Bob Paffrath

Bob Paffrath started his career with Ottawa in 1946, then played one year with the Toronto Indians of the ORFU in 1947, before rejoining Ottawa for two more seasons in 1948 and 1949.  Stats are limited for those years, but Paffrath recorded 8 touchdowns and 40 points (touchdowns were only worth 5 points thein) with the Rough Riders in 1948.  Paffrath won an East (Big Four) All-Star selection at quarterback in 1948 and a second team All-East that same year (Big Four & ORFU combined).  Switching to Flying Wing (modern equivalent would be Flanker or Slot Back), Paffrath won another East All-Star in 1949 as well as a first team All-East.    Paffrath came West to Edmonton where he played three seasons from 1950 to 1952.  With Edmonton, Paffrath saw action on offence mainly as a receiver with a couple of 26 catch seasons.  Paffrath won West All-Star honours in 1950 and 1951 at Flying Wing.

Paffrath Returns To Riders - May 26, 1949 - Ottawa Citizen

Paffrath To Edmonton? - August 11, 1950 - Ottawa Citizen

Preview of 1952 Edmonton Team - Paffrath Classed as Non-Import after 4 Seasons

GP, Rushing and Receiving
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1946 OTT










1947 TI










1948 OTT 12









1949 OTT










1950 EDM
6 22 3.7 1
26 358 13.1 1
1951 EDM
1 1 1 0 1 26 407 15.6 0
1952 EDM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Edmonton All-Time roster lists Paffrath for 1952, but he he does not show up in any o the statistics.

 

KO Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1946 OTT




1947 TI




1948 OTT




1949 OTT




1950 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1951 EDM 7 95 13.6 0
1952 EDM 0 0 0 0 0

 

Punting
Year Team P Yds Avg Long S
1946 OTT




1947 TI




1948 OTT




1949 OTT




1950 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1951 EDM 2 67 33.5
0
1952 EDM 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Paffrath

Bob Paffrath