1946 AAFC Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Cleveland Browns

Passing Leader: Glenn Dobbs, 1886 Yds

Rushing Leader: Spec Sanders, 709 Yds

Receiving Leader: Dante Lavelli, 843 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	Bob Seymour	LAD	30	LH	13	8	18	211	0	0	11.7	4	87	0	0	21.8	685
2	Ken Casanega	SFO	25	QB	14	5	18	248	0	0	13.8	3	61	0	0	20.3	647
3	Elroy Hirsch	CHR	23	HB	14	12	17	235	1	0	13.8	14	384	1	88	27.4	1289
4	Spec Sanders+	NYY	28	TB	13	9	17	257	1	75	15.1	13	395	1	103	30.4	1691
5	Chuck Fenenbock	LAD	28	LH	13	7	16	299	0	0	18.7	17	479	1	97	28.2	1265
6	Earle Parsons	SFO	25		10	2	15	198	0	0	13.2	4	94	0	0	23.5	706
7	Bob Perina	NYY	25		13	2	15	205	0	0	13.7	4	81	0	0	20.3	445
8	Billy Hillenbrand	CHR	24	BB	14	9	13	180	1	69	13.8	8	220	1	88	27.5	927
9	Otto Graham	CLE	25	QB	14	9	12	129	0	0	10.8			0			106
10	Steve Juzwik	BUF	28	RH	13	9	11	135	0	0	12.3	21	452	0	0	21.5	1507
11	Earl Elsey	LAD	31		13	3	9	147	0	0	16.3	15	335	0	0	22.3	828
12	Monk Gafford	2TM	26	LH	13	8	9	117	0	0	13.0	11	345	0	40	31.4	886
13	Cliff Lewis	CLE	23		10	2	8	133	0	0	16.6	3	70	0	0	23.3	210
14	Walt Clay	CHR	22		13	2	8	70	0	0	8.8	2	43	0	0	21.5	516
15	Ace Parker	NYY	34	TB	12	4	8	85	0	0	10.6	2	27	0	0	13.5	296
16	Tom Colella	CLE	28		14	2	8	172	0	0	21.5	1	29	0	29	29.0	441
17	Glenn Dobbs+	BDA	26	TB	12	11	7	146	1	78	20.9	12	214	0	0	17.8	607
18	Edgar Jones	CLE	26	LH	14	13	7	73	0	0	10.4	12	307	1	96	25.6	1055
19	Jimmy Nelson	MIA	27	RH	14	5	7	71	0	0	10.1	10	192	0	0	19.2	454
20	Joe Vetrano	SFO	28		13	2	7	84	0	0	12.0	3	49	0	0	16.3	271
21	Lou Tomasetti	BUF	30		14	2	7	138	0	0	19.7	2	85	0	0	42.5	443
22	Bob Hoernschemeyer	CHR	21	TB	14	10	6	91	0	0	15.2	9	275	0	0	30.6	762
23	Lew Mayne	BDA	26		13	2	6	47	0	0	7.8	4	90	0	0	22.5	337
24	Charlie Armstrong	BDA	27		10	2	6	97	0	0	16.2	3	93	0	0	31.0	322
25	Andy Dudish	BUF	28		11	2	5	73	0	0	14.6	7	196	0	0	28.0	408
26	Chet Mutryn	BUF	25	LH	14	8	5	57	0	0	11.4	4	79	0	0	19.8	593
27	Ken Stofer	BUF	27		11	1	5	53	0	0	10.6	2	81	0	0	40.5	184
28	Lamar Davis	MIA	25	LE	14	8	4	54	0	0	13.5	5	235	0	0	47.0	628
29	Cal Purdin	2TM	25		9	4	4	52	0	0	13.0	4	77	0	11	19.3	249
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Eddie Prokop	NYY	24	FB	12	3	4	116	1	77	29.0	2	47	0	0	23.5	465
31	Johnny Strzykalski	SFO	25	RH	13	11	3	26	0	0	8.7	7	142	0	0	20.3	649
32	Kay Eakin	MIA	29		13	1	3	30	0	0	10.0	4	51	0	0	12.8	138
33	Bob Kennedy	NYY	25		13	4	3	20	0	0	6.7	4	105	0	0	26.3	398
34	Don Durdan	SFO	26		12	1	3	37	0	0	12.3			0			234
35	Len Eshmont	SFO	29	LH	10	9	2	25	0	0	12.5	10	264	0	0	26.4	916
36	Paul Vinnola	LAD	24		13	0	2	24	0	0	12.0	5	83	0	0	16.6	186
37	Lowell Wagner	NYY	23	WB	13	7	2	55	1	40	27.5	4	119	0	0	29.8	329
38	Bill Boedeker	CHR	22		12	1	2	29	0	0	14.5	2	84	0	0	42.0	229
39	Harry Clarke	LAD	30		14	2	2	24	0	0	12.0	2	48	0	0	24.0	452
40	Curt Sandig	BUF	28		9	1	2	20	0	0	10.0	2	43	0	0	21.5	130
41	Bill Lund	CLE	22		10	2	2	30	0	0	15.0	1	32	0	32	32.0	210
