Chet Miksza

Chet Miksza was born in Hamilton, played his junior football in Hamilton and finally went on to be a fixture on the line for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for 14 seasons (1952-65 and 1968). The only "blemish" on Miksza's all-Hamilton string was one season spent playing for the Montreal Alouettes in 1966. Miksza had retired after his one season in Montreal in 1966, but came out of retirement for one more full season with Hamilton in 1968 at the request of Tiger-Cat GM Jim Trimble. .Miksza was best known as a center, but he also stepped in at times to handle kickoffs for the Tiger-Cats and did a bit of place kicking as well. Miksza won both an East and a CFL All-Star in 1964. The long time Tiger-Cat played in 8 Grey Cup games, many of them against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as the two teams met virtually very year in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Miksza and the Tiger-Cats won three of those Grey Cup appearaces (1953, 1957 and 1963) and lost five (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1964). Chet Miksz passed away from a massive heart attack on October 29, 1975 at the age of 44.

Chet Miksza Dead At Age 44 - Hamilton Spectator

Obituary For Chet Miksza

 

GP, Place Kicking and Points
Year Team GP ConvA ConvG % Att Good FG% Long S MFG YdsMFG Avg PTS
1952 HAM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 HAM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 HAM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 HAM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 HAM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 HAM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 HAM
0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 66 22 0
1959 HAM
2 0 0 1 1 100
0 0 0 0 3
1960 HAM 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 HAM 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HAM 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 HAM 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HAM 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HAM 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MON 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HAM 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kickoffs

Kickoffs
Year Team KO Yds Avg Long S
1952 HAM          
1953 HAM          
1954 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1955 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1956 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1957 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1958 HAM 31 1595 51.5 62 0
1959 HAM 51 2477 48.6 71 0
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1963 HAM 21 1099 52.3 65 0
1964 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HAM 0 0 0 0 0

 

Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1952 HAM          
1953 HAM          
1954 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1955 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1956 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1957 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1958 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1959 HAM 1 -9 -9 0 -9
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1963 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HAM 0 28
0 28
1965 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HAM 0 0 0 0 0

 

KO Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1952 HAM          
1953 HAM          
1954 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1955 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1956 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1957 HAM 1 14 14 0 14
1958 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1959 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1960 HAM 2 27 13.5 0 19
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1963 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HAM 1 5 5 0 5
1965 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HAM 0 0 0 0 0

 

Fumble Returns
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1952 HAM            
1953 HAM            
1954 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HAM 2

0
0
1965 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MON 1

0
0
1968 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0

Individual stats other than scoring were not kept in the East until 1954.

1959 Topps Chet Miksza

Chet Miksza