1949 AAFC Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Cleveland Browns

Passing Leader: Otto Graham, 2785 Yds

Rushing Leader: Joe Perry, 783 Yds

Receiving Leader: Mac Speedie, 1028 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	Pete Layden	NYY	30		12	0	29	287	0	0	9.9	1	28	0	28	28.0	548
2	Jim Cason	SFO	22	LH	12	6	21	351	0	0	16.7	11	247	0	0	22.5	858
3	Cliff Lewis	CLE	26		11	1	20	174	0	0	8.7			0			210
4	Sam Cathcart	SFO	25		12	0	18	306	0	0	17.0	7	138	0	0	19.7	1038
5	Bob Livingstone	2TM	27		11	0	17	292	1	79	17.2	6	85	0	0	14.2	463
6	Herm Wedemeyer	BCL	25	LH	11	5	16	221	0	0	13.8	30	602	0	0	20.1	1226
7	Buddy Young	NYY	23	LH	12	11	9	171	0	0	19.0	11	316	1	91	28.7	1153
8	Jake Leicht	BCL	30	LH	12	6	9	109	0	0	12.1	8	171	0	0	21.4	285
9	Ray Ramsey	CHH	28	WB	12	10	8	64	0	0	8.0	14	407	0	81	29.1	959
10	Shorty McWilliams	LAD	23		12	2	8	112	0	0	14.0			0			162
11	Chet Mutryn+	BUF	28	LH	11	11	7	77	0	0	11.0	10	224	0	0	22.4	1330
12	Joe Sutton	BUF	25		9	1	6	62	0	0	10.3	4	82	0	0	20.5	270
13	Jim Spavital	LAD	23		12	3	6	58	0	0	9.7	1	32	0	32	32.0	191
14	Paul Crowe	2TM	25		9	1	6	96	0	0	16.0			0			123
15	Warren Lahr	CLE	26		11	0	6	83	0	0	13.8			0			171
16	Billy Grimes	LAD	22	RH	12	7	5	67	0	0	13.4	16	411	0	0	25.7	1096
17	Tom Colella	BUF	31		11	0	5	42	0	0	8.4	7	107	0	0	15.3	195
18	Rex Bumgardner	BUF	26	RH	10	8	4	35	0	0	8.8	9	163	0	0	18.1	757
19	Paul Patterson	CHH	22		12		4	33	0	0	8.3			0			441
20	Otto Schnellbacher	NYY	26		12	0	4	31	0	0	7.8			0			68
21	Tom Landry	NYY	25		12	1	3	52	0	0	17.3	2	39	0	0	19.5	335
22	Les Horvath	CLE	28		12	0	3	19	0	0	6.3			0			129
23	George Taliaferro	LAD	22	TB	11	4	2	53	1	52	26.5	13	313	0	0	24.1	880
24	Harper Davis	LAD	24		11	0	2	37	0	0	18.5	4	87	0	0	21.8	175
25	Johnny Strzykalski	SFO	28		7	4	2	19	0	0	9.5	2	57	0	0	28.5	462
26	Lou Tomasetti	BUF	33		12	4	2	13	0	0	6.5	1	19	0	19	19.0	337
27	Wayne Kingery	BCL	22		9	0	2	19	0	0	9.5			0			20
28	Bob Hoernschemeyer	CHH	24	TB	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	14	373	0	0	26.6	833
29	Earl Howell	LAD	25		12	3	1	7	0	7	7.0	4	74	0	0	18.5	208
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Paul Page	BCL	22		8	2	1	16	0	16	16.0	4	108	0	0	27.0	267
31	John Donaldson	2TM	24		8	0	1	18	0	18	18.0	1	27	0	27	27.0	66
32	Hal Shoener	SFO	26	LE	12	10	1	8	0	8	8.0	1	17	0	17	17.0	109
33	Eddie Carr	SFO	26		7	2	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			378
34	Ned Maloney	SFO	26		12	0	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			5
35	Paul Mitchell	NYY	29		12	0	1	15	0	15	15.0			0			15
36	Barney Poole	NYY	26		11	0	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			89
37	Joe Vetrano	SFO	31		12	0	1	16	0	16	16.0			0			66
38	Lowell Wagner	SFO	26		10	3	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			140
39	John Yonakor	CLE	28		12	1	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			1
40	Joe Perry	SFO	22	FB	11	5			0			14	337	0	0	24.1	1266
41	Marion Motley	CLE	29	FB	11	10			0			12	262	0	0	21.8	1023
42	Bill Boedeker	CLE	25	LH	12	7			0			9	189	0	0	21.0	829
43	Dub Jones	CLE	25	RH	11	9			0			8	204	0	0	25.5	757
44	Chick Jagade	BCL	23		10	3			0			6	75	0	0	12.5	293
45	Lou Kusserow	NYY	22		11	4			0			6	136	0	0	22.7	272
46	Sherman Howard	NYY	25	RH	12	6			0			4	95	0	0	23.8	604
47	Bob Pfohl	BCL	23	RH	12	7			0			4	98	0	0	24.5	365
48	Eddie Prokop	NYY	27		6	1			0			3	62	0	0	20.7	178
49	Bob Sweiger	CHH	30	BB	12	12			0			3	59	0	0	19.7	223
50	Wilbur Volz	BUF	25		8	0			0			3	43	0	0	14.3	56
51	Bruce Alford	NYY	28	RE	11	11			0			2	31	0	0	15.5	244
52	Frank Aschenbrenner	CHH	24		6				0			2	35	0	0	17.5	45
53	Rip Collins	CHH	23	FB	12	6			0			2	23	0	0	11.5	272
54	Dan Edwards	CHH	23	RE	12	12			0			2	29	1	17	14.5	602
55	Duke Iverson	NYY	29		12	0			0			2	18	0	0	9.0	76
56	Bob Kelly	BCL	24		10	2			0			2	31	0	0	15.5	97
57	Ed Sustersic	CLE	27		11	1			0			2	39	0	0	19.5	160
58	Gail Bruce	SFO	26		12	4			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	22
59	Ollie Cline	BUF	24	FB	11	11			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	649
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Mickey Colmer	NYY	31		8	2			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	126
61	Lamar Davis	BCL	28	LE	12	9			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	596
62	Noble Doss	NYY	29		4	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	37
63	Dan Dworsky	LAD	22		11	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	17
64	Len Eshmont	SFO	32	LH	12	6			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	340
65	Don Garlin	SFO	23		11	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	198
66	Dan Garza	NYY	25		12	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	214
67	Lou Groza	CLE	25	LT	12	12			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
68	Bob Hoffman	LAD	32	BB	12	5			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	42
69	Larry Joe	BUF	26		1	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	82
70	Edgar Jones	CLE	29	LH	7	5			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	272
71	Bob Kennedy	NYY	28	FB	12	10			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	562
72	Fay King	CHH	27		8	3			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	101
73	Veto Kissell	BUF	22		9	0			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	71
74	Bill Leonard	BCL	22		11	2			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	32
75	Verl Lillywhite	SFO	23	RH	12	3			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	370
76	Ray Richeson	CHH	26		12	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
77	Lou Rymkus	CLE	30	RT	12	11			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
78	Billy Stone	BCL	24	LH	12	1			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	851
79	Lowell Tew	NYY	22		1	1			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	82
80	Sam Vacanti	BCL	27	QB	12	5			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	20
81	Alex Wizbicki	BUF	28		12	1			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	13

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