Kick & Punt Returns
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Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1 | Whizzer White | DET | 24 | TB | 11 | 8 | 19 | 262 | 0 | 64 | 13.8 | 11 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 1027 |
2 | Ace Parker | BKN | 29 | TB | 11 | 9 | 16 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 596 |
3 | Lou Brock | GNB | 24 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 153 | 0 | 45 | 10.2 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 36 | 23.5 | 601 | |
4 | Bill Leckonby | BKN | 24 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 119 | 0 | 19 | 7.9 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 428 | |
5 | Art Jones* | PIT | 22 | WB | 11 | 9 | 14 | 232 | 0 | 61 | 16.6 | 7 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 749 |
6 | Andy Farkas | WAS | 25 | FB | 11 | 2 | 14 | 152 | 1 | 59 | 10.9 | 6 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 585 |
7 | Tuffy Leemans* | NYG | 29 | TB | 11 | 11 | 14 | 170 | 0 | 18 | 12.1 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 585 |
8 | Dick Todd | WAS | 27 | FB | 7 | 6 | 14 | 238 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 559 |
9 | Parker Hall | RAM | 25 | TB | 10 | 8 | 13 | 125 | 0 | 25 | 9.6 | 7 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 488 |
10 | George Franck | NYG | 23 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 194 | 0 | 31 | 14.9 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 604 | |
11 | Johnny Clement | CRD | 22 | TB | 9 | 4 | 13 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 249 |
12 | Marshall Goldberg* | CRD | 24 | FB | 11 | 10 | 12 | 152 | 0 | 20 | 12.7 | 12 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 1236 |
13 | Bob Seymour | WAS | 25 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 128 | 0 | 25 | 12.8 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 482 | |
14 | Dan DeSantis | PHI | 23 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 6 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 439 | |
15 | Boyd Brumbaugh | PIT | 26 | TB | 10 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 8.6 | 11 | 271 | 0 | 53 | 24.6 | 446 |
16 | Frank Filchock* | WAS | 25 | TB | 11 | 10 | 7 | 157 | 1 | 68 | 22.4 | 5 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 666 |
17 | Billy Jefferson | DET | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 23 | 9.9 | 3 | 142 | 1 | 101 | 47.3 | 401 | |
18 | Bob Swisher* | CHI | 27 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 14.4 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 559 | |
19 | Andy Uram | GNB | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 121 | 1 | 90 | 17.3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 13.5 | 567 | |
20 | Len Eshmont | NYG | 24 | FB | 9 | 5 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 34 | 21.8 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 353 |
21 | Frank Reagan | NYG | 22 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 113 | 0 | 27 | 18.8 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 337 | |
22 | Merl Condit | BKN | 24 | HB | 11 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 8 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 626 |
23 | Dante Magnani | RAM | 24 | WB | 9 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 10.8 | 8 | 241 | 1 | 93 | 30.1 | 618 |
24 | George Morris | RAM | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 6.6 | 8 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 237 | |
25 | George McAfee*+ | CHI | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 158 | 1 | 74 | 31.6 | 7 | 223 | 1 | 97 | 31.9 | 1077 | |
26 | Tommy Thompson | PHI | 25 | QB | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 102 |
27 | Marty Slovak | RAM | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 7.5 | 6 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 288 | |
28 | Harry Clarke* | CHI | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 18 | 14.0 | 5 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 | 459 | |
29 | Tony Canadeo | GNB | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 6.5 | 4 | 110 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 | 303 | |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Ray Nolting* | CHI | 28 | LH | 9 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 15 | 12.5 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 360 |
31 | Hal Van Every | GNB | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 20 | 14.5 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 31 | 24.8 | 391 | |
32 | Herm Rohrig | GNB | 23 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 11.5 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 29 | 20.0 | 183 | |
33 | Ray Mallouf | CRD | 23 | TB | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2.8 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 146 |
34 | Hank Soar | NYG | 27 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 30 | 13.5 | 0 | 175 | |||||
35 | Dick Riffle* | PIT | 26 | FB | 10 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 12.7 | 9 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 780 |
36 | Cecil Isbell*+ | GNB | 26 | TB | 11 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 6.3 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 16.0 | 367 |
37 | Wes McAfee | PHI | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 7.0 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 121 | |
38 | Ray McLean* | CHI | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 1 | 61 | 33.0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 371 | |
39 | Cotton Price | DET | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 16.0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | 141 | |
40 | Lloyd Cardwell | DET | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 66 | |
41 | Hugh McCullough | CRD | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 11.7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 80 | |
42 | Lou Tomasetti | 2TM | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 174 | |
43 | Foster Watkins | PHI | 24 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 5.7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 81 | |
44 | Owen Goodnight | RAM | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 13.5 | 5 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 89 | |
45 | Coley McDonough | PIT | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 14.0 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 169 | |
46 | Clarke Hinkle | GNB | 32 | FB | 11 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 30.5 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 12.7 | 572 |
47 | Joe Laws | GNB | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 26 | 25.0 | 220 | |
48 | Howie Yeager | NYG | 26 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 20.0 | 3 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 416 | |
