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 | Dan Sandifer | WAS | 22 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 199 | 0 | 41 | 11.1 | 24 | 518 | 0 | 70 | 21.6 | 1161 | |
2 | Eddie Saenz | WAS | 27 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 178 | 0 | 32 | 10.5 | 24 | 465 | 0 | 34 | 19.4 | 1076 | |
3 | Vitamin Smith | RAM | 26 | 12 | 4 | 27 | 427 | 1 | 85 | 15.8 | 13 | 235 | 0 | 31 | 18.1 | 842 | |
4 | Red Cochran | CRD | 27 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 314 | 2 | 71 | 20.9 | 20 | 410 | 0 | 32 | 20.5 | 944 | |
5 | Tommy Kalmanir | RAM | 23 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 164 | 1 | 62 | 11.7 | 18 | 403 | 0 | 57 | 22.4 | 821 | |
6 | Charley Trippi | CRD | 28 | LH | 12 | 12 | 10 | 160 | 0 | 38 | 16.0 | 18 | 427 | 0 | 48 | 23.7 | 1552 |
7 | Emlen Tunnell | NYG | 24 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 315 | 1 | 67 | 12.1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 | 599 | |
8 | Don Doll | DET | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 21 | 10.4 | 21 | 536 | 0 | 56 | 25.5 | 909 | |
9 | Wally Dreyer | CHI | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 130 | 0 | 28 | 10.0 | 13 | 338 | 0 | 52 | 26.0 | 734 | |
10 | Ralph Earhart | GNB | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 161 | 1 | 57 | 11.5 | 11 | 187 | 0 | 30 | 17.0 | 511 | |
11 | Bill Dudley | DET | 28 | LH | 12 | 10 | 11 | 199 | 1 | 67 | 18.1 | 13 | 246 | 0 | 31 | 18.9 | 1035 |
12 | George McAfee | CHI | 31 | RH | 12 | 6 | 24 | 279 | 0 | 33 | 11.6 | 673 | |||||
13 | Jack Kirby | GNB | 27 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 6.0 | 14 | 315 | 0 | 34 | 22.5 | 369 | |
14 | Paul Shoults | NYY | 24 | LH | 12 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3.4 | 14 | 271 | 0 | 26 | 19.4 | 573 |
15 | Frank Reagan | PHI | 30 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 266 | 1 | 42 | 12.7 | 412 | ||||||
16 | Wally Triplett | DET | 23 | RH | 11 | 6 | 21 | 281 | 1 | 62 | 13.4 | 596 | |||||
17 | Joe Golding | NYY | 28 | RH | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 5.4 | 13 | 289 | 0 | 55 | 22.2 | 699 |
18 | Bosh Pritchard | PHI | 30 | RH | 8 | 7 | 13 | 99 | 0 | 23 | 7.6 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 36 | 19.8 | 889 |
19 | Bob Gage | PIT | 22 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 254 | 0 | 50 | 15.9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 593 | |
20 | Frank Minini | PIT | 28 | bb | 12 | 7 | 16 | 390 | 0 | 44 | 24.4 | 395 | |||||
21 | Clete Fischer | NYG | 24 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 19 | 9.1 | 8 | 188 | 0 | 34 | 23.5 | 379 | |
22 | Jack Salscheider | NYG | 25 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 474 | 1 | 95 | 31.6 | 588 | ||||||
23 | J.R. Boone | CHI | 24 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 170 | 0 | 37 | 12.1 | 638 | ||||||
24 | Jim Canady | 2TM | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 9.0 | 10 | 233 | 0 | 40 | 23.3 | 500 | |
25 | Jug Girard | GNB | 22 | QB | 12 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 6.4 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 24 | 22.5 | 372 |
26 | Steve Van Buren+ | PHI | 29 | LH | 12 | 10 | 12 | 288 | 0 | 35 | 24.0 | 1522 | |||||
27 | Bob Hanlon | PIT | 25 | hb | 12 | 7 | 11 | 213 | 0 | 29 | 19.4 | 259 | |||||
28 | John Hoffman | CHI | 24 | fb | 12 | 6 | 10 | 249 | 0 | 33 | 24.9 | 838 | |||||
29 | Jim Wade | NYY | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 4.6 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 29 | 19.3 | 187 | |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Ed Cody | CHI | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 181 | 0 | 32 | 22.6 | 260 | |
31 | Howard Hartley | PIT | 25 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 21 | 9.7 | 150 | ||||||
32 | Bob Forte | GNB | 27 | RH | 12 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 159 | 0 | 36 | 22.7 | 412 |
33 | Phil Slosburg | NYY | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 8.0 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 27 | 24.5 | 262 | |
34 | Don Samuel | PIT | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 11.4 | 249 | ||||||
35 | Joe Scott | NYG | 23 | RH | 8 | 6 | 7 | 203 | 0 | 70 | 29.0 | 554 | |||||
36 | Ed Smith | 2TM | 26 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 6.2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 18.0 | 112 | |
37 | Ray Coates | NYG | 25 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 40 | 13.0 | 296 | ||||||
38 | Frank Nelson | NYY | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4.7 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 17.3 | 102 | |
39 | Clyde Scott | PHI | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 1 | 70 | 22.8 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 54.0 | 503 | |
40 | Elmer Angsman | CRD | 24 | RH | 12 | 12 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 20 | 13.2 | 797 | |||||
41 | Dick Flanagan | CHI | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 24 | 17.6 | 88 | ||||||
42 | Joe Osmanski | 2TM | 32 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 16 | 11.5 | 496 | ||||||
