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 | Steve Bagarus+ | WAS | 26 | LH | 10 | 8 | 21 | 251 | 0 | 28 | 12.0 | 12 | 325 | 0 | 55 | 27.1 | 1360 |
2 | Dave Ryan | DET | 22 | TB | 10 | 5 | 15 | 220 | 0 | 56 | 14.7 | 6 | 138 | 0 | 34 | 23.0 | 607 |
3 | Steve Van Buren+ | PHI | 25 | LH | 10 | 9 | 14 | 154 | 0 | 24 | 11.0 | 13 | 373 | 1 | 98 | 28.7 | 1478 |
4 | Buss Warren | 2TM | 29 | TB | 9 | 4 | 13 | 168 | 0 | 20 | 12.9 | 5 | 135 | 0 | 33 | 27.0 | 615 |
5 | Howie Livingston | NYG | 23 | FB | 10 | 6 | 13 | 106 | 0 | 16 | 8.2 | 4 | 104 | 0 | 39 | 26.0 | 634 |
6 | Joe Laws | GNB | 34 | HB | 10 | 6 | 12 | 78 | 0 | 21 | 6.5 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 29 | 18.0 | 305 |
7 | Bob Davis | BOS | 31 | RH | 10 | 9 | 11 | 94 | 0 | 21 | 8.5 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 35 | 21.8 | 400 |
8 | Frank Seno | CRD | 24 | RH | 9 | 8 | 10 | 103 | 0 | 25 | 10.3 | 19 | 408 | 0 | 31 | 21.5 | 1002 |
9 | Ward Cuff | NYG | 33 | WB | 9 | 5 | 10 | 124 | 0 | 41 | 12.4 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 33 | 26.3 | 617 |
10 | Fred Gehrke | RAM | 27 | LH | 10 | 7 | 8 | 120 | 0 | 49 | 15.0 | 9 | 173 | 0 | 30 | 19.2 | 860 |
11 | Babe Dimancheff | BOS | 23 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 99 | 0 | 26 | 12.4 | 4 | 123 | 0 | 52 | 30.8 | 306 | |
12 | Albie Reisz | RAM | 28 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 15 | 9.8 | 0 | 164 | |||||
13 | Andy Farkas | DET | 29 | WB | 8 | 3 | 7 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 14.4 | 8 | 165 | 0 | 44 | 20.6 | 531 |
14 | Abe Karnofsky | PHI | 23 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 103 | 0 | 32 | 14.7 | 6 | 164 | 0 | 57 | 27.3 | 541 | |
15 | Jim Gillette | RAM | 28 | RH | 10 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 20 | 7.6 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 20 | 16.5 | 565 |
16 | Roy McKay | GNB | 25 | TB | 10 | 1 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 17 | 9.4 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 26 | 16.8 | 409 |
17 | Bob Margarita | CHI | 25 | LH | 10 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 155 | 0 | 33 | 15.5 | 1176 |
18 | Al Grygo | CHI | 27 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 26 | 20.0 | 299 | |
19 | Ray McLean | CHI | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 24 | 14.5 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 24 | 20.0 | 289 | |
20 | Pepper Petrella | PIT | 25 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 8.7 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 36 | 28.3 | 178 | |
21 | Bruce Smith | GNB | 25 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 20 | 11.2 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 23.0 | 205 | |
22 | Chuck Fenenbock | DET | 27 | TB | 10 | 2 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 28 | 13.8 | 7 | 192 | 0 | 40 | 27.4 | 475 |
23 | Leo Cantor | CRD | 26 | LH | 10 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 11.8 | 6 | 123 | 0 | 27 | 20.5 | 702 |
24 | Bill Dudley | PIT | 24 | TB | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 4.0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 35 | 21.7 | 336 |
25 | Art Jones | PIT | 26 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 20 | 12.4 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 177 | |
26 | Chuck DeShane | DET | 27 | WB | 9 | 5 | 5 | 107 | 1 | 81 | 21.4 | 0 | 224 | ||||
27 | Dick Todd | WAS | 31 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 27 | 13.4 | 0 | 156 | |||||
28 | Johnny Martin | BOS | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 13 | 302 | 0 | 43 | 23.2 | 533 | |
29 | Irv Comp | GNB | 26 | TB | 9 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 9.0 | 5 | 110 | 0 | 31 | 22.0 | 354 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Jack Banta | PHI | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 20 | 18.5 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 18.5 | 170 | |
31 | Lou Brock | GNB | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 9.3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 365 | |
32 | Joe Vodicka | 2TM | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2.3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 31 | |
33 | Mel Bleeker | PHI | 25 | RH | 4 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 9.3 | 0 | 238 | ||||
34 | Scott Gudmundson | BOS | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 9.0 | 0 | 54 | |||||
35 | Billy deCorrevont | WAS | 27 | RH | 10 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 23 | 15.0 | 11 | 210 | 0 | 36 | 19.1 | 379 |
36 | Hugh Gallarneau | CHI | 28 | RH | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 2.3 | 6 | 90 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 426 |
37 | Johnny Knolla | CRD | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 22 | 14.3 | 6 | 114 | 0 | 36 | 19.0 | 208 | |
38 | Cotton Price | DET | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 10.7 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 28 | 19.8 | 209 | |
39 | Ernie Bonelli | CRD | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 12.3 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 22.5 | 207 | |
40 | Jack Hinkle | PHI | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 9.3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 110 | |
41 | Ralph Ruthstrom | RAM | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 23 | 15.7 | 0 | 167 | |||||
42 | Ernie Steele | PHI | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 11.0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 27 | 24.0 | 363 | |
43 | Dick Booth | DET | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 144 | |
44 | Jackie Lowther | PIT | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 17.5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 109 | |
45 | Gil Steinke | PHI | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 13.5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 103 | |
46 | Bob Waterfield+ | RAM | 25 | QB | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 17.0 | 0 | 142 | ||||
47 | George McAfee | CHI | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 25 | 19.6 | 343 | |
48 | Tom Colella | RAM | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 30 | 26.3 | 377 | |
49 | George Franck | NYG | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 36 | 19.3 | 162 | |
50 | George Cafego | BOS | 30 | QB | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 26 | 23.5 | 36 |
51 | Ed Shedlosky | NYG | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 20.0 | 85 | |
52 | Bob Westfall+ | DET | 26 | FB | 9 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 13.0 | 474 |
53 | Steve Filipowicz | NYG | 24 | FB | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 237 |
