Shatto was the all-time leader for the most combined (rushing and receiving) yardage with 13,642 yards that came on 1322 carries and 466 receptions.
Presently he still ranks in seventh place, and he is still third among running backs, passed only by George Reed and Mike Pringle.
Shatto's 6,958 rushing yards remains to this day an Argonaut team record and at the end of his career he was sixth all-time.
Following press rumours of a possible trade to Montreal, on September 17, 1965, Shatto announced his decision to retire at the end of the 1965 CFL season.
[3] Toronto mayor Philip Givens declared October 16, 1965, the date of Shatto's last home game with the Argonauts, "Dick Shatto Day" in Toronto,[4] and, at the player's request, the club donated the proceeds of the game to the building fund of the Hospital for Sick Children.
[5] Once Shatto had retired as a player, he worked as a commentator for Argos and eventually became their marketing director, where he oversaw the team's highest ever attendance in 1975, which set a new record.
He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1975 and spent a year as the Argos team general manager in 1978.
He was married to Lynne Shatto, whom he met when she was a cheer leader before the couple moved to Florida and had five children.