Canadian Amateur Draft Selections

Round–Pos
(Overall)
Team[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–1 (1) SSK   Les Sigurdson (T) McGill
1–2 (2) TOR   Paul Fedor (E) Queen's
1–3 (3) BC   Bill Britton (HB) Western Ontario
1–4 (4) MTL   Ron Murphy (E) McGill
1–5 (5) CGY   Willie Casanova (HB) Western Ontario
1–6 (6) OTT   Russ Jackson (QB) McMaster
1–7 (7) WPG   Jan Sandzelius (HB) McGill
1–8 (8) HAM   John Cronin (HB) McGill
1–9 (9) EDM   John Tattle (HB) Toronto (UofT)
Position unconfirmed SSK   Leo Konyk (G) McGill
Position unconfirmed TOR   John Casey (T) Toronto (UofT)
Position unconfirmed BC   George Cummings (T) McMaster
Position unconfirmed MTL   Sam Yuska (E) McGill
2–5 (14) CGY   Graydon Harrison (G) Queen's
Position unconfirmed OTT   John Bennett (E) McGill
2–7 (16) WPG   Tom White (T) Western Ontario
2–8 (17) HAM   Ray Brown (T) McGill
Position unconfirmed EDM   Bill Miller (T) Toronto (UofT)
Position unconfirmed SSK   Merv Shaw (G) McGill
Position unconfirmed TOR   George Stulac (E) Toronto (UofT)
Position unconfirmed BC   Art Jokanovitch (T) British Columbia (UBC)
Position unconfirmed MTL   Frank Loftus (HB) Western Ontario
Position unconfirmed CGY   Pass  
Position unconfirmed OTT   Brian Aston (QB) Toronto (UofT)
Position unconfirmed WPG   Pass  
Position unconfirmed HAM   Pass  
Position unconfirmed EDM   Ray Johnson (T) Western Ontario
Position unconfirmed SSK   Garnet Bertrand (C) McGill
Position unconfirmed TOR   Neil Desborough (HB) Western Ontario
Position unconfirmed BC   Pass  
Position unconfirmed MTL   Bruce Ward (G) Western Ontario
Position unconfirmed CGY   Pass  
Position unconfirmed OTT   John Chisholm (C) Toronto (UofT)
Position unconfirmed WPG   Pass  
Position unconfirmed HAM   Pass  
Position unconfirmed EDM   Bill Halvorson (G) Queen's
Position unconfirmed SSK   Peter Zarry (E) Western Ontario
Position unconfirmed TOR   Al “Butch” Rogers (HB) McMaster
Position unconfirmed BC   Pass  
Position unconfirmed MTL   Pass  
Position unconfirmed CGY   Pass  
Position unconfirmed OTT   Dan Nelson (E) Toronto (UofT)
Position unconfirmed WPG   Pass  
Position unconfirmed HAM   Pass  
Position unconfirmed EDM   Pass  
  • Date: Jan. 19, 1958
  • Location: Winnipeg, MB
  • Rounds: 5
  • Players selected: 32
Notes

Held on the formation day of the league, the first CFL draft allowed teams to select graduating players from six universities.

Round Played / Picks (%) League GP
League Total 10 / 32 (31.25%) 499
1 5 / 9 (55.56%) 359
2 3 / 9 (33.33%) 73
3 1 / 6 (16.67%) 34
4 0 / 5 (0.00%) 0
5 1 / 3 (33.33%) 33

1958 Team Breakdown and Draft Success

Team Played / Picks (%) League GP Team GP
League Total 10 / 32 (31.25%) 499 357
Ottawa RedBlacks 3 / 5 (60.00%) 209 166
Toronto Argonauts 3 / 5 (60.00%) 119 88
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1 / 2 (50.00%) 11 0
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1 / 2 (50.00%) 10 0
BC Lions 1 / 3 (33.33%) 103 56
Montreal Alouettes 1 / 4 (25.00%) 47 47
Calgary Stampeders 0 / 2 (0.00%) 0 0
Edmonton Elks 0 / 4 (0.00%) 0 0
Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 / 5 (0.00%) 0 0

1958 Draft Breakdown

Breakdown by Position
  • 8 — HB
  • 8 — T
  • 7 — E
  • 5 — G
  • 2 — C
  • 2 — QB
Breakdown by College/Program
  • 10 — McGill
  • 8 — Western Ontario
  • 7 — Toronto (UofT)
  • 3 — McMaster
  • 3 — Queen's
  • 1 — British Columbia (UBC)

Sources

Contributors

  • No contributors for this draft.

Notices

  • Data is unverified (Unconfirmed selections or order)
  • Data needs investigation (Draft order)