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1948 AAFC Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Cleveland Browns

Passing Leader: Otto Graham, 2713 Yds

Rushing Leader: Marion Motley, 964 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Hillenbrand, 970 Yds

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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	Cliff Lewis	CLE	25		14	0	26	258	0	0	9.9	7	147	0	0	21.0	552
2	Herm Wedemeyer	LAD	24	WB	14	10	23	368	0	0	16.0	11	240	0	0	21.8	1187
3	Jim Cason	SFO	21	RH	13	5	22	309	0	0	14.0	10	212	0	0	21.2	812
4	Billy Hillenbrand	BCL	26	LH	14	13	18	231	0	0	12.8	16	356	0	0	22.3	2067
5	Chuck Fenenbock	2TM	30	LH	14	5	17	169	0	0	9.9	14	311	0	0	22.2	765
6	Rex Bumgardner	BUF	25		13	3	16	336	2	0	21.0	9	141	0	0	15.7	629
7	Bill Reinhard	LAD	26		14	1	16	276	1	87	17.3	2	41	0	0	20.5	448
8	Monk Gafford	BDA	28	WB	12	6	14	130	0	0	9.3	23	559	0	0	24.3	1014
9	Spec Sanders	NYY	30	TB	13	9	13	128	0	0	9.8	9	217	0	0	24.1	1128
10	Johnny Strzykalski	SFO	27	RH	14	13	13	201	0	0	15.5	9	185	0	0	20.6	1807
11	Chet Mutryn	BUF	27	LH	14	14	10	171	1	88	17.1	19	500	0	0	26.3	2288
12	Tom Casey	NYY	24		11	0	9	229	1	94	25.4	7	170	0	0	24.3	474
13	Jake Leicht	BCL	29		14	1	8	139	0	0	17.4	4	83	0	0	20.8	535
14	Pete Layden	NYY	29	TB	9	4	7	64	0	0	9.1	8	211	0	0	26.4	914
15	Eddie Prokop	CHR	26	RH	9	7	6	80	0	0	13.3	15	323	0	0	21.5	892
16	Lee Tevis	BDA	28	FB	14	4	6	59	0	0	9.8	2	40	0	0	20.0	91
17	Ray Ramsey	2TM	27	WB	13	6	5	82	1	70	16.4	10	233	0	0	23.3	802
18	Tom Colella	CLE	30		13	2	5	60	0	0	12.0			0			161
19	Tommy James	CLE	25		14	0	5	47	0	0	9.4			0			136
20	Otto Schnellbacher	NYY	25		14	1	5	45	0	0	9.0			0			356
21	Aubrey Fowler	BCL	28		13	0	4	41	0	0	10.3	2	16	0	0	8.0	87
22	Forrest Hall	SFO	27	LH	14	5	3	97	0	0	32.3	13	369	0	0	28.4	966
23	Bob Livingstone	CHR	26	LH	13	5	3	24	0	0	8.0	9	211	0	0	23.4	649
24	Lin Sexton	LAD	22		11	1	3	47	0	0	15.7	3	49	0	0	16.3	165
25	Johnny Vardian	BCL	27		12	0	3	34	0	0	11.3	3	66	0	0	22.0	139
26	Verl Lillywhite	SFO	22		14	1	3	41	0	0	13.7			0			406
27	Alex Wizbicki	BUF	27		9	1	3	33	0	0	11.0			0			82
28	Bob Pfohl	BCL	22	RH	14	14	2	102	1	0	51.0	17	366	0	0	21.5	1057
29	Buddy Young	NYY	22	FB	12	11	2	11	0	0	5.5	12	303	0	0	25.3	818
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Bill Boedeker	CLE	24		14	3	2	8	0	0	4.0	4	61	0	0	15.3	560
31	Harry Clarke	2TM	32		7	4	2	27	0	16	13.5	4	96	0	17	24.0	240
32	Lew Mayne	BCL	28		8	0	2	24	0	0	12.0	3	61	0	0	20.3	144
33	Bob Perina	CHR	27		13	1	2	14	0	0	7.0	3	52	0	0	17.3	167
34	Paul Crowe	SFO	24		14	0	2	14	0	0	7.0	2	18	0	0	9.0	182
35	Elroy Hirsch	CHR	25		5	3	2	27	0	0	13.5	1	10	0	10	10.0	290
36	John Sylvester	BCL	25		12	0	2	16	0	0	8.0			0			16
37	Julie Rykovich	2TM	25		12	6	1	23	0	23	23.0	7	129	0	0	18.4	713
38	Bob Hoernschemeyer	BDA	23	TB	14	6	1	3	0	3	3.0	6	138	0	0	23.0	888
39	Bill Gompers	BUF	20		14	3	1	10	0	10	10.0	4	62	0	0	15.5	365
40	Don Schneider	BUF	25		9	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4	77	0	0	19.3	165
41	Bob Chappuis	BDA	25	TB	13	6	1	8	0	8	8.0	3	55	0	0	18.3	373
42	Bob Reinhard+	LAD	28	LT	14	14	1	23	0	23	23.0	3	51	0	0	17.0	149
43	Bob Kennedy	NYY	27		14	3	1	14	0	14	14.0	2	20	0	0	10.0	196
44	Chick Maggioli	BUF	26		7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	38	0	0	19.0	95
45	Carl Allen	BDA	28		13	0	1	17	0	17	17.0			0			71
46	Bob Bryant	SFO	30	LT	14	14	1	14	0	14	14.0			0			14
47	Lamar Davis	BCL	27	LE	14	9	1	10	0	10	10.0			0			885
48	Otto Graham+	CLE	27	QB	14	14	1	12	0	12	12.0			0			158
49	Harmon Rowe	NYY	25		11	0	1	12	0	12	12.0			0			12
50	Bob Smith	2TM	23		13	2	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			37
51	George Strohmeyer	BDA	24	C	14	7	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			84
52	Doyle Tackett	BDA	25		1	0	1	10	0	10	10.0			0			10
53	Marion Motley+	CLE	28	FB	14	14			0			14	337	0	0	24.1	1493
