Toronto Argonauts 1956 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the IRFU

Toronto Argonauts 1956 Season Resources 1956 TOR Team Roster 1956 TOR Attendance

Exhibition
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Thu Aug 2 8:15 PM	TOR 41 @ KW 20	W	2,500
Ex	Wed Aug 8 11:30 PM	TOR 28 @ CGY 13	W	10,000
Ex	Mon Aug 13 11:30 PM	TOR 15 @ BC 20	L	17,657


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

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
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

	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)

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 RedBlacks (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	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

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	173 (24.7)	158 (22.6)	331 (23.6)
Total	Opponent	225 (32.1)	188 (26.9)	413 (29.5)
1st	Toronto	36 (5.1)	54 (7.7)	90 (6.4)
1st	Opponent	65 (9.3)	65 (9.3)	130 (9.3)
2nd	Toronto	27 (3.9)	34 (4.9)	61 (4.4)
2nd	Opponent	61 (8.7)	57 (8.1)	118 (8.4)
3rd	Toronto	50 (7.1)	22 (3.1)	72 (5.1)
3rd	Opponent	79 (11.3)	45 (6.4)	124 (8.9)
4th	Toronto	60 (8.6)	48 (6.9)	108 (7.7)
4th	Opponent	20 (2.9)	21 (3.0)	41 (2.9)

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)

Player Awards
All Stars

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	Frank “Moose” Machinsky
T	Bill Albright
DT	Bill Albright
DG	Hardiman Cureton

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1956 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur 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