1979 CFL Canadian Amateur Draft
Territorial Protections Jan. 25, 1979
Team [Via] Player (Position) College/Program
TOR
Mike McTague (WR )
North Dakota State
SSK
Al Johns (DT )
Pacific
SSK
Tim Hook (OG )
Montana
BC
Nick Hebeler (DT )
Simon Fraser
BC
Ron Morehouse (LB )
San Diego State
HAM
John Priestner (LB )
Western Ontario
HAM
Jim Reid (RB )
Wilfrid Laurier
WPG
Rick Chernoff (TE )
Manitoba
WPG
Bill Yaworsky (DE )
Manitoba
OTT
Malcolm Inglis (OT )
Carleton
OTT
Pat Stoqua (DB )
Carleton
CGY
Tom Krebs (G )
Utah
CGY
Doug Battershill (DB )
Weber State
CGY
[TOR ]
Rob Forbes (FB )
Drake
MTL
Nick Arakgi (TE )
Bishop's
MTL
Phil Colwell (RB )
Wilfrid Laurier
EDM
Marco Cyncar (DB )
Alberta
EDM
Kerry O'Connor (RB )
Alberta
Canadian Amateur Draft Selections
Round–Pos (Overall) Team [Via] Player (Position) College/Program
1–1 (1)
TOR
Kevin Powell
(OT )
Utah State
1–2 (2)
SSK
Al Chorney
(DB )
British Columbia (UBC)
1–3 (3)
BC
Mark Houghton
(RB )
California-Berkeley
1–4 (4)
SSK
[HAM ]
Gerry Hornett
(OT )
Simon Fraser
1–5 (5)
WPG
Rick House
(RB )
Simon Fraser
1–6 (6)
OTT
Carm Carteri
(LB )
Montana
1–7 (7)
CGY
Darrell Moir
(WR )
Calgary
1–8 (8)
CGY
[MTL ]
Darrell Burko
(LB )
Saskatchewan
1–9 (9)
EDM
Dan Brown
(LB )
Calgary
2–1 (10)
TOR
Dan Huclack
(RB )
Simon Fraser
2–2 (11)
SSK
Bernard Crump
(DB )
British Columbia (UBC)
2–3 (12)
BC
Chris Curran
(DB )
Western Ontario
2–4 (13)
HAM
Jim O'Keeffe
(DB )
Wilfrid Laurier
2–5 (14)
WPG
Jim Dziedzina
(TE )
Simon Fraser
2–6 (15)
OTT
Al Dosant
(DB )
Windsor
2–7 (16)
CGY
Ed Thomas
(DB )
Boise State
2–8 (17)
HAM
[MTL ]
Walt Payerl
(WR )
Western Ontario
2–9 (18)
EDM
Chris Davies
(TE )
British Columbia (UBC)
3–1 (19)
MTL
[TOR ]
Ed Szpytma
(DE )
McMaster
3–2 (20)
BC
[SSK ]
Kevin Aver
(DB )
St. Francis Xavier
3–3 (21)
BC
Murray Watson
(DE )
Western Ontario
3–4 (22)
WPG
[HAM ]
Walt Passaglia
(WR )
Simon Fraser
3–5 (23)
WPG
Doug Biggerstaff
(DE )
British Columbia (UBC)
3–6 (24)
MTL
[OTT ]
Adrien Polesel
(DT )
McMaster
3–7 (25)
CGY
Jeff Inglis
(OL )
Guelph
3–8 (26)
MTL
Jim Rutka
(WR )
Queen's
3–9 (27)
EDM
Dave Roberts
(LB )
Queen's
4–1 (28)
TOR
Brent Racette
(DE )
British Columbia (UBC)
4–2 (29)
SSK
Joe Sturby
(LB )
Saskatchewan
4–3 (30)
BC
Torinda Panetta
(LB )
Carleton
4–4 (31)
WPG
[HAM ]
Chris Brewer
(DE )
Acadia
4–5 (32)
WPG
Jim McHugh
(LB )
McMaster
4–6 (33)
OTT
David Green
(FB )
Carleton
4–7 (34)
CGY
Clay Richards
(DB )
Gavilan JC
4–8 (35)
MTL
Roland Mangold
(OG )
Northeast Missouri State
4–9 (36)
EDM
Blair Shier
(OT )
Bishop's
5–1 (37)
TOR
Mark Forsyth
(DB )
Wilfrid Laurier
5–2 (38)
SSK
Lyle Bauer
(OG )
Weber State
5–3 (39)
