I've never had a way of following Canadian football. Was Sam Echeverry in the all-time top 10 of Canadian QBs?

Question

I'm asking about Sammy because I went to school with him in Carlsbad, NM, and saw every game he played at CHS. He was one helluva nice kid and has a great family and my best to all of them. I am Tom Gross, W.Chester PA.

Answer 1

Yes for sure.... He's probably in the top 3......and you could make an argument the best ever .... if you disreguard the fact that players nowadays are probablly twice as big and fast as in the 50s.

Etch played in an era when recievers very very rarely caught for 1000 yards in a twelve game season.... Yet Hal Paterson and another reciever  Pat Ambrusi  destroyed the 1000 yard barrier....Paterson had a season where he recieved for over 1800 yards!!!!! in twelve freaking games.....

Etchevary destroyed every pro football record at the time and still owns CFL playoff records....like the one where he threw for over 500 yards.......Nowadays thats crazy back then that must of been something else.....

Google "CFL TSN Top 50"

That will answer all of your questions.

Answer 2

at the time that he played or whenhe retired, he was easliy in the top 10 of CFL qb's.  Right now, 30-40 years later, probably top 10 any more not but top 25 I'd say.

Answer 3

There have been some great ones since Sam "The Rifle" Etcheverry, but I don't think there have been enough to bump him out of the top 10.  TSN listed him as the 6th best QB ever and 25th overall in the CFL.  I don't think any of the current star QBs (Casey Printers, Anthony Calvillo, Kerry Joseph, Ricky Ray, Jarious Jackson) will bump him out of 6th, and definitely not out of the top ten.

Answer 4

The rifle changed the Candian game like no one else before or since. Until the Rifle the game was a variation of Rugby. There was a dominant running game. The game was played as a single wing game. Two half backs and a full back behind the quarter back. One wide receiver (wingback) and two ends that were primarily blockers.

Sam could throw the ball on a line with accuracy and speed. hence the nickname "Rifle".

His only drawback was he couldn't run. That drawback cost the far superior Allouettes the Grey Cup in 1954. Allouettes running back Chuck Hungsinger fumbled the ball on about the 20 yard line and Jackie Parker (playing both ways) recovered the ball. The only player he had to beat was Echeverry and he remembered that Sam said he couldn't run that's why he passed. So jackie had a 90 yard romp for the winning touchdown. That's still a record today.

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

sounds about right, but this was eons ago pal why you asking this now?