Norm Fieldgate played fourteen years in the CFL, all with BC, from 1954 to 1967. Fieldgate played some junior ball in his home town of Regina before playing college ball at UBC from 1951 to 1954. Fieldgate played some tight end (16 catches in his rookie year), some defensive end, and some defensive back, but he is mainly known as a linebacker. How good was Norm Fieldgate? Well, they named the West Division Oustanding Defensive Player after him. Fieldgate was a West Division All-Star three times (1959, 1960 and 1963), and a CFL All-Star in 1963 (there were no CFL All-Stars until 1962). Fieldgate was nominates six times as the BC Lions Outstanding Canadian (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1965). Stats for things like Quarterback Sacks and Tackles were not kept during the years that Fieldgate played, and those that exist are not always complete. Having said that, Fieldgate still has some impressive career stats. He had 37 interceptions and 27 fumble recoviers. Fieldgate had a career high of 6 interceptions in his second last year in 1966 which led the West. Fieldgate is a is a member of the BC Lions Wall of Fame, a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame, and was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Games Played, Interceptions and Fumble Recoveries
Year |
Team |
GP |
Int |
Yds |
Avg |
TDInt |
Long |
FR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
FF |
1954 |
BC |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1955 |
BC |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1956 |
BC |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1957 |
BC |
|
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1958 |
BC |
|
2 |
9 |
4.5 |
0 |
|
4 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1959 |
BC |
|
4 |
55 |
13.8 |
0 |
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1960 |
BC |
|
4 |
36 |
9 |
0 |
|
1 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1961 |
BC |
|
5 |
70 |
14 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
1962 |
BC |
|
4 |
38 |
9.5 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
1963 |
BC |
|
2 |
11 |
5.5 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1964 |
BC |
16 |
2 |
27 |
13.5 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1965 |
BC |
16 |
4 |
46 |
11.5 |
1 |
19 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1966 |
BC |
16 |
6 |
59 |
9.8 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1967 |
BC |
16 |
4 |
36 |
9 |
0 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
1 |
|
Receiving
Year |
Team |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
1954 |
BC |
16 |
201 |
12.5 |
0 |
26 |
1955 |
BC |
1 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
1956 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1957 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1958 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1959 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1960 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1961 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1962 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1963 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1964 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1965 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1966 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1967 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Punt Returns
Year |
Team |
PR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
1954 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1955 |
BC |
1 |
15 |
15 |
0 |
15 |
1956 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1957 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1958 |
BC |
2 |
19 |
9.5 |
0 |
19 |
1959 |
BC |
2 |
9 |
4.5 |
0 |
5 |
1960 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1961 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1962 |
BC |
2 |
5 |
2.5 |
0 |
5 |
1963 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1964 |
BC |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1965 |
BC |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
1966 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1967 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kickoffs
Year |
Team |
KO |
Yds |
Avg |
Long |
S |
1954 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1955 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1956 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1957 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1958 |
BC |
5 |
199 |
39.8 |
57 |
0 |
1959 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1960 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1961 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1962 |
BC |
1 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
0 |
1963 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1964 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1965 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1966 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1967 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Fumbles
Year |
Team |
F |
FL |
1954 |
BC |
0 |
|
1955 |
BC |
0 |
|
1956 |
BC |
0 |
|
1957 |
BC |
0 |
|
1958 |
BC |
1 |
|
1959 |
BC |
0 |
|
1960 |
BC |
0 |
|
1961 |
BC |
0 |
|
1962 |
BC |
1 |
|
1963 |
BC |
0 |
|
1964 |
BC |
0 |
|
1965 |
BC |
0 |
|
1966 |
BC |
0 |
|
1967 |
BC |
0 |
|
|
|