Jim Stillwagon was another one of the high profile import players that the Argonauts under owner John Bassett signed in the early 1970s, tryin to break the drought that hadn't seeen a Toronto Grey Cup win since 1952. The defensive tackle played his college football at Ohio State.  Stillwagon helped lead the Buckeyes to a national championship in his sophmore season, and in his final year was named the UPI top lop lineman in college football. Stillwagon was drafted lower than expected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth of the NFL draft.  Moreover, the Packers wanted to use Stillwagon at linebacker, and he wanted to play defensive tackle.  This lead Stillwagon to sign with the Toronto Argos in 1971.  The Argos high profile signings almost paid off in Stillwagon's rookie season, but the boatmen lost in the Grey Cup - the year of the infamous Leon McQuay fumble late in the championship game.  In any event, you can't blame Stillwagon for the Argos not winning  With the Argos, Stillwagon won three East All-Stars and three CFL All-Stars (1971, 1972 and 1974).  In 1972, Stillwagon was named the top lineman in the East, and runner-up to Calgary's John Helton for the CFL award. It looked like Stillwagon was ready to bolt to the NFL, but the Argonauts still had an option on his services for 1973.  Stillwagon ended up resigning with the Argos, but missed most of the 1975 season due to an injury and that seemed to finish him with the Argos.  Toronto traded Stillwagon to BC in June of 1976 for future considerations, but never joined the Lions, and his career was over.

Jim Stillwagon in Wikipedia

Stillwagon Named All-Time Argo - 2009

Jim Stillwagon on YouTube

Jim Stillwagon on cfl scrapbook

Stillwagon Named All-American - December 5, 1969

Stillwagon Key For Buckeys - December 28, 1970

Stillwagon Gets Top Lineman Award - January 22, 1971

Stillwagon Picks Canada Over Packers - February 17, 1971

Stillwagon Move Irks Argos - April 26, 1973

Stillwagon Expected To Play Out Option - May 1, 1973

Stillwagon Back to Argos - June 15, 1973

Stillwagon Traded to BC - June 1, 1976

Stillwagon BC Future Said Cloudy - June 11, 1976

Stillwagon scored one touchdown in 1973 on a fumble return. He is also credited with one single point when he blocked a punt and the kicking team (Montreal) recovered the ball in their endzone.  See Game Account.

No defensive tackle or quarterback sack stats were kept during the years that Stillwagon played.