Overview of the events of 1952 in Canadian football
The Toronto Argonauts faced the Edmonton Eskimos in the Grey Cup . Although the Argos would hold on to win the game and their tenth Grey Cup championship, an Argo would not sip from the silver mug again until 1983.[ 1]
The Canadian Rugby Union received television revenue for the first time when it was paid $7,500 by CBC for the rights to televise the Grey Cup game. CBLT Toronto was the only station to carry the game live.
The WIFU increased their games to 16 per team.
Final regular season standings [ edit ] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs. Winnipeg has a bye and will play in the WIFU Finals. The last three Windsor Royals games were canceled, leading to an uneven number of games played. The Royals stopped competing in the ORFU after this season.
Note: All dates in 1952
Edmonton won the total-point series by 42–38. The Eskimos will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the WIFU Finals. Edmonton wins the best of three series 2–1. The Eskimos will advance to the Grey Cup game. Sarnia won the total-point series by 65–19. The Imperials will play the Toronto Argonauts in the Grey Cup semifinal. Toronto wins the best of three series 2–1. The Argonauts will play the Sarnia Imperials in the Grey Cup semifinal.
The Toronto Argonauts will advance to the Grey Cup game.
Quarterfinals Semifinals Grey Cup final IRFU Hamilton Tiger Cats 6-27-7 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 22-11-12 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 34 EAST ORFU Sarnia Imperials 15 ORFU Sarnia Imperials 41-24 ORFU Toronto Balmy Beach 12-7 IRFU Toronto Argonauts 21 WIFU Edmonton Eskimos 11 WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers WIFU BYE WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28-12-1 WEST WIFU Edmonton Eskimos 12-18-22 WIFU Edmonton Eskimos 12-30 WIFU Calgary Stampeders 31-7
Grey Cup Championship [ edit ] Note: WIFU Semifinal, as well as Eastern Playoff dates are not confirmed, however since [1] the regular season ended October 18 in the West, and November 8 in the East, and [2] WIFU Final dates, as well as Grey Cup date are accurate, it is reasonable to assume the above dates are accurate.
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
QB – Bill Mackrides , Hamilton Tiger-Cats RB – Hal Waggoner , Hamilton Tiger-Cats RB – Ulysses Curtis , Toronto Argonauts RB – Gene Roberts , Ottawa Rough Riders E – Red O'Quinn , Montreal Alouettes E – Al Bruno , Toronto Argonauts FW – Bob Simpson , Ottawa Rough Riders C – Red Ettinger , Toronto Argonauts G – Eddie Bevan , Hamilton Tiger-Cats G – Vince Scott , Hamilton Tiger-Cats T – Jim Staton , Montreal Alouettes T – Vince Mazza , Hamilton Tiger-Cats NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
QB – Jack Jacobs , Winnipeg Blue Bombers HB – Tom Casey , Winnipeg Blue Bombers HB – Rollie Miles , Edmonton Eskimos FB – Johnny Bright , Calgary Stampeders E – Rollin Prather , Edmonton Eskimos E – Bob Shaw , Calgary Stampeders FW – Bud Korchak , Winnipeg Blue Bombers C – Bill Blackburn , Calgary Stampeders G – Mario DeMarco , Edmonton Eskimos G – Jim McPherson , Winnipeg Blue Bombers T – Dick Huffman , Winnipeg Blue Bombers T – Buddy Tinsley , Winnipeg Blue Bombers QB – Frank Filchock , Edmonton Eskimos QB – Claude Arnold , Edmonton Eskimos HB – Pete Thodos , Calgary Stampeders HB – Normie Kwong , Edmonton Eskimos FB – Ralph McAlister , Winnipeg Blue Bombers E – Paul Salata , Calgary Stampeders E – Joe Aguirre , Edmonton Eskimos E – Holland Alphin , Saskatchewan Roughriders FW – Butch Avinger , Saskatchewan Roughriders G – Harry Langford , Calgary Stampeders G – Dean Bandiera , Winnipeg Blue Bombers T – Martin Ruby , Saskatchewan Roughriders
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
QB – Jack McKelvie , Sarnia Imperials HB – John Pont , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers HB – Archie McAffer , Sarnia Imperials HB – John Duchene , Sarnia Imperials E – Fred Smale , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers E – Jack Glendenning , Sarnia Imperials FW – John Florence , Sarnia Imperials C – Bruce Mattingly , Sarnia Imperials G – Bob O'Ree , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers G – Wally McIntosh , Sarnia Imperials T – Oatten Fisher , Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers T – Maurice Dorocke , Sarnia Imperials T – Lloyd "Dutch" Davey , Sarnia Imperials
Western Interprovicial Football Union Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Ontario Rugby Football Union See also
