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1952 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)

2nd place • 7-4-1 .625

1952 CFL • Previous Season • Next Season

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Head Coach: Frank Clair

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/16/1952	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	11	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	10000
Sun	8/24/1952	N	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	8	14	L		Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	14066
Mon	9/1/1952	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33	13	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16000
Sat	9/6/1952	H	Montreal Alouettes	43	0	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	18700
Sat	9/13/1952	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	24	19	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	19300
Sat	9/20/1952	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13	13	T		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	26663
Sun	9/28/1952	A	Montreal Alouettes	12	6	W		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	17472
Sat	10/4/1952	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	21	25	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16500
Sat	10/11/1952	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	27	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	25974
Mon	10/13/1952	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	25	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17200
Sat	10/18/1952	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	25	6	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17000
Sat	10/25/1952	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	20	14	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	24402
Sun	11/2/1952	A	Montreal Alouettes	29	18	W		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	13548
Sat	11/8/1952	H	Montreal Alouettes	11	25	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	14664
IRFU Final #1
Sat	11/15/1952	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22	6	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17312
IRFU Final #2
Wed	11/19/1952	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	11	27	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	25099
IRFU Final #3
Sat	11/22/1952	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	7	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	27242
Grey Cup Semi-Final
Wed	11/26/1952	H	Sarnia Imperials	34	15	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	8900
Grey Cup
Sat	11/29/1952	H	Edmonton Eskimos	21	11	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	27391

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
George Arnett	61	T	6-2	240	24	McMaster	11	1
Les Ascott	52	G	6-0	235	31		11	1
Billy Bass	82	HB	5-10	180	30	Tennessee State; Nevada-Reno	11	8
Pete Bennett	64	T	6-3	240	25	Toronto	12	2
Fred Black	53	G	6-0	220	22	none	9	10
Al Bruno	70	E	6-3	195	25	Kentucky	11	12
Jack Carpenter	60	T	6-0	235	29	Columbia; Missouri; Michigan	12	13
Royal Copeland	99	HB	6-0	190	28	none	12	1
Ulysses Curtis	81	HB	5-10	176	26	Florida A&M	12	13
Al Dancy	42	C	5-11	204	22	Toronto	1	1
Don Ettinger	40	C	6-2	215	31	Kansas	12	12
Johnny Fedosoff	95	HB	5-11	180	20	none	5	2
Bud Fowler	76	E	6-0	192	26	none	4	1
Jack Gray	71	HB	5-10	167	25	Toronto	11	0
Marsh Hames	56	G	5-10	217		Toronto	7	2
Tom Harpley	72	E	6-0	197	23	none	9	1
Bob Heck	74	E	6-3	207	27	Purdue	4	3
Steve Karrys	88	FW	6-0	180	28	Toronto	12	1
Joe Krol	85	HB	6-0	200	33	Western Ontario	12	0
Don MacKenzie	59	G	5-11	241	32	none	9	8
Bob Marshall	51	G	6-0	235	29	Michigan; McGill	7	0
Bob McClelland	41	C	6-3	217		McGill	1	0
Bill O'Connor	75	E	6-4	220	26	Notre Dame	8	8
Lorne Parkin	62	T	6-1	215	32		11	12
Doug Pyzer	74/86	HB	5-9	175	29		6	3
Jack Roberts	50	G	5-10	207	22	Toronto	9	5
Neil Schmidt	92	HB	6-0	168	25	Purdue	2	0
Art Scullion	73	E	6-2	217	22		12	1
Johnny Shore	41	C	6-0	206	28	Toronto	11	1
Harvey Singleton	78	E	5-8	200	25	Kentucky State	1	0
Doug Smylie	87	HB-FW	6-1	197	30	none	12	5
Rod Smylie	84	HB	5-11	187	28	none	12	12
Ed Soergel	65	QB	6-0	185	22	Eastern Illinois	10	1
Ted Toogood	89	HB-FB	5-9	164	28	Toronto	11	6
Nobby Wirkowski	80	QB	5-10	175	26	Miami (Ohio)	12	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Marsh Hames	T	Toronto
2	6	Al Dancy	C	Toronto
3	10	Ross McKelvey	HB	Queen's
4	14	Jack Roberts	E	Toronto

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	60	56	68	81	265
Opponents Totals	19	38	60	74	191

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Ulysses Curtis	16	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	80
Al Bruno	8	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	40
Joe Krol	2	7			-	-	-	0			7	0	24
Nobby Wirkowski	4	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	20
Don Ettinger	0	17			-	-	-	0			1	0	18
Bob Heck	0	13			-	-	-	1			0	0	16
Johnny Fedosoff	3	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	15
Doug Pyzer	3	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	15
Billy Bass	2	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	10
Doug Smylie	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Rod Smylie	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Ted Toogood	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Jack Carpenter	0	0			-	-	-	0			0	1	2
Bill O'Connor	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Ed Soergel	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Team Totals	43	37	43	86.0	1			8	1	265
Opponents Totals	30	25	30	83.3	0			16	0	191

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ulysses Curtis					6
Nobby Wirkowski					4
Doug Pyzer					3
Billy Bass					2
Johnny Fedosoff					2
Joe Krol					2
Doug Smylie					1
Ted Toogood					1
Team Totals					21
Opponents Totals					11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Nobby Wirkowski									21
Team Totals									21
Opponents Totals									14

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ulysses Curtis					10
Al Bruno					8
Johnny Fedosoff					1
Rod Smylie					1
Bill O'Connor					1
Team Totals					21
Opponents Totals					14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Soergel					1
Team Totals					1
Opponents Totals					3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							2

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