Canadian College Drafts (1956–69)

The following is a list of first round selections from Canadian College Drafts from 1956 to 1969, which are annual sports drafts in which the teams of the Canadian Football League (CFL) selected eligible Canadian/non-import players, typically from the ranks of Canadian Interuniversity Sport football or NCAA college football.^[1] Member clubs made selections based on the reverse order of the previous year's standings, with the team with the worst record being awarded the first selection. Prior to 1956, only Interprovincial Rugby Football Union clubs participated in the draft while the Western Interprovincial Football Union not only chose by territorial rights, but would also try to sign away players that were drafted by eastern clubs. To create a level playing field, the Canadian Football Council was formed which later evolved into the Canadian Football League. Following the creation of the CFC, all nine member clubs participated in the 1956 draft. The order of selection was determined by reverse record with the losing conference picking first.^[2]

1956 Canadian College Draft[]

The 1956 Canadian College Draft took place in the spring of 1956. 34 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Ottawa Rough Riders	Lou Bruce	E	Queen's
2	Calgary Stampeders	Phil Muntz	FB	Toronto
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		FB	Toronto
4	BC Lions		HB	Queen's
5	Toronto Argonauts		E	Toronto
6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		G	Toronto
7	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Doug Drew	C/G	Western Ontario
8	Montreal Alouettes		G	Western Ontario
9	Edmonton Eskimos		G	Toronto

1957 Canadian College Draft[]

The 1957 Canadian College Draft took place in the spring of 1957. 35 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	BC Lions		T	Queen's
2	BC Lions		QB	Toronto
3	Ottawa Rough Riders		G	Queen's
4	BC Lions		C/G	McMaster
5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		T	McGill
6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		HB	McGill
7	Calgary Stampeders	Norm Williams	HB	Toronto
8	Calgary Stampeders		T	Toronto
9	Edmonton Eskimos		C/G	Toronto

1958 CFL Draft[]

The 1958 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1958. 35 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Saskatchewan Roughriders		T	McGill
2	Toronto Argonauts	Paul Fedor	EFB	Queen's
3	BC Lions	Bill Britton	HB	Western Ontario
4	Montreal Alouettes	Ron Murphy	E	McGill
5	Calgary Stampeders		HB	McMaster
6	Ottawa Rough Riders	Russ Jackson	HB	McMaster
7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		HB	McGill
8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		HB	McGill
9	Edmonton Eskimos		HB	Toronto

1959 CFL Draft[]

The 1959 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1959. 22 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Toronto Argonauts		DE	Toronto
2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Tim Reid	HB	Toronto
3	Montreal Alouettes		HB	Western Ontario
4	Ottawa Rough Riders		K/HB	Queen's
5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		T	McMaster
6	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Doug MacKenzie	HB	Western Ontario
7	Edmonton Eskimos	Julian Porter	T	Toronto
8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		C/G	McMaster
9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		HB	Toronto

1960 CFL Draft[]

The 1960 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1960. 24 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University. Beginning in 1960, western teams reverted to selecting players based on territorial rights from the university programs in their cities/provinces. Because the University of Calgary did not have a football program at this time, the Calgary Stampeders continued to participate in the draft with the eastern teams.^[2]

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Toronto Argonauts	Bill Mitchell	T	Western Ontario
2	Montreal Alouettes		FB	Western Ontario
3	Montreal Alouettes	Lionel Conacher Jr.	FB	Western Ontario
4	Ottawa Rough Riders		HB	Toronto
5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Frank Cosentino	QB	Western Ontario

1961 CFL Draft[]

The 1961 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1961. 24 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Toronto Argonauts		T	Toronto
2	Calgary Stampeders		C	Toronto
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		C	Queen's
4	Toronto Argonauts		HB	Queen's
5	Ottawa Rough Riders		HB	Toronto

1962 CFL Draft[]

The 1962 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1962. 38 players were chosen from among eligible players from five eastern universities, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Calgary Stampeders		LB/G	Western Ontario
2	Toronto Argonauts		LB	Queen's
3	Calgary Stampeders		FB	Toronto
4	Ottawa Rough Riders		G	McGill
5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		HB	Toronto

