1955 IRFU college draft

Third Interprovincial Rugby Football Union sports draft August 2026 The 1955 IRFU college draft was the third and final official sports draft held by the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a predecessor of the East Division of the Canadian Football League, in the spring of 1955. 41 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.Draft History https://web.archive.org/web/20130423122530/http://bclions.com/page/history_draft 2013-04-23 The Ottawa Rough Riders had the first selection, Gino Fracas, in the last draft to feature eastern teams exclusively. Round one Pick # CFL team Player Position University 1 Ottawa Rough Riders Gino Fracas HB Western Ontario 2 Toronto Argonauts Alex Macklin T Toronto 3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Don Getty QB Western Ontario 4 Montreal Alouettes Ernie Darragh HB McMaster Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position University 5 Ottawa Rough Riders Bob Pinkney HB Toronto 6 Toronto Argonauts Bob Kimoff FB Toronto 7 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Don Prowse E Western Ontario 8 Montreal Alouettes Lionel Quinn FB McGill Round three Pick # CFL team Player Position University 9 Ottawa Rough Riders Pete Nicholson T Queen's 10 Toronto Argonauts Baz Mackie G Toronto 11 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hank Zuzek G Queen's 12 Montreal Alouettes Bill Stevenson QB Toronto Round four Pick # CFL team Player Position University 13 Ottawa Rough Riders George Stulac REC Toronto 14 Toronto Argonauts Bill Horton WB Toronto 15 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jack Cook REC Queen's 16 Montreal Alouettes Herb English HB McGill Round five Pick # CFL team Player Position University 17 Ottawa Rough Riders Murray Henderson HB Western Ontario 18 Toronto Argonauts John Prendergast OL Toronto 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jack Pelech HB McMaster 20 Montreal Alouettes Ed Olszewski OL McGill Round six Pick # CFL team Player Position University 21 Ottawa Rough Riders Bob Turner REC Western Ontario 22 Toronto Argonauts John Sopinka HB Toronto 23 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Bruce Day OL Toronto 24 Montreal Alouettes Norm Dyson QB Queen's Round seven Pick # CFL team Player Position University 25 Ottawa Rough Riders Fred Palermo OL Toronto 26 Toronto Argonauts Jack Strapp OL Toronto 27 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Murray Howlett FB McMaster 28 Montreal Alouettes Norm Levine OL Toronto Round eight Pick # CFL team Player Position University 29 Ottawa Rough Riders Joe O'Brien OL Queen's 30 Toronto Argonauts Mike Yednoez HB McMaster 31 Hamilton Tiger-Cats John Wismer OL Toronto 32 Montreal Alouettes Ross Woods HB Toronto Round nine Pick # CFL team Player Position University 33 Ottawa Rough Riders Jack Rogers HB Toronto 34 Toronto Argonauts Doug Johnson DL McMaster 35 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wally Mellor QB Queens Round ten Pick # CFL team Player Position University 36 Ottawa Rough Riders Don Marston REC Queen's 37 Toronto Argonauts Hal Blewald HB McGill 38 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tony Miller REC McGill Round eleven Pick # CFL team Player Position University 39 Ottawa Rough Riders John Hiltz OL McGill 40 Toronto Argonauts Roger Baikie HB McGill 41 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Earl Merling OL McGillhttps://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/1955/ 1955 CFL Draft Canadian Football League https://web.archive.org/web/20190924000536/https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/1955/ 24 September 2019 References Category:CFL draft Category:1955 in Canadian football