Ernie Pitts
Ernest Pitts
Born: March 8, 1935
Aliquippa, PA
Deceased: September 24, 1970
Thornton, CO
Position: E,E/DB,DB/E
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 192
College: Denver
High School: Aliquippa (PA)
Career: 1957-1970
Ernie Pitts played from 1957 to 1970 during his career with the BC Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Pitts intercepted 17 passes for 215 yards in his career.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 38 | 683 | 18.0 | 51 | 5 |
1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26 | 552 | 21.2 | 107 | 6 |
1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 68 | 1126 | 16.6 | 65 | 16 |
1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 42 | 659 | 15.7 | 81 | 8 |
1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 45 | 762 | 16.9 | 62 | 6 |
1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 62 | 865 | 14.0 | 56 | 8 |
1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22 | 387 | 17.6 | 44 | 2 |
1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 32 | 459 | 14.3 | 34 | 3 |
1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
Totals | 337 | 5525 | 16.4 | 107 | 54 |
Kicking:
Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 164 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 |
1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 |
1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 19 | 351 | 18.5 | 68 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
1967 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
1968 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 33 | 0 |
1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 29 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 215 | 12.6 | 52 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
1965 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1966 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1967 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
1968 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | ||||||
1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||||||
1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
1963 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1964 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Totals | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 331 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1958 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11 | |
1959 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1960 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1961 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1962 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1963 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9 | |
1964 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | |
1965 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1966 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1967 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1968 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | |
1969 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
1970 | CFL | BC Lions | 10 |
Honors
1957 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1957 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1959 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1960 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1966 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1968 - CFL CFL West All-Star