Lynn Bottoms

Lynnd Bottoms played 10 years in the CFL, from 1954 to 1963, with Calgary and Toront6o.   Early in his career, Bottoms played both offensive and defensive halfback, but towards the end of his career was used mainly on defense.  In his rookie season with Calgary in 1954, Bottoms had 379 yards rushing and caught 30 passes for another 368 yards.  He also had one interception in his rookie season.  Besides playing offense and defense, Bogttoms saw action returning kicks, and was normally among the division leaders in punt returns.  In 1960, Bottoms was traded to the Toronto Argos, and played for them until 1963.

 

GP+Rushing+Receiving+PTS
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long PTS
1954 CAL
81 379 4.6 2 19 30 368 12.2 1 22 20
1955 CAL
85 402 4.7 1 20 19 312 16.4 1 57 10
1956 CAL
51 332 5.4 5 23 9 100 11.1 0 21 33
1957 CAL
70 326 4.6 0 21 21 249 11.8 0 35 0
1958 CAL
16 90 5.6 1 16 1 5 5 0 5 6
1959 CAL
1 11 11 0 11 4 74 18.5 1 31 0
1960 TOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 11 0 11 0
1960 CAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 TOR 13 7 20 2.9 0 10 9 143 15.9 0 33 0
1962 TOR 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 10.5 0 14 0
1963 TOR 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Kickoff, Punt and Missed Field Goal Returns
Year Team Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long MFGRet Yds Avg TD Long
1954 CAL 0 0 0 0 25 142 5 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CAL 252 21 0 28 23 175 7.6 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CAL 248 22.5 0 40 19 113 6 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CAL 113 16.1 0 35 56 330 5.9 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CAL 16 16 0 16 70 507 7.3 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CAL 0 0 0 0 79 441 5.5 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
1960 TOR 75 25 0 31 7 52 7.4 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CAL 28 28 0 28 15 80 5.3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
1961 TOR 0 0 0 0 48 251 5.2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
1962 TOR 107 15.3 0 21 53 319 6 0 15 1 11 11 0 11
1963 TOR 13 13 0 13 31 156 5 0 14 0 0 0 0 0

 

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1954 CAL 3
1955 CAL

1956 CAL

1957 CAL

1958 CAL 2
1959 CAL 1
1960 TOR

1960 CAL 1
1961 TOR

1962 TOR

1963 TOR

 

Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1954 CAL 1 19 19 1 19
1955 CAL 1 17 17 0 17
1956 CAL 3 25 8.3 0
1957 CAL 1 0 0 0 0
1958 CAL 2 5 2.5 0
1959 CAL 2 22 11 0
1960 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CAL 2 26 13 0
1961 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1962 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1963 TOR 0 0 0 0 0

 

Placekicking and Points
Year Team GP ConvA ConvG % Att Good FG% Long S MFG YdsMFG Avg PTS
1954 CAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
1955 CAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1956 CAL
3 2 66.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33
1957 CAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1959 CAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 TOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 TOR 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 TOR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 TOR 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Fumble Returns
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1954 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CAL 0 0 0 0 0

1958 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CAL 2

0
0
1960 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0

1959 OPC

Lynn Bottoms