1956 Toronto Argonauts Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-10 8
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Coach: Bill Swiacki (4-10)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1956 Toronto Argonauts Roster
1956 Toronto Argonauts Results

The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses for 8 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union.

Toronto scored 331 points, while the leaky defense surrendered 413, most in the circuit. Arnie Galiffa triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,682 yards. Al Pfeifer paced pass catchers, snagging 78 passes for 993 yards, while Bucky Curtis was targeted regularly, too.

O.K. Ferguson carried the ball for a team-best 802 yards for the Argonauts.

Johnny Sopinka and Hardiman Cureton each intercepted 4 opponent throws.

Bill Swiacki coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Arnie Galiffa	441	256	58.0	3682	8.3	32	7.3	20	4.5	72	90.5
Gerry Doucette	36	19	52.8	350	9.7	1	2.8	5	13.9	40	56.3
John Stephans	30	14	46.7	127	4.2	0	0.0	3	10.0	16	19.0
Earl Blair	2	1	50.0	8	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	60.4
Dick Shatto	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	510	290	56.9	4167	8.2	33	6.5	28	5.5	72

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
O.K. Ferguson	154	802	5.2	21	6
Bobby Kuntz	108	578	5.4	28	2
Dick Shatto	118	575	4.9	67	3
Arnie Galiffa	32	106	3.3	15	2
Doug Thompson	3	35	11.7	20	0
Earl Blair	6	24	4.0	10	0
Bart Moll	6	11	1.8	7	0
John Stephans	2	3	1.5	3	0
Gerry Doucette	3	2	0.7	2	0
Totals	432	2136	4.9	67	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Pfeifer	78	993	12.7	35	6
Bucky Curtis	48	927	19.3	50	8
Dick Shatto	41	553	13.5	45	5
Al Romine	29	538	18.6	72	5
Bobby Kuntz	27	269	10.0	25	2
Menan Schriewer	24	386	16.1	68	3
O.K. Ferguson	21	194	9.2	19	1
Royal Copeland	10	138	13.8	32	1
Johnny Sopinka	4	45	11.2	16	0
Earl Blair	3	47	15.7	21	2
Bill McFarlane	2	37	18.5	23	0
Bart Moll	1	22	22.0	22	0
Doug Thompson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Norm Nygaard	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	290	4167	14.4	72	33

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bart Moll	15	8	53.3	3	1	33.3	11
Mike Falls	28	23	82.1	0	0		23
Al Pfeifer	5	2	40.0	0	0		2
Totals	48	33	68.8	3	1	33.3	36

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Gerry Doucette	106	3919	37.0	64	2
Alex Ponton	12	496	41.3	64	0
Totals	118	4415	37.4	64	2

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Brown	44	379	8.6	18
Bill McFarlane	35	246	7.0	27
Doug Thompson	18	127	7.1	22
Dick Shatto	1	25	25.0	25
Earl Blair	4	14	3.5	9
Lowell Lander	1	10	10.0	10
Al Pfeifer	1	5	5.0	5
Johnny Sopinka	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	105	806	7.7	27

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Shatto	25	636	25.4	54
Bill McFarlane	11	176	16.0	26
Doug Thompson	6	130	21.7	30
Bobby Kuntz	4	82	20.5	28
Jim Hagerty	5	65	13.0	24
Norm Nygaard	2	53	26.5	30
Earl Blair	3	48	16.0	20
Bucky Curtis	5	48	9.6	29
Lowell Lander	1	20	20.0	20
Menan Schriewer	1	16	16.0	16
Ron Marciniak	1	11	11.0	11
Dick Brown	1	7	7.0	7
Royal Copeland	1	5	5.0	5
Al Pfeifer	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	67	1301	19.4	54

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Hardiman Cureton	4	16	4.0	11
Johnny Sopinka	4	5	1.2	5
Dick Shatto	3	72	24.0	51
Earl Blair	2	29	14.5	23
Dick Brown	2	11	5.5	11
Bobby Kuntz	2	9	4.5	9
Doug Thompson	2	0	0.0	0
Ron Marciniak	1	15	15.0	15
Lowell Lander	1	11	11.0	11
Bill McFarlane	1	5	5.0	5
Fran Machinsky	1	3	3.0	3
Al Pfeifer	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	24	179	7.5	51

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Dick Shatto				N/A		1
Mike Falls				N/A		1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dick Shatto	3	5	0	0		0	1		0	0	0			54
Bucky Curtis		8		0					0	0	1			49
O.K. Ferguson	6	1							0	0	0			42
Al Pfeifer		6	0	0		0			0	2	0			38
Al Romine		5							0	0	0			30
Mike Falls							1		0	23	0			29
Bobby Kuntz	2	2		0		0			0	0	0			24
Menan Schriewer		3		0					0	0	0			18
Earl Blair	0	2	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Arnie Galiffa	2								0	0	0			12
Bart Moll	0	0							1	8	0			11
Royal Copeland		1		0					0	0	0			6
Gerry Doucette	0								0	0	2			2
Totals	13	33	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	33	3	0	0	327