42	Blondy Black	BUF	26		4	0	2	58	0	0	29.0			0			107
43	Dub Jones	2TM	22		11	4	1	6	0	6	6.0	6	91	0	0	15.2	261
44	Bob Sweiger	NYY	27	WB	13	5	1	14	0	14	14.0	5	103	0	0	20.6	276
45	Doyle Tackett	BDA	23		14	3	1	3	0	3	3.0	5	76	0	0	15.2	280
46	Frankie Albert	SFO	26	QB	14	11	1	6	0	6	6.0	4	74	0	0	18.5	70
47	Bob Paffrath	2TM	28		12	2	1	1	0	1	1.0	4	76	0	0	19.0	171
48	Stan Kozlowski	MIA	22		5	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	3	72	0	0	24.0	164
49	Marion Motley	CLE	26	FB	13	10	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	53	0	0	17.7	842
50	Harry Connolly	BDA	26		3	2	1	6	0	6	6.0	2	41	0	0	20.5	65
51	Prince Scott	MIA	29	RE	14	7	1	6	0	6	6.0	2	28	0	0	14.0	214
52	Art Van Tone	BDA	28		9	3	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	25	0	0	12.5	197
53	Lloyd Cheatham	NYY	27	BB	13	7	1	26	0	26	26.0	1	7	0	7	7.0	92
54	Mickey Colmer	BDA	28	WB	12	6	1	9	0	9	9.0	1	9	0	9	9.0	500
55	Walt Williams	CHR	27		14	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	1	18	0	18	18.0	194
56	Fred Evans	CLE	25		6	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			55
57	Pete Franceschi	SFO	27		9	1	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			36
58	Jesse Freitas	SFO	25		10	0	1	10	0	10	10.0			0			29
59	Dale Gentry	LAD	29	RE	14	9	1	14	0	14	14.0			0			384
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Steve Nemeth	CHR	24		13	1	1	14	0	14	14.0			0			24
61	Bob Nowaskey	LAD	28	LE	14	5	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			252
62	Vic Obeck	BDA	29		12	0	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			3
63	George Perpich	BDA	26		13	0	1	16	0	16	16.0			0			16
64	George Zorich	MIA	28		6	0	1	18	0	18	18.0			0			18
65	Al Dekdebrun	BUF	25	QB	14	8			0			6	116	0	0	19.3	80
66	Dick Erdlitz	MIA	26	RH	14	7			0			6	104	0	0	17.3	185
67	Harry Hopp	2TM	28		12	4			0			6	113	0	0	18.8	330
68	Ned Mathews	2TM	28		14	3			0			6	118	0	8	19.7	335
69	Dom Principe	BDA	29	FB	10	7			0			6	117	0	0	19.5	281
70	Don Greenwood	CLE	25	RH	13	10			0			5	105	0	0	21.0	435
71	John Kimbrough	LAD	28	FB	14	7			0			5	111	0	0	22.2	746
72	Vic Kulbitski	BUF	25	FB	13	8			0			5	81	0	0	16.2	706
73	Bob Masterson	NYY	31	LE	14	8			0			5	55	0	0	11.0	174
74	Fondren Mitchell	MIA	25		7	0			0			4	52	0	0	13.0	202
75	Bernie Nygren	LAD	28	RH	14	5			0			4	88	0	0	22.0	399
76	Saxon Judd	BDA	27	RE	13	2			0			3	54	0	0	18.0	497
77	Bill Kellagher	CHR	26		12	2			0			3	48	0	0	16.0	262
78	Walt McDonald	2TM	26	BB	13	8			0			3	32	0	0	10.7	177
79	Ray Terrell	CLE	27		9	4			0			3	80	0	0	26.7	319
80	Al Akins	CLE	25	/	4	0			0			2	74	0	0	37.0	123
81	Joe Davis	BDA	27	RE	14	12			0			2	32	0	0	16.0	369
82	Don Griffin	CHR	24		13	4			0			2	31	0	0	15.5	91
83	John Harrington	CLE	25		12	2			0			2	16	0	0	8.0	152
84	Pres Johnston	2TM	26	LH	11	7			0			2	21	0	0	10.5	308
85	Ernie Lewis	CHR	22	FB	12	9			0			2	22	0	0	11.0	222
86	Bus Mertes	LAD	27		9	3			0			2	35	0	0	17.5	221
87	Cotton Price	MIA	28		7	2			0			2	32	0	0	16.0	-6
