Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | Awards | ||
| 1961 | 23 | PHI | T | 77 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 24 | PHI | RDT | 77 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1963 | 25 | BOS | RT/LT | 71 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1964 | 26 | BOS | LT | 71 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1965 | 27 | BOS | LT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 28 | BOS | LT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1967* | 29 | BOS | LT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | PB | ||||||||
| 1968 | 30 | BOS | T | 71 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Career | 104 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| 6 yrs | BOS | 82 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||
| 2 yrs | PHI | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
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Don Oakes is 85 years old.
When was Don Oakes born?
Don Oakes was born on July 22, 1938.
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Don Oakes was born in Roanoke, VA.
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Don Oakes is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.
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When did Don Oakes retire?
Don Oakes last played in 1968.
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