1942 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Washington Redskins

Passing Leader: Cecil Isbell, 2021 Yds

Rushing Leader: Bill Dudley, 696 Yds

Receiving Leader: Don Hutson, 1211 Yds

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1	Merl Condit*	BKN	25	HB	11	11	21	210	0	23	10.0	8	172	0	34	21.5	1257
2	Bill Dudley*+	PIT	21	TB	11	11	20	271	0	47	13.6	11	298	1	84	27.1	1349
3	Andy Farkas*+	WAS	26	FB	10	8	16	219	0	51	13.7	4	206	1	95	51.5	1062
4	Steve Lach	CRD	22	WB	9	6	13	158	0	44	12.2	7	164	0	34	23.4	732
5	Dick Todd*	WAS	28		11	1	13	143	0	24	11.0	2	92	0	48	46.0	797
6	Parker Hall	RAM	26	TB	10	8	12	148	0	32	12.3	10	155	0	22	15.5	360
7	Andy Tomasic	PIT	25		11	0	12	199	0	52	16.6	4	94	0	31	23.5	609
8	Merle Hapes	NYG	23	FB	11	10	11	170	0	32	15.5	9	215	0	34	23.9	876
9	Bosh Pritchard*	2TM	23		7	4	11	107	0	19	9.7	4	158	1	97	39.5	458
10	Bob Davis	PHI	28	LH	10	6	10	84	0	16	8.4	9	140	0	28	15.6	559
11	Ernie Steele	PHI	25		10	1	9	184	0	0	20.4	6	140	0	36	23.3	611
12	Hugh Gallarneau	CHI	25	RH	10	9	9	101	0	32	11.2	5	151	0	61	30.2	835
13	Harry Hopp*	DET	24	TB	10	5	9	86	0	22	9.6	5	108	0	26	21.6	424
14	Lou Brock	GNB	25		11	4	8	86	0	22	10.8	9	179	0	26	19.9	673
15	Tommy Thompson*	PHI	26	QB	11	10	8	60	0	12	7.5	5	76	0	22	15.2	132
16	Jack Jacobs	RAM	23	TB	8	3	8	63	0	16	7.9	4	83	0	25	20.8	137
17	Andy Uram	GNB	27		11	3	7	50	0	24	7.1	8	208	1	98	26.0	771
18	Tony Canadeo	GNB	23	TB	11	5	7	76	0	26	10.9	6	137	0	35	22.8	586
19	Ned Mathews	DET	24	WB	9	6	7	82	0	26	11.7	5	97	0	30	19.4	296
20	Joe Laws	GNB	31	HB	10	6	7	56	0	12	8.0	2	36	0	18	18.0	355
21	Marshall Goldberg	CRD	25	FB	11	7	6	60	0	22	10.0	15	393	1	95	26.2	969
22	Dean McAdams	BKN	25	TB	11	10	6	95	0	22	15.8	7	165	0	55	23.6	585
23	Curt Sandig	PIT	24	HB	11	8	6	142	1	64	23.7	7	168	0	61	24.0	623
24	Gaylon Smith	RAM	26	FB	11	6	6	62	0	21	10.3	6	109	0	25	18.2	584
25	Ray McLean	CHI	27		11	2	6	118	1	89	19.7	4	106	0	44	26.5	932
26	Johnny Knolla	CRD	23		11	2	6	64	0	17	10.7	1	24	0	24	24.0	207
27	Frank Maznicki*	CHI	22		11	1	6	50	0	18	8.3	1	33	0	33	33.0	456
28	Sid Luckman*+	CHI	26	QB	11	10	6	55	0	13	9.2			0			145
29	Harry Clarke	CHI	26	LH	10	7	5	76	0	35	15.2	5	159	0	62	31.8	639
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Leo Cantor	NYG	23		10	1	5	69	0	30	13.8	1	24	0	24	24.0	263
31	Sammy Baugh*+	WAS	28	TB	11	8	5	63	0	20	12.6			0			201
32	Mickey Sanzotta	DET	21	FB	10	5	5	46	0	18	9.2			0			346
33	Johnny Martin	CRD	24	WB	11	5	4	50	0	16	12.5	8	202	0	36	25.3	619
34	Johnny Hall	DET	26		7	3	4	38	0	13	9.5	4	86	0	23	21.5	167
35	Ward Cuff	NYG	30	WB	11	10	4	54	0	21	13.5	3	78	0	33	26.0	631
36	Bob Seymour*	WAS	26		11	1	4	79	0	37	19.8			0			328
37	Hank Soar	NYG	28		11	1	3	29	0	22	9.7	5	134	0	42	26.8	381
38	Chet Wetterlund	DET	24		6	3	3	26	0	10	8.7	5	89	0	26	17.8	121
39	Lou Tomasetti	PHI	26	FB	10	5	3	37	0	20	12.3	4	90	0	31	22.5	274
40	Lloyd Cheatham	CRD	23		11	3	3	32	0	23	10.7	2	37	0	22	18.5	103
41	Steve Juzwik	WAS	24		2	1	3	33	0	21	11.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	130
42	Ray Nolting	CHI	29		11	3	3	23	0	10	7.7	1	10	0	10	10.0	301
43	Dante Magnani*	RAM	25	WB	11	10	2	27	0	25	13.5	11	250	0	37	22.7	897
44	Emil Banjavic	DET	27		10	1	2	29	0	16	14.5	4	69	0	24	17.3	230
45	Tom Colella	DET	24		9	2	2	14	0	10	7.0	4	74	0	25	18.5	149
46	Lloyd Cardwell	DET	29		7	2	2	45	0	26	22.5	1	13	0	13	13.0	311
47	Bob Trocolor	NYG	25		7	0	2	24	0	13	12.0	1	35	0	35	35.0	59
48	John Binotto	2TM	23		9	1	2	25	0	20	12.5			0			72
49	Bill Geyer	CHI	23		5	0	2	28	0	15	14.0			0			68
50	George Gonda	PIT	23		5	1	2	17	0	15	8.5			0			208
51	Tuffy Leemans	NYG	30	TB	8	6	2	26	0	15	13.0			0			132
52	Charlie O'Rourke	CHI	25	QB	11	1	2	8	0	4	4.0			0			6
53	Al Owen	NYG	29		7	1	2	20	0	20	10.0			0			67
54	Dick Riffle	PIT	27	FB	11	11	1	8	0	8	8.0	7	137	0	27	19.6	721
55	Cecil Isbell*	GNB	27	TB	11	6	1	14	0	14	14.0	4	63	0	20	15.8	207
56	Dick Poillon*	WAS	22		7	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	65	0	26	21.7	213
57	Ted Fritsch	GNB	22	FB	11	8	1	31	0	31	31.0	2	43	0	23	21.5	457
