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1952 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)

2nd place 7-4-1 .625

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Head Coach: Frank Clair

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			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
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
61	George Arnett	T	6-2	240	24	McMaster	11	1
52	Les Ascott	G	6-0	235	31		11	1
82	Billy Bass	HB	5-10	180	30	Tennessee State; Nevada-Reno	11	8
64	Pete Bennett	T	6-3	240	25	Toronto	12	2
53	Fred Black	G	6-0	220	22	none	9	10
70	Al Bruno	E	6-3	195	25	Kentucky	11	12
60	Jack Carpenter	T	6-0	235	29	Columbia; Missouri; Michigan	12	13
99	Royal Copeland	HB	6-0	190	28	none	12	1
81	Ulysses Curtis	HB	5-10	176	26	Florida A&M	12	13
42	Al Dancy	C	5-11	204	22	Toronto	1	1
40	Don Ettinger	C	6-2	215	31	Kansas	12	12
95	Johnny Fedosoff	HB	5-11	180	20	none	5	2
76	Bud Fowler	E	6-0	192	26	none	4	1
71	Jack Gray	HB	5-10	167	25	Toronto	11	0
56	Marsh Hames	G	5-10	217		Toronto	7	2
72	Tom Harpley	E	6-0	197	23	none	9	1
74	Bob Heck	E	6-3	207	27	Purdue	4	3
88	Steve Karrys	FW	6-0	180	28	Toronto	12	1
85	Joe Krol	HB	6-0	200	33	Western Ontario	12	0
59	Don MacKenzie	G	5-11	241	32	none	9	8
51	Bob Marshall	G	6-0	235	29	Michigan; McGill	7	0
41	Bob McClelland	C	6-3	217		McGill	1	0
75	Bill O'Connor	E	6-4	220	26	Notre Dame	8	8
62	Lorne Parkin	T	6-1	215	32		11	12
74/86	Doug Pyzer	HB	5-9	175	29		6	3
50	Jack Roberts	G	5-10	207	22	Toronto	9	5
92	Neil Schmidt	HB	6-0	168	25	Purdue	2	0
73	Art Scullion	E	6-2	217	22		12	1
41	Johnny Shore	C	6-0	206	28	Toronto	11	1
78	Harvey Singleton	E	5-8	200	25	Kentucky State	1	0
87	Doug Smylie	HB-FW	6-1	197	30	none	12	5
84	Rod Smylie	HB	5-11	187	28	none	12	12
65	Ed Soergel	QB	6-0	185	22	Eastern Illinois	10	1
89	Ted Toogood	HB-FB	5-9	164	28	Toronto	11	6
80	Nobby Wirkowski	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
Team Totals	60	56	68	81
Opponents Totals	19	38	60	74

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
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
Bill O'Connor	1	0			0			0	0	5
Doug Smylie	1	0			0			0	0	5
Rod Smylie	1	0			0			0	0	5
Ed Soergel	1	0			0			0	0	5
Ted Toogood	1	0			0			0	0	5
Jack Carpenter	0	0			0			0	1	2
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
Bill O'Connor					1
Rod Smylie					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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