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 | Andy Farkas | WAS | 27 | FB | 10 | 8 | 15 | 168 | 0 | 33 | 11.2 | 9 | 279 | 0 | 84 | 31.0 | 976 |
2 | Johnny Butler | PHI | 25 | LH | 10 | 9 | 13 | 108 | 0 | 15 | 8.3 | 6 | 92 | 0 | 22 | 15.3 | 625 |
3 | Bob Seymour | WAS | 27 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 173 | 0 | 22 | 13.3 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 26 | 17.0 | 611 | |
4 | Ernie Steele | PHI | 26 | LH | 10 | 1 | 12 | 152 | 0 | 19 | 12.7 | 11 | 236 | 0 | 28 | 21.5 | 965 |
5 | Frankie Sinkwich | DET | 23 | TB | 10 | 4 | 11 | 228 | 0 | 77 | 20.7 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 43 | 25.6 | 669 |
6 | Ken Heineman | BKN | 25 | TB | 8 | 6 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 19 | 7.8 | 16 | 444 | 0 | 69 | 27.8 | 651 |
7 | Harry Clarke+ | CHI | 27 | LH | 10 | 10 | 10 | 158 | 0 | 38 | 15.8 | 13 | 326 | 0 | 50 | 25.1 | 1607 |
8 | Joe Laws | GNB | 32 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 19 | 8.4 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 24 | 23.5 | 463 | |
9 | Johnny Martin | CRD | 25 | WB | 10 | 5 | 9 | 95 | 0 | 25 | 10.6 | 7 | 130 | 0 | 25 | 18.6 | 496 |
10 | Bill Paschal | NYG | 22 | FB | 9 | 3 | 9 | 92 | 0 | 20 | 10.2 | 7 | 183 | 0 | 31 | 26.1 | 921 |
11 | Ward Cuff | NYG | 31 | WB | 10 | 10 | 9 | 120 | 0 | 44 | 13.3 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 24 | 19.7 | 760 |
12 | Tony Canadeo+ | GNB | 24 | TB | 10 | 8 | 8 | 93 | 0 | 22 | 11.6 | 10 | 242 | 0 | 43 | 24.2 | 870 |
13 | Lou Brock | GNB | 26 | HB | 10 | 8 | 8 | 126 | 0 | 32 | 15.8 | 5 | 112 | 0 | 40 | 22.4 | 371 |
14 | Ray McLean | CHI | 28 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 94 | 0 | 29 | 13.4 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 31 | 26.3 | 781 | |
15 | Dave Brown | NYG | 23 | FB | 10 | 4 | 7 | 106 | 0 | 30 | 15.1 | 0 | 330 | ||||
16 | Chuck Fenenbock | DET | 25 | TB | 10 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 9.0 | 11 | 224 | 0 | 37 | 20.4 | 531 |
17 | George Cafego | 2TM | 28 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 8.7 | 9 | 218 | 0 | 35 | 24.2 | 258 | |
18 | Merl Condit | BKN | 26 | HB | 8 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 12 | 7.8 | 6 | 178 | 0 | 45 | 29.7 | 516 |
19 | Frank Martin | BKN | 24 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 7.6 | 0 | 262 | |||||
20 | Andy Uram | GNB | 28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 17 | 9.6 | 0 | 353 | |||||
21 | Jack Hinkle | PHI | 26 | RH | 10 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 11.3 | 11 | 217 | 0 | 30 | 19.7 | 934 |
22 | Ned Mathews | DET | 25 | WB | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 9.3 | 7 | 246 | 1 | 98 | 35.1 | 644 |
23 | Dante Magnani | CHI | 26 | RH | 10 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 19 | 10.0 | 6 | 171 | 1 | 96 | 28.5 | 632 |
24 | Dean McAdams | BKN | 26 | TB | 8 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 13.5 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 30 | 20.4 | 158 |
25 | Sid Luckman+ | CHI | 27 | QB | 10 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 11.5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 98 |
26 | Emery Nix | NYG | 24 | TB | 10 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 17 | 12.5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 101 |
27 | Tuffy Leemans | NYG | 31 | TB | 10 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 34 | 22.0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 14.5 | 154 |
28 | Art Van Tone | DET | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 15.7 | 0 | 189 | |||||
29 | Bob Thurbon | PHI | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 9.5 | 6 | 150 | 0 | 35 | 25.0 | 563 | |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Lloyd Cardwell | DET | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 10.5 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 28 | 18.7 | 92 | |
31 | John Grigas | CRD | 23 | FB | 10 | 7 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | -1.0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 31 | 24.0 | 670 |
32 | Frank Seno | WAS | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 13.5 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 25 | 20.3 | 435 | |
33 | Ray Nolting | CHI | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 6.5 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 | 357 | |
34 | Wilbur Moore | WAS | 27 | WB | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 834 |
35 | Sammy Baugh+ | WAS | 29 | TB | 10 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 6.5 | 0 | 82 | ||||
