The Toronto Argonauts 1956 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts 1956 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the IRFU

Team Roster and Stats

1956 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Toronto Argonauts 1956 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	43	33	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	14	4	10	0	8	331	413	W1	1-5-0
Home	7	2	5	0	4	173	188	L4	2-4-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	158	225	W1	2-4-0

Full 1956 League Standings

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 2nd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (2-10-0)
After 3rd	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)

Toronto Argonauts 1956 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Western Inter-provincial Football Union
A	Wed. Aug. 8	TOR 28 @ CGY 13	W	10,000
B	Mon. Aug. 13	TOR 15 @ BC 20	L	17,657
Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union
1	Sat. Aug. 25	TOR 20 @ MTL 24	L	22,732
2	Wed. Aug. 29	HAM 18 @ TOR 0	L	23,801
2	Mon. Sept. 3	TOR 21 @ HAM 31	L	20,725
3	Sat. Sept. 8 2:00 PM	MTL 28 @ TOR 51	W	20,942	CBCR
4	Wed. Sept. 12 8:00 PM	TOR 22 @ HAM 21	W	19,153
4	Fri. Sept. 14 8:00 PM	HAM 19 @ TOR 41	W	24,118
5	Sat. Sept. 22 2:00 PM	OTT 31 @ TOR 20	L	21,825	CBCR
6	Sat. Sept. 29	TOR 22 @ OTT 43	L	18,791
7	Sat. Oct. 6	TOR 6 @ HAM 42	L	15,125
7	Mon. Oct. 8	HAM 34 @ TOR 29	L	19,046
8	Sat. Oct. 13	MTL 28 @ TOR 13	L	18,679
9	Sat. Oct. 20	TOR 26 @ OTT 37	L	13,770
10	Sat. Oct. 27	OTT 30 @ TOR 19	L	15,535
11	Sat. Nov. 3	TOR 41 @ MTL 27	W	20,913

Toronto Argonauts 1956 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.561	2-5-0 (7)	2-5-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6)	0.500	1-2-0 (3)	1-2-0 (3)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.714	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Team Scoring

	1956	1955 +/-
Average Combined Score	53.14	+5.89
Average Winning Score	38.75	+12.25
Average Losing Score	17.60	+0.97
Average Home Score	24.71	+3.38
Average Visitor Score	22.57	+4.07
Average Margin of Victory	15.00	+1.75
Average Margin of Loss	14.20	-3.55

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Toronto	36	54	90	27	34	61	50	22	72	60	48	108	173 (24.7)	158 (22.6)	331 (23.6)
Opponent	65	65	130	57	61	118	45	79	124	21	20	41	225 (32.1)	188 (26.9)	413 (29.5)

Coaches

Head Coaches

Hamp Pool (Dec. 27, 1956 – Sept. 21, 1959)
Bill Swiacki (May 12, 1955 – Nov. 6, 1956)

Assistant Coach

Bill Earley – Offensive backfield (until 1956-10-18)

Toronto Argonauts 1956 Player Awards and Nominations

1956 Most Outstanding

Player — Dick Shatto (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Bill Albright (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bobby Kuntz (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1956 All-Star Selections

5 All-Division Selections

HB	Dick Shatto
G	Fran Machinsky
T	Bill Albright
DT	Bill Albright
DG	Hardiman Cureton

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Toronto Argonauts 1956 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–5 (5)		Ted Smale (E)	Toronto
2–5 (14)		Dick Risk (HB)	Toronto
3–5 (23)		Jerry O'Flanagan (T)	British Columbia (UBC)
4–5 (31)		Walt Bulchak (HB)	Toronto