1952 IRFU College Draft

The 1952 IRFU College Draft was an unofficial sports draft held by the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a predecessor of the East Division of the Canadian Football League, in the spring of 1952. The concept was first developed at a meeting between Eastern officials on April 6, 1952. In the meeting, the delegates agreed, in principle, that eligible college athletes would be selected by member clubs with the last place team selecting first in each round. While the draft was unofficial, players selected in this draft were indeed added to the rosters of the clubs that had drafted them.^[1]

17 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.^[2] The Montreal Alouettes had the first selection, as well as the most, since they also had the last selection.

Round one

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Montreal Alouettes	Harry Lampman	E	Queen's
2	Toronto Argonauts	Marsh Haymes	G	Toronto
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Bill Berezowski	C/G	McMaster
4	Ottawa Rough Riders	Bob Garside	HB	Toronto

Round two

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
5	Montreal Alouettes	Dawson Tilley	G/T	McGill
6	Toronto Argonauts	Al Dancey	C	Toronto
7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Mel Hawkrigg	HB	McMaster
8	Ottawa Rough Riders	Walt Bashak	G/T	McMaster

Round three

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
9	Montreal Alouettes	Gene Robillard	HB/QB	McGill
10	Toronto Argonauts	Ross McKelvey	HB	Queen's
11	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Bob McMonagle	HB	Western Ontario
12	Ottawa Rough Riders	Alex Lawson	E/QB	Toronto

Round four

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
13	Montreal Alouettes	Bob McLelland	G/T	McGill
14	Toronto Argonauts	Jack Roberts	G/T	Toronto
15	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Gerry Fitzgerald	E	Western Ontario
16	Ottawa Rough Riders	Al Brown	E	Toronto
17	Montreal Alouettes	Ken Wagner	HB	McGill

References

CFL Drafts

Eastern Draft (1953–1955)	1952 1953 1954 1955

National Draft (1956–1984)	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Modern Era (1985–present)	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Expansion Drafts	2002 2013

Dispersal Drafts	1997 2006

See also	List of first overall Canadian Football League draft picks

1952 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Brantford Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach Windsor

See also	1952 IRFU College Draft 40th Grey Cup

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