1952 Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) |
| 1st place • 11-1-0 .917 |
| Head Coach: Hugh Douglas |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/1/1952 | H | Toronto Balmy Beach | 46-0 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | 5000 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1952 | H | Windsor Royals | 30-6 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | 2000 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1952 | A | Brantford Redskins | 18-0 | W | Brantford, ON | Lions Park | 1800 | |
| Wed | 9/17/1952 | H | Windsor Royals | 31-0 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | 3000 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | A | Windsor Royals | 25-11 | W | Windsor, ON | Windsor Stadium | 1200 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1952 | A | Univeristy of Western Ontario | 25-3 | W | London, ON | 8000 | ||
| Sun | 9/28/1952 | A | Toronto Balmy Beach | 30-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Maple Leaf Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1952 | A | Windsor Royals | 33-1 | W | Windsor, ON | Windsor Stadium | 750 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1952 | A | Brantford Redskins | 15-6 | W | Brantford, ON | Lions Park | ||
| Mon | 10/13/1952 | A | Toronto Balmy Beach | 8-22 | L | Toronto, ON | Maple Leaf Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1952 | H | Brantford Redskins | 27-0 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | ||
| Sat | 10/25/1952 | H | Brantford Redskins | 35-0 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | ||
| Sat | 11/1/1952 | H | Toronto Balmy Beach | 14-10 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | ||
| ORFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | A | Toronto Balmy Beach | 41-12 | W | Toronto, ON | |||
| ORFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/15/1952 | H | Toronto Balmy Beach | 24-7 | W | Sarnia, ON | |||
| Grey Cup Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/26/1952 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 15-34 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 8900 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Burr | 31 | E | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | 11 | 1 | |
| Johnny Chorostecki | 25 | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Toronto | 7 | 4 |
| George Curtis | 10 | QB | 5-8 | 163 | 27 | Western Ontario | 7 | 5 |
| Den Davey | 28 | G | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 12 | 11 | |
| Dutch Davey | 35 | T | 5-10 | 229 | 29 | 9 | 7 | |
| Bob Davison | 26 | T | 5-9 | 180 | 21 | 8 | 1 | |
| Morrie Dorocke | 34 | T | 6-0 | 242 | 22 | Idaho; Hinds CC | 12 | 1 |
| Corky Duchene | 6 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | none | 12 | 11 |
| Al Farris | 3 | HB | 6-0 | 175 | 20 | 4 | 2 | |
| Keith Fisher | 15 | E | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | 10 | 1 | |
| Jon Florence | 32 | FW | 6-2 | 198 | 24 | Manitoba | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Foster | 18 | E | 5-10 | 199 | 23 | McMaster | 12 | 6 |
| Jack Glendenning | 11 | E | 5-11 | 162 | 25 | none | 12 | 5 |
| Bob Graham | 24 | T | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | none | 11 | 8 |
| Eric Graham | 23 | C | 6-0 | 198 | 21 | none | 11 | 11 |
| Ewart Harkins | 17 | 5-11 | 190 | 21 | none | 11 | 0 | |
| Jack Hunt | 4 | E | 5-8 | 165 | 20 | none | 3 | 0 |
| Murray Johnston | 7 | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | 12 | 8 | |
| Don Kerr | 12 | E | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Toronto | 8 | 1 |
| Don Knowles | 8 | 5-11 | 155 | 25 | none | 4 | 0 | |
| Bruce Mattingley | 30 | C | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | 12 | 1 | |
| Don Mattingley | T | 6-1 | 233 | 21 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Archie McAffer | 1 | HB | 5-8 | 160 | 23 | none | 12 | 3 |
| Doug McDonald | 20 | E | 6-4 | 220 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Tom McGrath | 22 | none | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wally McIntosh | 21 | G | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | none | 12 | 12 |
| Eric McKeever | 16 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | none | 9 | 4 |
| Jack McKelvie | 5 | QB | 5-8 | 181 | 24 | none | 12 | 6 |
| Gus McNevin | 33 | T | 6-2 | 214 | 27 | 11 | 8 | |
| Glen Murray | 17 | G | 5-11 | 216 | 19 | none | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Passmore | 13 | 5-10 | 170 | 28 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Sells | HB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | none | 7 | 3 | |
| Ross Smith | 29 | G | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Ontatio Agricultural | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Sokol | 13 | E | 6-0 | 178 | 23 | none | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Soper | E | 6-1 | 221 | 22 | none | 7 | 2 | |
| Don Spradbrow | 2 | QB | 5-11 | 160 | 21 | none | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Weiss | 9 | HB | 5-9 | 163 | 27 | none | 12 | 1 |
| Bruce Wilson | 36 | LM | 6-2 | 260 | 22 | 12 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 81 | 78 | 81 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 68 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corky Duchene | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |||||||
| Archie McAffer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | |||||||
| Johnny Chorostecki | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | |||||||
| Jack McKelvie | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Dutch Davey | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | |||||||
| Bill Weiss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
| Jon Florence | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
| Jack Glendenning | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
| Johnny Sells | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
| Eric McKeever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Jim Burr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Al Farris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Keith Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Ken Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Murray Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Don Knowles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Ewart Harkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 40 | 49 | 81.6 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 312 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
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