Tom Scott

Scott had an eleven year CFL career from 1974 to 1984 and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1998.  Scott was drafted by the Detroit Lions of the NFL in 1973, but chose to sign with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in November of 1973.  Scott played four seasons with Winnipeg (1974-77) and initially played at he "wingback" spot which was made popular in the mid seventies by players like Johnny Rogers of Montreal.  The wingback doubled as both a runner anda receiver with more emphasis on catching the ball.  You can see this reflected in Scott's early statistics as he had 42 and 34 carries in his first two seasons, but rarely carried the ball after that as the wingback morphed into the modern slotback with almost exclusively pass catching responsibilities.  In his rookie season with Winnipeg, Scott was named the outstanding rookie in the West and his last year in Winnipeg (1977) marked his first of five All Canadian All-Star selections.  After 1977, Scott was traded to Edmonton for the Esk's first territorial execmption in 1978 who turned out to be Joe Poplowski.  Scott played six years in Edmonton from 1978 to 1983 and was an integral part of the Edmonton dynasty during those years.  Scott won All-Canadian honours in four of those years (78, 80, 82 and 83) with his best season coming in 1982 when he was the runner-up for the Outstanding Player award in Canada.  That season he caught a career high 91 catches for 1518 yeards. Scott finished his career with Calgary as he was traded by Edmonton after the 1983 season for linebacker Danny Bass.  In all, Scott had six 1000+ seasons receiving and retired with 649 career receptions and 10, 837 yards receiving.

Games Played and Receiving
Team Year GP Rec Yds Avg Long TD
WPG 1974 16 40 638 16 57 7
WPG 1975 11 16 303 18.9 43 4
WPG 1976 16 53 968 18.3 97 6
WPG 1977 16 66 1079 16.4 98 10
EDM 1978 16 67 1091 16.3 46 10
EDM 1979 16 42 832 19.8 54 5
EDM 1980 16 73 1245 17.1 46 13
EDM 1981 16 73 1240 17 46 8
EDM 1982 16 91 1518 16.7 49 13
EDM 1983 16 80 1234 15.4 48 9
CAL 1984 14 48 689 14.4 40 3
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1974 WPG 42 228 5.4 0 30
1975 WPG 34 160 4.7 1 16
1976 WPG 2 9 4.5 0 5
1977 WPG 2 9 4.5 0 10
1978 EDM 2 -4 -2 0 0
1979 EDM 1 5 5 0 5
1980 EDM 1 4 4 0 4
1981 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1982 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1974 WPG 28 752 26.9 0 65
1975 WPG 17 443 26.1 0 60
1976 WPG 29 814 28.1 0 95
1977 WPG 19 395 20.8 0 47
1978 EDM 2 65 32.5 0 42
1979 EDM 1 22 22 0 22
1980 EDM 2 43 21.5 0 25
1981 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1982 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 EDM 1 19 19 0 19
1984 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1974 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1975 WPG 22 148 6.7 0 29
1976 WPG 20 127 6.4 0 25
1977 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1978 EDM 5 15 3 0 19
1979 EDM 1 4 4 0 4
1980 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1981 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1982 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1983 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1974 WPG 2 2 0
1975 WPG 0 0 0
1976 WPG 2 2 0
1977 WPG 0 0 0
1978 EDM 0 0 0
1979 EDM 1 1 0
1980 EDM 0 0 0
1981 EDM 0 0 1
1982 EDM 0 0 1
1983 EDM 0 0 1
1984 CAL 0 0 0