88	Perry Schwartz	NYY	31		14	1			0			2	23	0	0	11.5	105
89	Bob Steuber	CLE	25		6	1			0			2	53	0	0	26.5	133
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Bruce Alford	NYY	25	RE	13	10			0			1	62	0	62	62.0	235
91	Lee Artoe	LAD	29	RT	14	13			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
92	George Bernhardt	BDA	27	LG	14	12			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
93	Herb Coleman	CHR	23	C	14	12			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	45
94	Bill Daley	2TM	27		3	1			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	68
95	George Doherty	2TM	26	RT	13	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
96	Gene Fekete	CLE	24		6	2			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	129
97	Terry Fox	MIA	28		8	2			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	77
98	Fred Gloden	MIA	28		7	0			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	44
99	Garland Gregory	SFO	27	LG	13	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
100	Parker Hall	SFO	30		11	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	78
101	Pat Lahey	CHR	27	RE	13	10			0			1	5	0	0	5.0	210
102	Pete Lamana	CHR	25		10	1	0	26	1	26		1	18	0	18	18.0	81
103	Pug Manders	NYY	33		13	4			0			1	26	0	26	26.0	243
104	Jim McCarthy	BDA	26	LE	14	12			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	307
105	Robert Nelson	LAD	26	C	10	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	5
106	Charlie O'Rourke	LAD	29	QB	14	8			0			1	28	0	28	28.0	85
107	Mitch Olenski	MIA	26	LT	14	10			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
108	Marion Pugh	MIA	27	QB	14	10			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	-58
109	Frank Quillen	CHR	26		14	4			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	165
110	Dick Renfro	SFO	27		3	3			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	105
111	Jim Reynolds	MIA	26		7	2			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	174
112	Bill Schroeder	CHR	23		14	3	0	7	0	7		1	19	0	19	19.0	81
113	Mac Speedie	CLE	26	LE	14	10			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	565
114	Norm Standlee	SFO	27	FB	13	10			0			1	33	0	33	33.0	679
115	Nick Susoeff	SFO	25		6	2			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	108
116	George Terlep	BUF	23	QB	12	4			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	52
117	Bob Thurbon	BUF	28		2	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	14
118	Al Vandeweghe	BUF	26		5	3			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	82
119	Johnny Vardian	MIA	25		6	1			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	123
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Lloyd Wasserbach	CHR	25		12	3			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
121	Lou Zontini	BUF	29	FB	14	5			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	57

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