Jerry Doucette

[Often referred to as Gerry Doucette]

Jerry Doucette was a Canadian QB and punter who played in the CFL from 1954 to 1961.  Doucette played his highschool football at Etobicoke Colegiat in Toronto, and from there joined Toronto Balmy Beach of the ORFU in 1953 and part of 1954 before moving up t o the Argonauts partway through 1954. 

Doucette played with the Argos for six seasons from 1954 to 1959.  He was normally the backup QB, but he got see a fair amount of action in 1957 with 137 pass attempts and in 1958 with 112 attempts.  Doucette was traded to Calgary prior to the start of the 1960 season, along with Clair Exelby, and Morgan Clark as the Stampeders were trying to improve their Canadian content.  Doucette played just the one year in Calgary, returning to the East to join Montreal in 1961

Jerry Doucette passed away in April, 2001.

Games Played and Passing
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds
1953 TBB
           

1954 TOR 8 7 4 57.1 31 0 0    
1955 TOR 12
20 8 40 126 0 1

1956 TOR 13
36 19 52.8 350 1 5

1957 TOR 14
137 61 44.5 822 8 14

1958 TOR 14
112 61 54.5 858 3 6

1959 TOR 14 54 27 50 371 2 3 1 9
1960 CAL 16
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MON 11 7 3 42.9 7 0 0 1 10
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1953 TBB          
1954 TOR 1 1 1 0 1
1955 TOR 7 29 4.1 0 27
1956 TOR 3 2 0.7 0 2
1957 TOR 17 101 5.9 1 50
1958 TOR 13 -47 -3.6 0 25
1959 TOR 4 3 0.8 0 2
1960 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MON 0 0 0 0 0
Punting
Year Team P Yds Avg Long S
1953 TBB          
1954 TOR 31 1137 36.7 56 1
1955 TOR 34 1295 38.6 56 0
1956 TOR 106 3919 37 64 2
1957 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1958 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1959 TOR 9 343 38.1 49 1
1960 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MON 2 45 22.5 29 0

Doucette is credited with 6 yards on punt returns in 1957, but zero returns (lateral).

1958 OPC

1958 OPC

1958 OPC

 

1958 OPC