Nobby Wirkowski

Wirkowski was a good passing QB for Toronto, Hamilton and Calgary in the 1950s. Unfortunately, no official stats are available for his first two seasons in Toronto (1952-53), so his stats start in his third year in 1954 which was his last in Toronto (the first time around anyway).  Wirkowski threw 355 passes, completing 55.8% for 2960 yards.  In 1955, Wirkowski joined Hamilton for his first of two seasons with the Tiger-Cats.  His numbers dropped about in half (188 pass attempts in 1955) on the more run orientated Tiger-Cats.  In 1957, Wirkowski moved to Calgary and put up similar stats (181 attempts), but had a much better season in 1958 with 269 attempts and 2300 yards passing.  In 1959, Wirkowski lost his starting job to a young QB named Joe Kapp.  Wirkowski was sent back to Toronto in 1960 for his final season where he served as a backup to Tobin Rote.

Games Played and Passing
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds
1952 TOR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 TOR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 TOR
355 198 55.8 2960 12 20

1955 HAM
188 89 47.3 1329 6 9

1956 HAM
133 73 54.9 999 11 8

1957 CAL
181 94 51.9 1736 9 10

1958 CAL
269 149 55.3 2300 13 12

1959 CAL
40 17 42.5 201 1 6

1960 TOR 14
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No individual stats are available for 1952-53.  Games played stats were not kept in the East until 1960 and in the West until 1964.

Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1952 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1953 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1954 TOR 21 72 3.4 0 13
1955 HAM 8 12 1.5 0 5
1956 HAM 10 58 5.8 0 14
1957 CAL 33 -63 -1.9 0 12
1958 CAL 45 -73 -1.6 0 10
1959 CAL 2 9 4.5 0 9
1960 TOR 3 13 4.3 0 7

The 1957 and 1958 stats include losses while passing.

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1952 TOR

1953 TOR

1954 TOR

1955 HAM

1956 HAM

1957 CAL 4
1958 CAL 5
1959 CAL 1
1960 TOR