Tom Towns

Towns was a territorial exemption by Edmonton in 1975 and joins the Eskimos that season. Towns played ten seasons in Edmonton (1975-1984) and was a regular at outside linebacker for most of those seasons.  Towns was part of the Edmonton dynasty in that era and was named to the Western All-Star team in three consecutive years (1978-80).  Towns was traded to Ottawa prior to the 1985 season along with DB David Brown for a fourth round draft pick in the 1986 college draft (conditional on Brown makng the team).

Games Played and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1975 EDM 16







1976 EDM 16







1977 EDM 16







1978 EDM 16







1979 EDM 16







1980 EDM 16







1981 EDM 16





4
1982 EDM 13





5
1983 EDM 16





1.5
1984 EDM 13





2.5
1985 OTT 16





4

No tackle stats were kept during these years.

Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1975 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1976 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1977 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1978 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1979 EDM 1 4 4 0 1
1980 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1981 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1982 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1984 EDM 1 45 45 0 45
1985 OTT 2 41 20.5 0 41
Fumble Recoveries
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1975 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 EDM 2 73 36.5 1 71 0
1978 EDM 1 0 0 0 0 0
1979 EDM 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 EDM 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 EDM 2 21 10.5 0 21 0
1982 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 EDM 2 0 0 1 0 0
1984 EDM 1 45 45 0 45 0
1985 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1975 EDM 1 2 2 0 2
1976 EDM 3 1 0.3 0 1
1977 EDM 5 27 5.4 0 14
1978 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1979 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1980 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1981 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1982 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1984 EDM 1 12 12 0 12
1985 OTT 0 0 0 0 0