1963 CFL Draft[]

The 1963 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1963. The draft was expanded to include all nine teams again in 1963 and all players from degree-granting schools in Canada were eligible for the draft.^[2] 71 players were chosen from among eligible players from these schools.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Toronto Argonauts	John Wydareny	HB	Western Ontario
2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		QB	Western Ontario
3	Edmonton Eskimos		FB	Loyola
4	Ottawa Rough Riders	Rick Black	HB	Mount Allison
5	Ottawa Rough Riders		HB	Queen's
6	Ottawa Rough Riders		G	Queen's
7	Saskatchewan Roughriders		T	McGill
8	Calgary Stampeders	Roy Shatzko	G	British Columbia
9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		FB	McGill

1964 CFL Draft[]

The 1964 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1964. 58 players were chosen from among eligible players from degree-granting schools in Canada.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Edmonton Eskimos	Barry Mitchelson	E	Western Ontario
2	Toronto Argonauts	Bill Watters	FB	Toronto
3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Jack Cowin	T	Western Ontario
4	Montreal Alouettes	Al Irwin	E	McMaster
5	Calgary Stampeders		E	Toronto
6	Ottawa Rough Riders	Peter Martin	FB	Western Ontario
7	Calgary Stampeders		HB	Queen's
8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Paul Desjardins	C	Ottawa
9	BC Lions	Dick Aldridge	HB	Waterloo

1965 CFL Draft[]

The 1965 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1965. 60 players were chosen from among eligible players from degree-granting schools in Canada.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Toronto Argonauts	Jim Young	HB	Queen's
2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Paul Desjardins	T	Ottawa
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ken Nielsen	HB	Alberta
4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		E	Toronto
5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		HB	McMaster
6	Ottawa Rough Riders		C	Mount Allison
7	Calgary Stampeders	Brian Conacher	HB	Western Ontario
8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Tom Beynon	T	Queen's
9	BC Lions	Bayne Norrie	HB	Queen's

1966 CFL Draft[]

The 1966 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1966. 63 players were chosen from among eligible players from degree-granting schools in Canada.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Edmonton Eskimos	Ed Turek	HB	Waterloo Lutheran
2	Toronto Argonauts		T	Western Ontario
3	Calgary Stampeders		HB	Loyola
4	Saskatchewan Roughriders		E	Alberta
5	Montreal Alouettes		T	Queen's
6	Ottawa Rough Riders		DB	Toronto
7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		HB	Manitoba
8	Calgary Stampeders	Fred James	T	Alberta
9	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		HB	McMaster

1967 CFL Draft[]

The 1967 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1967. 44 players were chosen from among eligible players from degree-granting schools in Canada.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Toronto Argonauts		HB	British Columbia
2	BC Lions		E/K	Manitoba
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		HB	Ottawa
4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		C	Toronto
5	Edmonton Eskimos	Robbie Campbell	HB	Alberta
6	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		T	Toronto
7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		E	Alberta
8	Ottawa Rough Riders		HB	Waterloo
9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		E	McMaster

1968 CFL Draft[]

The 1968 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1968. 73 players were chosen from among eligible players from degree-granting schools in Canada.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	BC Lions	Mike Eben	FL	Toronto
2	Ottawa Rough Riders	Paul Brule	HB	St. Francis Xavier
3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		T	Ottawa
4	Edmonton Eskimos		FL	Queen's
5	Toronto Argonauts	Chuck Liebrock	G	Saint Mary's
6	Ottawa Rough Riders		LB	Saint Mary's
7	Ottawa Rough Riders	Ron Wakelin	G	Toronto
8	Saskatchewan Roughriders		C	Alberta
9	Ottawa Rough Riders		C/LB	Bishop's

1969 CFL Draft[]

The 1969 CFL Draft took place in the spring of 1969. 67 players were chosen from among eligible players from degree-granting schools in Canada.

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		HB	Waterloo Lutheran
2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Rob McLaren	LB	Simon Fraser
3	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Skip Eaman	HB	Queen's
4	Edmonton Eskimos	Dave Cutler	LB/K	Simon Fraser
5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		DB	McMaster
6	Saskatchewan Roughriders		DE	Toronto
7	BC Lions		E	Simon Fraser
8	Calgary Stampeders		T	Waterloo
9	Ottawa Rough Riders	Jim Foley	QB	St. Dunstan's

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