1952 Saskatchewan Roughriders Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 3-13 6
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Glenn Dobbs (3-13)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

1952 Saskatchewan Roughriders Roster
1952 Saskatchewan Roughriders Results

The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses for 6 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.

The Roughriders racked up 216 points, but the porous defense surrendered 363, most in the circuit. Glenn Dobbs threw for 1,977 yards. Holly Aplin hauled in 41 receptions for 801 yards.

Sully Glasser ran for a team-high 267 yards for Saskatchewan, and Dick Gregory also aided the ground game.

Butch Avinger intercepted 8 errant tosses from the opposition.

Glenn Dobbs coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Rating
Glenn Dobbs	253	116	45.8	1977	7.8	14	5.5	12	4.7	71.5
Doug Belden	78	30	38.5	470	6.0	5	6.4	5	6.4	53.9
Butch Avinger	15	5	33.3	124	8.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	64.3
Ken Charlton	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Totals	347	151	43.5	2571	7.4	19	5.5	17	4.9

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Sully Glasser	58	267	4.6	22	0
Dick Gregory	45	225	5.0	30	0
Nels Greene	33	164	5.0	13	1
Freddy Hamilton	40	161	4.0	18	1
Ken Charlton	43	152	3.5	43	2
Art Stewart	24	140	5.8	13	0
Mike Maruska	32	85	2.7	8	1
Jack Hutchinson	24	74	3.1	18	0
Glenn Dobbs	35	70	2.0	23	0
Butch Avinger	13	60	4.6	12	1
Wayne Anderson	7	26	3.7	9	1
Jim Keane	2	24	12.0	18	0
Bob Pelling	1	9	9.0	9	0
Del Wardien	2	7	3.5	10	0
Joe Stracina	3	5	1.7	5	0
Johnny Bell	1	2	2.0	2	0
Reg Whitehouse	1	2	2.0	2	0
Doug Belden	15	-21	-1.4	14	1
Totals	379	1452	3.8	43	8

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Holly Aplin	41	801	19.5	0	6
Harry Lampman	25	429	17.2	0	4
Ken Charlton	18	345	19.2	0	1
Butch Avinger	16	172	10.8	0	2
Johnny Bell	14	147	10.5	0	0
Bob Pelling	8	135	16.9	0	2
Jim Keane	6	77	12.8	0	1
Elbert Johnson	5	94	18.8	0	1
Mike Maruska	4	69	17.2	0	1
Wayne Anderson	3	74	24.7	0	0
Dick Gregory	3	62	20.7	0	0
Del Wardien	2	89	44.5	0	0
Freddy Hamilton	2	25	12.5	0	1
Sully Glasser	1	20	20.0	20	0
Glenn Dobbs	1	12	12.0	12	0
Roy Wright	1	11	11.0	11	0
Nels Greene	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	151	2571	17.0	20	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Del Wardien	27	24	88.9	3	1	33.3	1					28
Reg Whitehouse	5	5	100.0	1	0	0.0	1	11	543	49.4	57	6
Totals	32	29	90.6	4	1	25.0	2	11	543	49.4	57	34

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Butch Avinger	131	5855	44.7	82	19
Glenn Dobbs	1	43	43.0	43	0
Totals	132	5898	44.7	82	19

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Roy Wright	33	203	6.2	18
Del Wardien	21	161	7.7	20
Mike Maruska	17	90	5.3	18
Bob McMillan	9	76	8.4	29
Wayne Anderson	9	52	5.8	15
Ken Charlton	3	42	14.0	28
Dick Gregory	3	24	8.0	15
Sandy Spence	2	9	4.5	9
Sully Glasser	4	6	1.5	4
Bob Pelling	3	3	1.0	2
Totals	104	666	6.4	29

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Maruska	22	671	30.5	89	1
Del Wardien	10	223	22.3	36	0
Bob McMillan	8	206	25.8	55	0
Dick Gregory	4	104	26.0	33	0
Wayne Anderson	5	101	20.2	35	0
Ken Charlton	2	74	37.0	32	0
Butch Avinger	4	73	18.2	23	0
Sully Glasser	3	67	22.3	31	0
Freddy Hamilton	2	17	8.5	12	0
Holly Aplin	1	12	12.0	12	0
Nels Greene	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	62	1553	25.0	89	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Butch Avinger	8	34	4.2	11
Bob Pelling	4	26	6.5	26
Ken Charlton	4	25	6.2	21
Roy Wright	3	17	5.7	10
Doug Belden	3	12	4.0	7
Sully Glasser	2	48	24.0	38
Bob McMillan	1	10	10.0	10
Totals	25	172	6.9	38

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Aubrey Phillips				3	0	0
Doug Belden				2	24	0
Butch Avinger				2	0	0
Martin Ruby				1	0	0
Wayne Pyne				1	0	0
Sam Scoccia				1	0	0
John Prechek				1	0	0
Clarence Springstein				1	0	0
Bob Pelling				1	0	0
Chick Choukalos				1	12	1
Del Wardien				1	22	0
Johnny Bell				1	0	0
Art Stewart				1	7	0
Roy Wright				1	0	0
Holly Aplin				1	20	1
Tony Hungle				1	0	1
Harry Lampman				0	7	1
Totals	0	0	0	20	92	4	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Holly Aplin		6		0			1		0	0	0			35
Butch Avinger	1	2		0		0	0		0	0	19			34
Harry Lampman		4					1		0	0	0			25
Del Wardien	0	0	0	0			0		1	24	1			28
Mike Maruska	1	1	0	1					0	0	0			15
Ken Charlton	2	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			15
Bob Pelling	0	2	0			0	0		0	0	0			10
Freddy Hamilton	1	1		0					0	0	0			10
Reg Whitehouse	0								0	5	1			6
Elbert Johnson		1							0	0	0			5
Jim Keane	0	1							0	0	0			5
Tony Hungle							1		0	0	0			5
Nels Greene	1	0		0					0	0	0			5
Wayne Anderson	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			5
Chick Choukalos							1		0	0	0			5
Doug Belden	1					0	0		0	0	0			5
Totals	8	19	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	29	21	0	0	213