43 | Vic Schwall | CRD | 24 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 15.8 | 118 | ||||||
44 | Dean Sensanbaugher | NYY | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 29 | 27.0 | 126 | |
45 | Cloyce Box | DET | 26 | rh | 10 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 22 | 16.7 | 388 | |||||
46 | Russ Craft | PHI | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 16.7 | 138 | ||||||
47 | Rob Goode | WAS | 22 | LH | 12 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 23 | 16.7 | 615 | |||||
48 | Val Jansante | PIT | 29 | LE | 12 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 22 | 15.3 | 491 | |||||
49 | Pat McHugh | PHI | 30 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 8.7 | 120 | ||||||
50 | Jim Mello | DET | 29 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 12.3 | 123 | ||||||
51 | George Papach | PIT | 24 | FB | 12 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 22 | 19.0 | 482 | |||||
52 | Nick Scollard | NYY | 29 | RE | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 8.0 | 113 |
53 | Frank Ziegler | PHI | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 377 | |
54 | Tony Canadeo | GNB | 30 | LH | 12 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 10.0 | 1070 | |||||
55 | Gerry Cowhig | RAM | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 114 | ||||||
56 | Babe Dimancheff | CRD | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 25 | 21.5 | 324 | ||||||
57 | Joe Geri | PIT | 25 | TB | 12 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 14.0 | 571 | |||||
58 | John Green | PHI | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 16.5 | 33 | ||||||
59 | Ed Kolman | NYG | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 12.0 | 24 | ||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Joe Muha | PHI | 28 | FB | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 82 |
61 | Jack Myers | PHI | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 13.5 | 307 | ||||||
62 | Don Paul | RAM | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 16.0 | 55 | ||||||
63 | Clarence Self | CRD | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 10.0 | 36 | ||||||
64 | Frank Seno | WAS | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 23 | 19.5 | 39 | ||||||
65 | Jerry Williams | RAM | 26 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 16.5 | 280 | ||||||
66 | Bill Blackburn | CRD | 26 | C | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 40 | |||||
67 | Tom Blake | NYY | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||||
68 | Bill Chipley | NYY | 29 | LE | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 638 | |||||
69 | Corwin Clatt | CRD | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 61 | ||||||
70 | Ted Cook | GNB | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 503 | ||||||
71 | Jerry Davis | CRD | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 115 | ||||||
72 | Hal Dean | RAM | 27 | LG | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
73 | Jack Dugger | CHI | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 19 | ||||||
74 | Ted Fritsch | GNB | 29 | FB | 12 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 331 | |||||
75 | Jack Jacobs | GNB | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 35 | ||||||
76 | Tommy Mont | WAS | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 247 | ||||||
77 | Frank Muehlheuser | NYY | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 76 | ||||||
78 | Elbie Nickel | PIT | 27 | RE | 12 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 653 | |||||
79 | Bob Nussbaumer | CRD | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 173 | ||||||
80 | Jerry Nuzum | PIT | 26 | HB | 12 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 709 | |||||
81 | John Panelli | DET | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 68 | ||||||
82 | Bob Perina | CHI | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 70 | ||||||
83 | Pete Pihos+ | PHI | 26 | RE | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 484 | |||||
84 | Ray Poole | NYG | 28 | RE | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 280 | |||||
85 | Ed Quirk | WAS | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 193 | ||||||
86 | Buster Ramsey+ | CRD | 29 | RG | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
87 | Gene Roberts | NYG | 26 | LH | 12 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1361 | |||||
88 | Walt Schlinkman | GNB | 27 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 219 | ||||||
89 | Charlie Seabright | PIT | 31 | BB | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 28 | |||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
90 | Cecil Souders | DET | 28 | lt | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
91 | Joe Sulaitis | NYG | 28 | fb | 12 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 104 | |||||
92 | Evan Vogds | GNB | 26 | LG | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
93 | Jack Zilly | RAM | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 |
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