58	Len Barnum	PHI	30	RH	10	5	1	44	0	44	44.0	1	16	0	16	16.0	189
59	Cece Hare*	WAS	23	BB	11	4	1	4	0	4	4.0	1	11	0	11	11.0	107
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Ray Hare*	WAS	25		11	7	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	95	1	95	95.0	349
61	Don Lieberum	NYG	24		11	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	12	0	12	12.0	106
62	Wilbur Moore*	WAS	26		11	4	1	3	0	3	3.0	1	24	0	24	24.0	189
63	George Morris	RAM	23		9	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	1	15	0	15	15.0	89
64	Jack Boone	RAM	24		2	0	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			66
65	Bill Hutchinson	NYG	26		2	0	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			28
66	Bob Kahler	GNB	25		7	0	1	14	0	14	14.0			0			39
67	Hal McCullough	BKN	24		9	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			-17
68	Bobby Robertson	BKN	25	C	11	1	1	4	0	4	4.0			0			227
69	Pug Manders	BKN	29	FB	11	11			0			9	210	0	36	23.3	602
70	Walt Fedora	BKN	24		8	0			0			4	75	0	25	18.8	109
71	Billy Jefferson	2TM	24		8	0			0			3	74	0	22	24.7	132
72	Bob Masterson*	WAS	27	LE	11	11			0			3	45	0	20	15.0	365
73	Chuck Sample	GNB	22		9	1			0			3	91	0	35	30.3	381
74	Ted Williams	PHI	26		11	2			0			3	58	0	22	19.3	299
75	Alex Wojciechowicz	DET	27	RE	11	6			0			3	30	0	14	10.0	79
76	Ed Cifers*	WAS	26	RE	11	9			0			2	0	0	0	0.0	196
77	Larry Craig*	GNB	26	BB	11	5			0			2	24	0	16	12.0	24
78	Dutch Elston	RAM	24	BB	11	8			0			2	46	0	24	23.0	119
79	Bert Johnson	PHI	30		7	3			0			2	40	0	20	20.0	217
80	Adolph Kissell	CHI	22		4	0			0			2	63	0	43	31.5	62
81	John Petchel	RAM	23		7	1			0			2	26	0	14	13.0	40
82	John Polanski	DET	24		3	1			0			2	49	0	25	24.5	136
83	Perry Schwartz*	BKN	27	LE	11	10			0			2	25	0	15	12.5	245
84	Bud Schwenk	CRD	25	TB	11	9			0			2	24	0	18	12.0	358
85	Lee Shaffer	NYG	30	BB	10	6			0			2	40	0	22	20.0	63
86	Joe Stringfellow	DET	24		9	2			0			2	54	0	41	27.0	184
87	Will Walls	NYG	30	RE	11	10			0			2	26	0	15	13.0	218
88	Ki Aldrich*	WAS	26	C	11	10			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
89	Paul Berezney	GNB	27	RT	11	11			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	7
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Tony Bova	PIT	25	LE	11	10			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	55
91	Al Coppage	CRD	26	RE	11	5			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	207
92	Dick Erdlitz	PHI	22		10	1			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	172
93	Gary Famiglietti*	CHI	29	FB	10	8			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	534
94	Bill Fisk	DET	26	LE	11	11			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	187
95	Elmer Hackney	DET	26		8	2			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	234
96	Irv Hall	PHI	29		8	3			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	54
97	Frank Hrabetin	PHI	27		7	1			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	7
98	John Kovatch	WAS	22		8	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	103
99	Al Krueger*	WAS	23		11	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	84
100	Bill Lazetich	RAM	26		9	0			0			1	27	0	27	27.0	111
101	Augie Lio*	DET	24	RG	10	8			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	13
102	Fred Meyer	PHI	23	RE	10	10			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	351
103	Warren Plunkett	RAM	22		10	2			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	20
104	Tom Robertson	BKN	25		9	8			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	11
105	Jack Smith	PHI	25		6	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
106	Jack Stackpool	PHI	25		8	4			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	119
107	Bulldog Turner+	CHI	23	C	11	11			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	102
108	Willie Wilkin*+	WAS	26	LT	11	8			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
109	Roy Zimmerman*	WAS	24		7	1			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	81

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