1953 Toronto Balmy Beach (ORFU) |
| 2nd place • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: Chuck Klein |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1953 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 12-36 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 6200 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1953 | H | Sarnia Imperials | 5-30 | L | Toronto, ON | 200 | ||
| Sat | 9/5/1953 | H | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 14-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | ||
| Mon | 9/7/1953 | A | Sarnia Imperials | 9-8 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | 3000 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | A | Brantford Redskins | 31-0 | W | Brantford, ON | Lions Park | 1000 | |
| Fri | 9/18/1953 | University of Toronto | 23-16 | W | Toronto, ON | ||||
| Sat | 9/26/1953 | A | Queen's University | 10-20 | L | Kingston, ON | Richardson Stadium | ||
| Sat | 10/3/1953 | A | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 13-9 | W | Kitchener, ON | |||
| Sun | 10/4/1953 | H | Brantford Redskins | 28-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Maple Leaf Stadium | 200 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | H | Sarnia Imperials | 14-10 | W | Toronto, ON | Maple Leaf Stadium | ||
| Sat | 10/17/1953 | A | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 13-20 | L | Kitchener, ON | 3000 | ||
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | H | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 31-9 | W | Toronto, ON | 1000 | ||
| Sat | 10/24/1953 | A | Sarnia Imperials | 6-23 | L | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | H | Brantford Redskins | 37-0 | W | Toronto, ON | |||
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | H | Brantford Redskins | 51-6 | W | Toronto, ON | |||
| ORFU Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/7/1953 | A | Sarnia Imperials | 0-2 | L | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | ||
| ORFU Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | H | Sarnia Imperials | 18-10 | W | Toronto, ON | 700 | ||
| ORFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/11/1953 | A | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 6-9 | L | Kitchener, ON | 2000 | ||
| ORFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | H | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 24-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Maple Leaf Stadium | 6000 | |
| Grey Cup Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/21/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Arnoldi | FW-E | 175 | 21 | Queen's | ||||
| Lloyd Barnes | G | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | none | |||
| Jack Barry | HB | 5-10 | 165 | 26 | Midwestern State | 5 | ||
| Johnny Bell | HB-T | 6-4 | 188 | 32 | Western Ontario | 8 | ||
| Bernie Bird | FW-HB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Ron Bulman | FW | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | ||||
| Al Chard | HB-FB | 10 | ||||||
| Jim Cochrane | FW-HB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | ||||
| Gerry Doucette | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 19 | none | 12 | ||
| George Ellis | HB-FW | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | 8 | |||
| Ewler | G | 1 | ||||||
| Oatten Fisher | T | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | North Carolina A&T State; North Carolina Central | 12 | ||
| Ken Foster | E-FW | 5-10 | 199 | 24 | McMaster | 11 | ||
| Jerry Fuster | T | 1 | ||||||
| Bill Glendenning | E | 1 | ||||||
| Dick Gregory | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Minnesota | 8 | ||
| Dave Hagerman | G-C | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 3 | |||
| Ron Heron | HB-FW | 189 | 5 | |||||
| Don Hilson | C-G-HB | 20 | 11 | |||||
| Elgin Hirst | E | 5-11 | 213 | 24 | none | 10 | ||
| Clarence Johnson | E-G | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Northwestern | 2 | ||
| Gerry Keay | G-T | 0 | none | 10 | ||||
| Sam Laverty | HB | 5-10 | 157 | 19 | 12 | |||
| Bob Lingley | QB | 5-11 | 165 | 22 | 10 | |||
| Johnny McCutcheon | FW-HB-G | |||||||
| Jack McGee | T-G | 5-11 | 210 | 21 | Queen's | 11 | ||
| McIlmoyle | T | 11 | ||||||
| Ross McKelvey | HB | 5-10 | 160 | 29 | Queen's | |||
| Bill McKenna | T-G | 2 | ||||||
| Gene Miller | C-T | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | 10 | |||
| Nayland Moll | HB | 5-10 | 177 | 20 | none | 8 | ||
| Danny Nykoluk | E-T | 6-3 | 248 | 19 | none | 2 | ||
| Maurice O'Callaghan | E | 5-10 | 172 | 17 | 10 | |||
| Bud Peer | G-HB | 5-9 | 215 | 19 | none | 11 | ||
| Pyzer | G | |||||||
| Bob Schneidenbach | QB-HB | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | ||
| Jim Scurr | T | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | none | 2 | ||
| Danny Shaw | T | 6-1 | 233 | 19 | none | 12 | ||
| Red Shore | E | 1 | ||||||
| Harvey Singleton | E | 5-8 | 200 | 26 | Kentucky State | 11 | ||
| Bill Stockman | E | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | Toronto | 5 | ||
| Freddie Street | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | 3 | |||
| Tony Vericola | HB | 1 | ||||||
| Ron Watton | C-DE | 6-1 | 219 | 21 | none | 12 | ||
| Jim Weller | G-T | 5-10 | 204 | 21 | none | 9 | ||
| Bill Wilson | E | 205 | 5 | |||||
| Marve Yakimicki | G-T | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | ||||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 43 | 91 | 60 | 58 | 252 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 144 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Barry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
| Johnny Bell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||
| Jim Cochrane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Gerry Doucette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| George Ellis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| Ken Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Dick Gregory | 13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95 | |||||||
| Sam Laverty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Johnny McCutcheon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Nayland Moll | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
| Maurice O'Callaghan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Bob Schneidenbach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||
| Harvey Singleton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Ron Watton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 41 | 29 | 41 | 70.7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 252 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 145 |
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