | 18 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Korchak | 31 | 551 | 17.8 | 0 | 4 |
Tom Casey | 30 | 549 | 18.3 | 85 | 10 |
Keith Pearce | 26 | 462 | 17.8 | 0 | 5 |
Tommy Ford | 16 | 460 | 28.8 | 0 | 3 |
Mel Embree | 16 | 423 | 26.4 | 0 | 7 |
Gerry Palmer | 16 | 330 | 20.6 | 0 | 5 |
Andy Sokol | 15 | 153 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 |
Len Meltzer | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
Lorne Benson | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Vaccher | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry James | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 2 |
Ralph McAllister | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mickey Maguire | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
George McPhail | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Hal Mauthe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Ernie Becker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 182 | 3347 | 18.4 | 85 | 40 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Korchak | 46 | 34 | 73.9 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 77 | 4034 | 52.4 | 65 | 1 | 49 |
Jack Jacobs | 17 | 14 | 82.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
Totals | 63 | 48 | 76.2 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 77 | 4034 | 52.4 | 65 | 1 | 63 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Jacobs | 103 | 4522 | 43.9 | 88 | 13 |
Ralph McAllister | 8 | 303 | 37.9 | 52 | 1 |
Tom Casey | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67 | 0 |
Totals | 112 | 4892 | 43.7 | 88 | 14 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry James | 52 | 517 | 9.9 | 27 | 0 |
Tom Casey | 32 | 324 | 10.1 | 30 | 0 |
Tommy Ford | 13 | 197 | 15.2 | 60 | 1 |
Len Meltzer | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 33 | 0 |
Gerry Palmer | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 21 | 0 |
Buddy Tinsley | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
George McPhail | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
Jack Jacobs | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
Mickey Maguire | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 124 | 1316 | 10.6 | 60 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Casey | 9 | 343 | 38.1 | 85 | 1 |
Len Meltzer | 13 | 326 | 25.1 | 44 | 0 |
Gerry Palmer | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
Gerry James | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
George McPhail | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
Sam Nevills | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Lorne Benson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 15 | 0 |
Mickey Maguire | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Ernie Becker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Andy Sokol | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Huffman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 1053 | 23.9 | 85 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Casey | 7 | 205 | 29.3 | 95 | 1 |
Stu Clarkson | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 52 | 1 |
Gerry Palmer | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 49 | 0 |
Jack Jacobs | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
Mickey Maguire | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
Ian Gibb | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bud Korchak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Ernie Becker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 455 | 16.2 | 95 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Vaccher | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dino Bandiera | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Jim McPherson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gerry Palmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ian Gibb | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Casey | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||||
Kas Vidruk | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ernie Becker | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Huffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Norm Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Tom Casey | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | ||||
Bud Korchak | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 69 | |||||||
Mel Embree | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||||||||
Gerry Palmer | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
Tommy Ford | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||
Keith Pearce | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||
Jack Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 27 | ||||||
Ralph McAllister | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |||||
Gerry James | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
Len Meltzer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
Lorne Benson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
Andy Sokol | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Stu Clarkson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
Kas Vidruk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
Mickey Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Totals | 18 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 392 |