54	Jeff Durkota	LAD	25		12	4			0			9	198	0	0	22.0	294
55	Mickey Colmer	BDA	30	FB	14	11			0			8	163	0	0	20.4	1239
56	Mike Graham	LAD	25		14	1			0			6	145	0	0	24.2	236
57	Johnny Naumu	LAD	29		9	0			0			6	131	0	0	21.8	131
58	Bob Steuber	BUF	27	RH	9	7			0			6	123	0	0	20.5	574
59	Walt Clay	LAD	24	FB	13	8			0			4	48	0	0	12.0	492
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Bill Daley	NYY	29		7	0			0			4	88	0	0	22.0	221
61	John Kimbrough	LAD	30	FB	10	3			0			4	54	0	0	13.5	374
62	Joe Perry	SFO	21		14	0			0			4	145	1	87	36.3	810
63	Ollie Cline	CLE	23		11	0			0			3	55	0	0	18.3	184
64	Bob Cowan	CLE	25	RH	14	11			0			3	53	0	0	17.7	417
65	Lu Gambino	BCL	25		9	1			0			3	57	0	0	19.0	279
66	Horace Gillom	CLE	27	RE	13	8			0			3	10	0	0	3.3	305
67	Bill Kellagher	CHR	28	FB	12	5			0			3	54	0	0	18.0	151
68	Dick Ottele	LAD	22		8	0			0			3	47	0	0	15.7	58
69	Floyd Simmons	CHR	23		11	2			0			3	77	0	0	25.7	258
70	Lowell Tew	NYY	21		14	2			0			3	75	0	0	25.0	267
71	Glenn Dobbs	LAD	28	TB	14	10			0			2	38	0	0	19.0	620
72	Dub Jones	CLE	24		12	2			0			2	35	0	0	17.5	303
73	Hugo Marcolini	BDA	25		10	0			0			2	33	0	0	16.5	82
74	Ara Parseghian	CLE	25		12	1			0			2	41	0	0	20.5	263
75	Bob Sullivan	SFO	25		13	0			0			2	40	0	0	20.0	225
76	Lou Tomasetti	BUF	32	FB	14	9			0			2	14	0	0	7.0	943
77	Joe Aguirre	LAD	30	LE	13	4			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	609
78	Graham Armstrong	BUF	30	LT	13	13			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	9
79	Jim Camp	BDA	24		12	3			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	167
80	Eddie Carr	SFO	25		13	1			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	321
81	Lloyd Cheatham	NYY	29	BB	12	9			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	95
82	Paul Cleary	NYY	26		13	0			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	45
83	Spiro Dellerba	BCL	25		14	2			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	30
84	Dan Edwards	BDA	22	RE	11	7			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	197
85	Len Eshmont	SFO	31	LH	13	8			0			1	32	0	32	32.0	542
86	Len Ford	LAD	22	RE	14	10			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	622
87	Dub Garrett	BCL	23	RG	14	14			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	6
88	Amos Harris	BDA	27		14	2			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	10
89	Bob Jensen	CHR	23		14	3			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	286
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	John Kerns	BUF	25	RT	14	9	0	2	0	2		1	3	0	3	3.0	5
91	Fay King	CHR	26	RE	14	8			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	658
92	Ray Kuffel	CHR	27	LE	14	7			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	381
93	Vic Kulbitski	BUF	27	FB	14	6			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	207
94	Dante Lavelli	CLE	25	RE	8	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	472
95	Bus Mertes	BCL	29	FB	14	12			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	751
96	Max Morris	BDA	23	LE	13	7			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	386
97	Bill O'Connor	BUF	22	RE	14	4			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	301
98	Mac Speedie+	CLE	28	LE	12	11			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	836
99	Norm Standlee	SFO	29	FB	14	13			0			1	31	0	31	31.0	293
100	Bob Sullivan	BDA	24		2	1			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	21
101	Nick Susoeff	SFO	27	LE	13	13			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	249
102	Bob Sweiger	NYY	29	WB	14	14			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	136
103	Joe Vetrano	SFO	30		14	1			0			1	38	0	38	38.0	143
104	Morrie Warren	BDA	25		2	0			0			1	36	0	36	36.0	37
105	Windell Williams	BCL	25	RE	14	1			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	380

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