Joe Stracina

Joe Stracina was born in Montreal, but went out West to play his first year of professional football with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1952. Stracina returned East in 1953 and played with the Lakeshore Alouettes intermediate team in 1953 and 1954 before joining the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1954. Stracina remained with Ottawa from 1954 to 1960 (the Ottawa all-time roster does not list him for 1959) and then Stracina joned the Montreal Alouettes for four seasons from 1961 to 1964. Stracina was best known as an offensive lineman, playing center and guard, but he also, like most players in the 1950s, saw action on both sides of the ball and recorded a pair of interceptions in his career. Early in his career, Stracina was actually a running back with Saskatchewan (three carries for five yards) and with the Lakeshore Als. Joe Stracina passed away on August 13, 1996.

Stracina With the Lakeshore Als in 1953 - November 16

Stracina injured and expected to miss a month - August 13, 1963

Joe Stracina on Fanbase

GP and Interceptions
Year Team GP Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1952 SASK
0 0 0 0 0
1954 OTT
0 0 0 0 0
1955 OTT
1 3 3 0 3
1956 OTT
0 0 0 0 0
1957 OTT
0 0 0 0 0
1958 OTT
0 0 0 0 0
1960 OTT 14 1 6 6 0 6
1961 MON 14 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MON 11 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MON 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MON 14 0 0 0 0 0

No official games played stats were kept in the East until 1960.

 

KO Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1952 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1954 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1955 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1956 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1957 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1958 OTT 1 13 13 0 13
1960 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MON 1 3 3 0 3

 

Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1952 SASK 3 5 1.7 0
1954 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1955 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1956 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1957 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1958 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1960 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MON 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Stracina

Joe Stracina
Note the spelling mistake!

Joe Stracina

Joe Stracina

Joe Stracina

Joe Stracina