36 | Bill Callihan | DET | 27 | BB | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 137 | ||||
37 | Tom Colella | DET | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 34 | |||||
38 | Frank Sachse | BKN | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 18.5 | 0 | 77 | |||||
39 | Hank Soar | NYG | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | 0 | 66 | |||||
40 | Irv Comp | GNB | 24 | TB | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 24 | 20.3 | 432 |
41 | Ronnie Cahill | CRD | 28 | TB | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 21 | 18.7 | 64 |
42 | Harry Hopp | DET | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 30 | 19.0 | 418 |
43 | Bill Geyer | CHI | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 71 | 0 | 42 | 35.5 | 238 | |
44 | Marshall Goldberg | CRD | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 34 | 26.5 | 105 | |
45 | Elmer Hackney | DET | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 18.0 | 308 | |
46 | Johnny Hall | CRD | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 17.5 | 234 | |
47 | Ray Hare | WAS | 26 | BB | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 159 |
48 | Walt Masters | CRD | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 19.5 | 35 | |
49 | Bob Trocolor | NYG | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 37 | 32.0 | 77 | |
50 | Cal Purdin | CRD | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 85 | |
51 | Joe Setcavage | BKN | 25 | BB | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 46 |
52 | Ted Laux | PHI | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 77 | |||||
53 | George Smith | WAS | 29 | C | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 43 | ||||
54 | Leo Stasica | WAS | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
55 | Ted Fritsch | GNB | 23 | FB | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 32 | 24.8 | 323 | ||||
56 | Walt Rankin | CRD | 24 | QB | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 27 | 14.3 | 132 | ||||
57 | Joe Aguirre | WAS | 25 | RE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 7.0 | 462 | ||||
58 | Cecil Johnson | BKN | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 30 | 22.7 | 256 | |||||
59 | Bob Morrow | CRD | 25 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 30 | 22.0 | 264 | |||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Roy Zimmerman | PHI | 25 | QB | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 18.3 | 33 | ||||
61 | Tony Falkenstein | GNB | 28 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 24 | 23.5 | 284 | |||||
62 | Carl Kinscherf | NYG | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 30 | 28.5 | 138 | |||||
63 | Bob Masters | 2TM | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 18.5 | 53 | |||||
64 | Bob Masterson | WAS | 28 | LE | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 44 | 33.0 | 266 | ||||
65 | Neal Adams | NYG | 24 | LE | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 73 | ||||
66 | Gerry Conlee | DET | 29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 17 | |||||
67 | Bill Fisk | DET | 27 | LE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 142 | ||||
68 | Harry Jacunski | GNB | 28 | RE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 568 | ||||
69 | Lew Jones | BKN | 31 | RG | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | ||||
70 | Bull Karcis | NYG | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 41 | |||||
71 | Bob Keene | DET | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 40 | |||||
72 | Jim Logan | CHI | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
73 | Pug Manders | BKN | 30 | FB | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 353 | ||||
74 | Jack Matheson | DET | 23 | LG | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 175 | ||||
75 | Alex Piasecky | WAS | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 34 | |||||
76 | Andy Puplis | CRD | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 28 | |||||
77 | Floyd Rhea | CRD | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
78 | Marshall Robnett | CRD | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||
79 | Vic Sears | PHI | 25 | LT | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||
80 | Will Walls | NYG | 31 | RE | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 234 | ||||
81 | Ray Wehba | BKN | 27 | LE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 58 | ||||
82 | Gordon Wilson | CRD | 28 | RG | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||
83 | Alex Wojciechowicz | DET | 28 | C | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 31 |
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