1956 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 9-7 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Allie Sherman (9-7)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1956 Winnipeg Blue Bombers RosterTeam Record: 9-7 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Allie Sherman (9-7)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1956 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses for 18 points, finishing third in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Blue Bombers paced the circuit with just 228 points allowed. Winnipeg chalked up 315 points. Bob McNamara rushed for a team-high 1,101 yards.
Eagle Day passed for 1,814 yards. Bud Grant caught 63 balls for 970 yards.
Gordie Rowland intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Allie Sherman coached the team. The 1956 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Day | 254 | 137 | 53.9 | 1814 | 7.1 | 7 | 2.8 | 12 | 4.7 | 53 | 66.3 |
| Buddy Leake | 91 | 43 | 47.3 | 819 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.5 | 11 | 12.1 | 75 | 57.7 |
| Barry Roseborough | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 70 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 72.9 |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 91.7 |
| Totals | 356 | 186 | 52.2 | 2709 | 7.6 | 12 | 3.4 | 23 | 6.5 | 75 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McNamara | 178 | 1101 | 6.2 | 30 | 13 |
| Bob Davenport | 140 | 677 | 4.8 | 24 | 2 |
| Buddy Leake | 156 | 633 | 4.1 | 37 | 6 |
| Eagle Day | 164 | 477 | 2.9 | 53 | 4 |
| Elton Taylor | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pepe Latourelle | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 664 | 3034 | 4.6 | 53 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Grant | 63 | 970 | 15.4 | 53 | 1 |
| Bob McNamara | 36 | 512 | 14.2 | 75 | 4 |
| Al Bruno | 32 | 579 | 18.1 | 49 | 1 |
| Buddy Leake | 18 | 240 | 13.3 | 48 | 4 |
| Bob Davenport | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 15 | 2 |
| Glenn McWhinney | 9 | 128 | 14.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Miner | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Pepe Latourelle | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Elton Taylor | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Eagle Day | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Kelly | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 186 | 2709 | 14.6 | 75 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Miner | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 2 | 51 | 2716 | 53.3 | 66 | 0 | 28 |
| Buddy Leake | 32 | 30 | 93.8 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 40 | 32 | 80.0 | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 2 | 51 | 2716 | 53.3 | 66 | 0 | 70 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Vincent | 56 | 2131 | 38.1 | 63 | 1 |
| Eagle Day | 47 | 1795 | 38.2 | 59 | 1 |
| Barry Roseborough | 27 | 980 | 36.3 | 49 | 2 |
| Buddy Leake | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 59 | 1 |
| Totals | 132 | 4965 | 37.6 | 63 | 5 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Rowland | 44 | 265 | 6.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Pepe Latourelle | 47 | 254 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Glenn McWhinney | 35 | 161 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Al Bruno | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Stan Canakes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 130 | 710 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McNamara | 9 | 253 | 28.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Pepe Latourelle | 10 | 201 | 20.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Elton Taylor | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Gordie Rowland | 5 | 125 | 25.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Davenport | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Buddy Leake | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Glenn McWhinney | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Barry Roseborough | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Miner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buddy Alliston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 949 | 21.6 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Rowland | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Elton Taylor | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 70 | 1 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Keith Pearce | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Al Bruno | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Buddy Alliston | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Buddy Leake | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Haas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 269 | 9.3 | 70 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Miner | 5 | 88 | 0 | ||||
| Herb Gray | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walt Bilicki | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gordie Rowland | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Calvin Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Druxman | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elton Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Keith Pearce | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cec Luining | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Roger Savoie | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gerry Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bud Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Buddy Alliston | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Bruno | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 96 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Buddy Leake | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 103 | ||||||
| Bob McNamara | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |||||
| Tom Miner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | |||||||
| Eagle Day | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
| Bob Davenport | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Bud Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Cec Luining | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Al Bruno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Elton Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Barry Roseborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Gerry Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 309 |