BC
John MacKay
(RB )
Simon Fraser
5–4 (40)
HAM
Mark Heidebrecht
(DT )
Springfield College (MA)
5–5 (41)
WPG
Bob McEachern
(LB )
Weber State
5–6 (42)
OTT
Blaine Shore
(WR )
Queen's
5–7 (43)
CGY
Dan Hagen
(SB )
Waterloo
5–8 (44)
MTL
Harry Webster
(OT )
Bishop's
5–9 (45)
EDM
Gary Simpson
(DB )
Carleton
6–1 (46)
TOR
Peter Racey
(OT )
Simon Fraser
6–2 (47)
SSK
Paul Krepinski
(DT )
Utah State
6–3 (48)
BC
Barry Muis
(WR )
British Columbia (UBC)
6–4 (49)
HAM
Jack Davis
(DT )
Wilfrid Laurier
6–5 (50)
WPG
Gerry Hatherly
(LB )
Manitoba
6–6 (51)
OTT
Scott Spurgeon
(DB )
St. Francis Xavier
6–7 (52)
CGY
Ossie Wilson
(SB )
McMaster
6–8 (53)
MTL
Richard Payne
(LB )
Wilfrid Laurier
6–9 (54)
EDM
Bob Colak
(LB )
Windsor
7–1 (55)
TOR
John Goodrow
(RB )
Toronto (UofT)
7–2 (56)
SSK
Lorne Groot
(DT )
Alberta
7–3 (57)
BC
Paul Jaffe
(LB )
Carleton
7–4 (58)
HAM
Peter Hepburn
(DT )
Wilfrid Laurier
7–5 (59)
WPG
Barry Safiniuk
(RB )
Manitoba
7–6 (60)
OTT
David Behm
(RB )
Ottawa
7–7 (61)
CGY
George Fieber
(C )
Manitoba
7–8 (62)
MTL
Keir Cutler
(WR )
McGill
7–9 (63)
EDM
Paul Shugart
(TE )
Queen's
Date: Feb. 14, 1979
Location: Toronto, ON
Territorial protections: 18
Rounds: 7
Players selected: 63
Round
Played / Picks (%)
League GP
League Total
17 / 63 (26.98%)
1,335
1
8 / 9 (88.89%)
717
2
2 / 9 (22.22%)
160
3
3 / 9 (33.33%)
134
4
3 / 9 (33.33%)
163
5
1 / 9 (11.11%)
161
6
0 / 9 (0.00%)
0
7
0 / 9 (0.00%)
0
Team
Played / Picks (%)
League GP
Team GP
League Total
17 / 63 (26.98%)
1,335
594
Toronto Argonauts
3 / 6 (50.00%)
383
72
Ottawa RedBlacks
3 / 6 (50.00%)
113
7
Saskatchewan Roughriders
3 / 7 (42.86%)
293
93
Calgary Stampeders
3 / 8 (37.50%)
197
149
Montreal Alouettes
2 / 7 (28.57%)
106
81
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2 / 9 (22.22%)
211
160
BC Lions
1 / 8 (12.50%)
32
32
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
0 / 5 (0.00%)
0
0
Edmonton Elks
0 / 7 (0.00%)
0
0
Breakdown by Position
14 — DB
14 — LB
10 — RB
8 — DT
8 — WR
6 — DE
6 — OT
5 — TE
3 — OG
2 — FB
2 — SB
1 — C
1 — G
1 — OL
Breakdown by College/Program
8 — Simon Fraser
7 — Wilfrid Laurier
6 — British Columbia (UBC)
6 — Carleton
5 — Manitoba
4 — McMaster
4 — Queen's
4 — Western Ontario
3 — Alberta
3 — Bishop's
3 — Weber State
2 — Calgary
2 — Montana
2 — Saskatchewan
2 — St. Francis Xavier
2 — Utah State
2 — Windsor
1 —
Acadia,
Boise State,
California-Berkeley,
Drake,
Gavilan JC,
Guelph,
McGill,
North Dakota State,
Northeast Missouri State,
Ottawa,
Pacific,
San Diego State,
Springfield College (MA),
Toronto (UofT),
Utah,
Waterloo
No contributors for this draft.
No notices for this draft.