54 | Al Lindow | CRD | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 31 | |
55 | Frank Martin | 2TM | 26 | LH | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 106 |
56 | Joel Mason | GNB | 33 | RE | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 35 |
57 | Bus Mertes | CRD | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 131 | |
58 | Gene Ronzani | CHI | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -5 | |
59 | Frank Filchock | WAS | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 71 | |||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Jack Jacobs | RAM | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
61 | Johnny Long | CHI | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 22 | |||||
62 | Jack Matheson | DET | 25 | RE | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 251 | ||||
63 | Riley Matheson+ | RAM | 31 | LG | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
64 | Wilbur Moore | WAS | 29 | RH | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 331 | ||||
65 | Russ Mosley | GNB | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 92 | |||||
66 | George Wilson | CHI | 31 | RE | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 261 | ||||
67 | Roy Zimmerman | PHI | 27 | QB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 85 | ||||
68 | Ted Fritsch | GNB | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 279 | 0 | 79 | 34.9 | 643 | ||||
69 | Don Greenwood | RAM | 24 | FB | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 106 | 0 | 30 | 21.2 | 554 | ||||
70 | John Lucente | PIT | 23 | FB | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 30 | 20.4 | 405 | ||||
71 | Al Drulis | CRD | 24 | FB | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 11.0 | 142 | ||||
72 | Paul Duhart | 2TM | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 32 | 20.3 | 98 | |||||
73 | John Grigas | BOS | 25 | LH | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 27 | 16.3 | 273 | ||||
74 | Don Hutson+ | GNB | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 9.3 | 946 | |||||
75 | Ned Mathews | BOS | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 0 | 33 | 27.0 | 352 | |||||
76 | Jim Benton+ | RAM | 29 | LE | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 5.3 | 1083 | ||||
77 | John Doolan | 2TM | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 47 | 29.0 | 163 | |||||
78 | Tipp Mooney | CHI | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 28 | 17.0 | 166 | |||||
79 | Joe Sulaitis | NYG | 24 | BB | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 16.7 | 99 | ||||
80 | Morgan Tiller | PIT | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 15.7 | 216 | |||||
81 | Larry Cabrelli | PHI | 28 | RE | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 12.5 | 166 | ||||
82 | Cece Hare | WAS | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | 113 | |||||
83 | Edgar Jones | CHI | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 48 | 36.0 | 113 | |||||
84 | Sid Luckman | CHI | 29 | QB | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 15.5 | -87 | ||||
85 | Pug Manders | BOS | 32 | FB | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 5.0 | 241 | ||||
86 | Mike Micka | 2TM | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 15.5 | 167 | |||||
87 | Bill Paschal | NYG | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 27 | 21.5 | 301 | |||||
88 | Lee Shaffer | NYG | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 21.0 | 42 | |||||
89 | John Weiss | NYG | 23 | RE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 118 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
90 | Frank Akins | WAS | 26 | FB | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 887 | ||||
91 | Tony Bova | PIT | 28 | HB | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 246 | ||||
92 | Les Bruckner | CRD | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 14 | |||||
93 | Johnny Butler | PHI | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 128 | |||||
94 | Joe Carter | CRD | 36 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 | 61 | |||||
95 | Paul Christman | CRD | 27 | QB | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 | -5 | ||||
96 | Larry Craig | GNB | 29 | BB | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 29 | ||||
97 | Don Currivan | BOS | 25 | RE | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 400 | ||||
98 | Jim Daniell | CHI | 27 | LT | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | ||||
99 | Gary Famiglietti | CHI | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 296 | |||||
100 | Sam Fox | NYG | 27 | LE | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 148 | ||||
101 | Ed Frutig | 2TM | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 17 | |||||
102 | Clyde Goodnight | GNB | 21 | LE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 325 | ||||
103 | Junie Hovious | NYG | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 13 | |||||
104 | Ken Kavanaugh | CHI | 29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 550 | |||||
105 | George Kiick | PIT | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 62 | |||||
106 | Bucko Kilroy | PHI | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
107 | George Koch | RAM | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 108 | |||||
108 | Al Lolotai | WAS | 25 | LG | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||
109 | Ernie Pannell | GNB | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
110 | Leon Pense | PIT | 23 | BB | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 93 | ||||
111 | Joe Pierre | PIT | 25 | RE | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||||
112 | John Popovich | PIT | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 | 21 | |||||
113 | Al Postus | PIT | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | |||||
114 | Walt Rankin | CRD | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 50 | |||||
115 | Sal Rosato | WAS | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 109 | |||||
116 | Bob Shaw | RAM | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||
117 | George Smith | BOS | 31 | C | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | ||||
118 | Ben Starret | GNB | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 56 | |||||
119 | Glen Stough | PIT | 24 | LT | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
120 | Larry Visnic | NYG | 26 | LG | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | ||||
121 | Bill Walker | BOS | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
122 | Walt Watt | CRD | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 49 | |||||
123 | Dick Weber | DET | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 26 | |||||
124 | Bob Zimny | CRD | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 24 |
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