1958 CFL season
Regular season
Duration
June, 1958 – October, 1958
2024-06-09 | 2024-10-09 | 1958 CFL season
Playoffs
Start date November 8, 1958
1958-11-08 | 1958-11-29 | Playoffs
East Champions Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1958-11-23
West Champions Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1958-11-22
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46th Grey Cup
Date November 29, 1958
Site Empire Stadium , Vancouver
Champions Winnipeg Blue Bombers
46th Grey Cup
1958-11-29
Empire Stadium , Vancouver
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The 1958 CFL season was the fifth season in modern Canadian professional football, although officially it would become known as the inaugural season of the Canadian Football League (see below).
League news [ ] The Canadian Football Council (CFC) withdrew from the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) to become a separate entity. As a separate entity, the CFC decided to rename its league the Canadian Football League (CFL) on Sunday, January 19, at the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg .
The Commissioner of the CFC, Winnipeg's G. Sydney Halter , QC, was reappointed as the first-ever CFL commissioner. The CFL officially opened its operations on Thursday, August 14, as 18,206 spectators watched the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeat the Edmonton Eskimos 29–21 at Winnipeg. A regular season game was played in the United States , at Philadelphia 's Municipal Stadium on September 14 as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders by a score of 24–18.
Regular season [ ] Final regular season standings [ ] Note: GP = games played, W = wins, L = losses, T = ties, PF = points for, PA = points against, Pts = points
Bold text means a team clinched a playoff berth.
Winnipeg and Hamilton both received first-round byes. Grey Cup playoffs [ ] Playoff bracket [ ] [1]
Division Semi-Finals [ ] Edmonton won the total-point series 58–12. [2]
Division Finals [ ] Winnipeg won the best-of-three series 2–1. Hamilton won the total-point series 54–14. Grey Cup Championship [ ] Note: Western Semi-Final dates are not confirmed; however, since (1) the regular season ended on November 1 in the West and on November 8 in the East, and (2) all other playoff dates are accurate, including the date of the Grey Cup game, it is reasonable to assume the above dates are correct. CFL Leaders [ ] CFL Passing Leaders CFL Rushing Leaders CFL Receiving Leaders [3] 1958 Eastern All-Stars [ ]
Offence [ ] QB – Bernie Faloney , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
RB – Joel Wells , Montreal Alouettes
RB – Gerry McDougall , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
RB – Dick Shatto , Toronto Argonauts
E – Red O'Quinn , Montreal Alouettes
E – Paul Dekker , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
FW – Ron Howell , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
C – Tommy Hugo , Montreal Alouettes
C – Norm Stoneburgh , Toronto Argonauts
OG – Hardiman Cureton , Ottawa Rough Riders
OG – Jackie Simpson , Montreal Alouettes
OT – Dick Fouts , Toronto Argonauts
OT – John Barrow , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Defence [ ] DT – Milt Graham , Ottawa Rough Riders
DT – John Barrow , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Pete Neumann , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Doug McNichol , Montreal Alouettes
DG – Vince Scott , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DG – Jackie Simpson , Montreal Alouettes
LB – Tommy Hugo , Montreal Alouettes
LB – Tony Curcillo , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Hal Patterson , Montreal Alouettes
DB – Ralph Goldston , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Ed Macon , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
S – Bobby Simpson , Ottawa Rough Riders
1958 Western All-Stars [ ]
Offence [ ] QB – Jackie Parker , Edmonton Eskimos
RB – Cookie Gilchrist , Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Jack Hill , Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Leo Lewis , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – Johnny Bright , Edmonton Eskimos
E – Ken Carpenter , Saskatchewan Roughriders
E – Ernie Warlick , Calgary Stampeders
C – Jim Furey , Calgary Stampeders
OG – Harry Langford , Calgary Stampeders
OG – Tom Hinton , British Columbia Lions
OT – Don Luzzi , Calgary Stampeders
OT – Roger Nelson , Edmonton Eskimos
Defence [ ] DT – Don Luzzi , Calgary Stampeders
DT – Buddy Tinsley , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DE – Art Walker , Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Herb Gray , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
MG – Steve Patrick , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Rollie Miles , Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Gord Rowland , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – David Burkholder , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Ted Tully , Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Jack Gotta , Calgary Stampeders
DB – Larry Isbell , Saskatchewan Roughriders
S – Oscar Kruger , Edmonton Eskimos
1958 CFL Awards [ ] 1958 Miss Grey Cup [ ] Miss Montreal Alouettes Joan Van Boven was named Miss Grey Cup 1958 References [ ] v · d · e 1958 CFL season by teamWestern Interprovicial Football Union Interprovincial Rugby Football Union See also
