Larry Isbell

Larry Isbell was an All-American at Baylor in both football  and baseball, and played professional baseball with the Boston Red Sox as well as football in the CFL with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Isbell was a first round draft pick of the Washington Redskins of the NFL in the 1952 NFL college draft.  While a quarterback at college, Isbell is probably best remembered in the CFL as a defensive back, and indeed he did win three West All-Stars at that position (1956, 1957 and 1958), but he was a versatile two-way performer.  Isbell could fill in at quarterback, running back and wide receiver.  Isbell also handled the punting for the Riders in his five year career from 1954 to 1958.  As a defensive back, Isbell recorded 12 interceptions and had 11 fumble recoveries.  As a receiver, Isbell had 31, 28 and 27 catches in his most productive eyars offensively from 1955 to 1957 and had a total of 11 receiving touchdowns in his career.  Isbell's 55 points in 1956 including 5 receiving touchdowns and was good enough for fourth in the West.  As a punter, Isbell twice led the West in punting average (1954 and 1956) with 1954 being his best season with a very good 46.3 yard average. Isbell is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.Larry Isbell passed away in October, 1978.

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GP, Passing, Rushing and Receiving
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds TC Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Long PTS
1954 SASK
10 5 50 62 1 3

25 143 5.7 0 6 79 13.2 1 24 17
1955 SASK
0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 31 461 14.8 3 43 16
1956 SASK
7 5 71.4 69 0 0

17 98 5.7 1 28 533 15 5 41 55
1957 SASK
0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 27 361 13.3 2 46 19
1958 SASK
0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No games played stats were kept in the West until 1964.

 

Interceptions and Fumble Returns
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long FR Yds Avg TD Long FF
1954 SASK 1 5 5 0 5 4

0

1955 SASK 2 39 19.5 0
0 0 0 0 0
1956 SASK 4 37 9.3 0
4 10 2.5 0

1957 SASK 3 21 7 0
3

0

1958 SASK 2 68 34 0
0 0 0 0 0

 

KO and Punt Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long
1954 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 21 155 7.4 0 17
1955 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 SASK 1 0 0 0 0 4 30 7.5 0 14
1957 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1958 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1954 SASK 3 0
1955 SASK 0 0
1956 SASK 2 0
1957 SASK 0 0
1958 SASK 0 0

 

Punting
Year Team P Yds Avg Long S
1954 SASK 106 4939 46.3 63 12
1955 SASK 69 2849 41.3 82 1
1956 SASK 126 5667 44.2 75 19
1957 SASK 125 5089 40.7 74 7
1958 SASK 111 4548 40.9 78 11
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