49 | Hugh Gallarneau* | CHI | 24 | RH | 11 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 18.0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 625 |
50 | Mort Landsberg | PHI | 22 | RH | 11 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 7.5 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 229 |
51 | Leo Stasica | BKN | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7.0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 | 74 | |
52 | Dean McAdams | BKN | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 | 0 | 204 | |||||
53 | Ned Mathews | DET | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 9 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 476 | |
54 | Al Donelli | PIT | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 157 | |
55 | Sam Bartholomew | PHI | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 146 | |
56 | Ward Cuff* | NYG | 29 | WB | 11 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 682 |
57 | Nick Basca | PHI | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 146 | |
58 | Steve Belichick | DET | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 254 | |
59 | Lou Ghecas | PHI | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 28 | |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Young Bussey* | CHI | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
61 | Corby Davis | RAM | 27 | BB | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 180 | ||||
62 | Elwyn Dunstan | RAM | 26 | RT | 11 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 | ||||
63 | Elmer Hackney | PIT | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 266 | |||||
64 | Billy Hughes* | CHI | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
65 | Marion Pugh | NYG | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 55 | |||||
66 | Gaylon Smith | RAM | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 71 | |||||
67 | Bud Svendsen | BKN | 26 | C | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
68 | Jim Castiglia | PHI | 23 | FB | 11 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 28.4 | 406 | ||||
69 | Pug Manders*+ | BKN | 28 | FB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 754 | ||||
70 | Johnny Hall | CRD | 25 | WB | 11 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 607 | ||||
71 | Dick Booth | DET | 23 | WB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 323 | ||||
72 | Johnny Drake | RAM | 25 | FB | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 587 | ||||
73 | Rhoten Shetley | BKN | 23 | BB | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 150 | ||||
74 | Al Babartsky | CRD | 26 | RT | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 57 | ||||
75 | Len Barnum | PHI | 29 | QB | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 16 | 19.3 | 153 | ||||
76 | Ray Hare | WAS | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 195 | |||||
77 | Johnny Martin | CRD | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 197 | |||||
78 | Nello Falaschi* | NYG | 28 | BB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 45 | ||||
79 | Len Janiak | RAM | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 71 | |||||
80 | John Jett | DET | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 74 | |||||
81 | Ed Justice | WAS | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 203 | |||||
82 | Sid Luckman*+ | CHI | 25 | QB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 99 | ||||
83 | Bob Masterson | WAS | 26 | LE | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 158 | ||||
84 | Norm Standlee* | CHI | 22 | FB | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 474 | ||||
85 | Ben Starret | PIT | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 51 | |||||
86 | Will Walls | NYG | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 104 | |||||
87 | Willie Wilkin*+ | WAS | 25 | LT | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 25 | ||||
88 | Stan Andersen | 2TM | 24 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 93 | |||||
89 | Frank Balazs | 2TM | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 119 | |||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
90 | Larry Buhler | GNB | 24 | BB | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||||
91 | Terry Fox | PHI | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 184 | |||||
92 | Jack Hinkle | PHI | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
93 | Joe Hoague | PIT | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 150 | |||||
94 | Dick Humbert* | PHI | 23 | RE | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 347 | ||||
95 | Don Hutson*+ | GNB | 28 | LE | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 800 | ||||
96 | Bert Johnson | CRD | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 142 | |||||
97 | Royal Kahler | PIT | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
98 | Ken Kavanaugh* | CHI | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 335 | |||||
99 | Walt Kichefski | PIT | 25 | RE | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 129 | ||||
100 | Bruiser Kinard* | BKN | 27 | LT | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | ||||
101 | George Kracum | BKN | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 233 | |||||
102 | Al Krueger | WAS | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 158 | |||||
103 | Augie Lio* | DET | 23 | LG | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 15 | ||||
104 | Don Looney | PIT | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 202 | |||||
105 | Paul McDonough | RAM | 25 | RE | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 207 | ||||
106 | Wilbur Moore | WAS | 25 | WB | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 75 | ||||
107 | John Noppenberg | 2TM | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 40 | |||||
108 | Bill Osmanski* | CHI | 26 | FB | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 457 | ||||
109 | John Patrick | PIT | 23 | BB | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 49 | ||||
110 | Hank Piro | PHI | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 174 | |||||
111 | Ray Riddick | GNB | 24 | RE | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 47 | ||||
112 | Jack Sanders | PIT | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
113 | Perry Schwartz*+ | BKN | 26 | LE | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 375 | ||||
114 | John Shonk | PHI | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 69 | |||||
115 | Clyde Shugart* | WAS | 25 | RG | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
116 | Paul Szakash | DET | 28 | RE | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 94 | ||||
117 | Bulldog Turner*+ | CHI | 22 | C | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 16 |
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