Jim Corrigal

Any list of top defensive lineman would not be complete without Jim Corrigal. The native of Barrie, Ontario went to Kent State and then joined the Toronto Argonauts in 1970 where he would play 12 seasons until 1981. No defensive tackle stats were kept during those years and quarterback sacks ewre only kept in his final season in 1981 when he recorded 4 in just 9 games. If you can't use stats to measure Corrigall's greatness, you can look at his awards. Corrigal won 8 East Division All-Stars (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980) and 4 CFL All-Stars (1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977). Corrigal was named the Outstanding Defensive Player in both the East and the CFL in 1981. Corrigial made it to one Grey Cup, which unfortunately for him was the infamous 1971 loss generally blamed on the late Leon McQuay fumble. Jim Corrigal was named to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1990.

Jim Corrigal on Wikipedia

Jim Corrigall in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame

**GP, Interceptions, Fumble Returns**
Year	Team	GP	Int	Yds	Avg	Long	FR	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
1970	TOR	14	1	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	0
1971	TOR	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1972	TOR	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	TOR	12	0	0	0	0	1	23	23	0	23
1974	TOR	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1975	TOR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TOR	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1977	TOR	15	0	0	0	0	1	8	8	0	8
1978	TOR	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TOR	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	2
1980	TOR	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1981	TOR	9	0	0	0	0	3	33	11	1	33

**Sacks**
Year	Team	Sacks
1970	TOR
1971	TOR
1972	TOR
1973	TOR
1974	TOR
1975	TOR
1976	TOR
1977	TOR
1978	TOR
1979	TOR
1980	TOR
1981	TOR	4

Quarterback sack stats were first officially kept in 1981