1950 NFL Receiving

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League Champion: Cleveland Browns

Passing Leader: Bobby Layne, 2323 Yds

Rushing Leader: Marion Motley, 810 Yds

Receiving Leader: Tom Fears, 1116 Yds

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Receiving

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

Receiving Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
1	Tom Fears*+	RAM	28	LE	12	12	84	1116	13.3	7	53		7.0	93.0	3
2	Dan Edwards*+	NYY	24	RE	12	12	52	775	14.9	6	82		4.3	64.6	1
3	Cloyce Box*	DET	27	LE	12	11	50	1009	20.2	11	82		4.2	84.1	0
4	Paul Salata	2TM	24	E-LE	11	8	50	618	12.4	4	57		4.5	56.2	1
5	Bob Shaw*	CRD	29	RE	12	11	48	971	20.2	12	65		4.0	80.9	1
6	Glenn Davis*	RAM	26	LH	12	12	42	592	14.1	4	50		3.5	49.3	5
7	Elroy Hirsch	RAM	27	RE	12	10	42	687	16.4	7	58		3.5	57.3	0
8	Mac Speedie*	CLE	30	LE	12	12	42	548	13.0	1	45		3.5	45.7	0
9	Hugh Taylor	WAS	27	LE	12	12	39	833	21.4	9	70		3.3	69.4	0
10	Pete Pihos*	PHI	27	RE	12	12	38	447	11.8	6	43		3.2	37.3	3
11	Fran Polsfoot	CRD	23	LE	12	9	38	653	17.2	6	81		3.2	54.4	0
12	Dante Lavelli	CLE	27	RE	12	12	37	565	15.3	5	43		3.1	47.1	2
13	Jim Keane	CHI	26	RE	12	4	36	433	12.0	0	70		3.0	36.1	2
14	Chet Mutryn	BCL	29	LH	12	12	36	379	10.5	2	30		3.0	31.6	5
15	Jack Ferrante	PHI	34	LE	12	11	35	588	16.8	3	75		2.9	49.0	0
16	Doak Walker*+	DET	23	LH	12	12	35	534	15.3	6	43		2.9	44.5	3
17	Art Weiner	NYY	24	LE	12	4	35	722	20.6	6	58		2.9	60.2	1
18	Alex Loyd	SFO	23	E	12	2	32	402	12.6	0	38		2.7	33.5	2
19	Charley Trippi	CRD	29	LH	12	11	32	270	8.4	1	28		2.7	22.5	5
20	Leon Hart	DET	22	RE	12	12	31	505	16.3	1	66		2.6	42.1	1
21	Dub Jones	CLE	26	RH	12	12	31	458	14.8	5	80		2.6	38.2	1
22	Jim Cason	SFO	23	HB	9	7	30	374	12.5	3	43		3.3	41.6	3
23	Al Baldwin	GNB	27	LE	12	12	28	555	19.8	3	85		2.3	46.3	3
24	Dick Hoerner*	RAM	28	FB	12	11	26	446	17.2	1	48		2.2	37.2	3
25	Val Jansante	PIT	30	LE	12	11	26	353	13.6	0	40		2.2	29.4	0
26	Fran Rogel	PIT	23	FB	12	0	24	304	12.7	1	64		2.0	25.3	7
27	Johnny Strzykalski*	SFO	29	RH	12	12	24	187	7.8	1	28		2.0	15.6	2
28	Alyn Beals	SFO	29	RE	12	12	22	315	14.3	3	38		1.8	26.3	0
29	Bill Dudley*	WAS	29	RH/LH/FS	12	11	22	172	7.8	1	17		1.8	14.3	5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
30	John Greene	DET	30	E	12	2	22	368	16.7	2	46		1.8	30.7	0
31	Elbie Nickel	PIT	28	RE	12	12	22	527	24.0	4	65		1.8	43.9	0
32	Julie Rykovich	CHI	27	RH	12	9	21	344	16.4	0	39		1.8	28.7	2
33	Jim Spavital	BCL	24	FB	11	8	21	238	11.3	1	45		1.9	21.6	3
34	George Taliaferro	NYY	23	LH	12	12	21	299	14.2	5	43		1.8	24.9	11
35	Bill Swiacki	NYG	28	LE	12	8	20	280	14.0	3	38		1.7	23.3	1
36	Buddy Young	NYY	24	RH	12	12	20	302	15.1	1	69		1.7	25.2	6
37	Rip Collins	BCL	24	RH	12	10	19	295	15.5	0	63		1.6	24.6	4
38	Hal Crisler	BCL	27	RE	10	4	19	307	16.2	5	62		1.9	30.7	0
39	Rob Goode	WAS	23	FB	12	7	19	160	8.4	1	56		1.6	13.3	8
40	Charlie Justice	WAS	26	LH	8	7	19	180	9.5	2	37		2.4	22.5	9
41	Bob McChesney	NYG	24	RE	12	4	19	380	20.0	6	43		1.6	31.7	0
42	Jim Owens	BCL	23	LE	9	7	19	188	9.9	0	43		2.1	20.9	1
43	Larry Coutre	GNB	22	RH	12	5	17	206	12.1	2	77		1.4	17.2	1
44	Billy Grimes*	GNB	23	RH	12	7	17	261	15.4	1	96		1.4	21.8	8
45	Ken Kavanaugh	CHI	34	LE	12	7	17	331	19.5	2	67		1.4	27.6	1
46	Steve Pritko	GNB	30	RDE	12	12	17	125	7.4	2	14		1.4	10.4	1
47	Joe Tereshinski	WAS	27	RE	12	12	17	148	8.7	0	17		1.4	12.3	0
48	Ted Cook	GNB	28	RE	12	7	16	182	11.4	3	21		1.3	15.2	1
49	Vitamin Smith	RAM	27	RH	12	4	16	279	17.4	4	67		1.3	23.3	4
50	Pat Harder*	CRD	28	FB	12	12	15	111	7.4	0	35		1.3	9.3	0
51	Zollie Toth*	NYY	26	FB	11	11	15	189	12.6	3	60		1.4	17.2	5
52	Bob Oristaglio	BCL	26	RDE/RE	12	12	14	134	9.6	0	16		1.2	11.2	0
53	Gordie Soltau	SFO	25	LE	12	7	14	170	12.1	1	28		1.2	14.2	0
54	Fred Morrison	CHI	24	FB	12	2	13	86	6.6	0	15		1.1	7.2	3
55	Joe Perry	SFO	23	FB	12	11	13	69	5.3	1	16		1.1	5.8	11
56	Frank Ziegler	PHI	27	RH	12	12	13	216	16.6	2	48		1.1	18.0	10
57	Clyde Goodnight	WAS	26	RDE	10	7	12	185	15.4	2	33		1.2	18.5	0
58	George Gulyanics	CHI	29	LH	12	12	12	137	11.4	0	42		1.0	11.4	6
59	Sherman Howard	NYY	26	HB	12	0	12	278	23.2	5	40		1.0	23.2	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
60	Jack Myers	PHI	26	FB	12	12	12	204	17.0	0	39		1.0	17.0	0
61	Billy Stone	BCL	25	DB	8	5	12	324	27.0	4	69		1.5	40.5	2
62	Marion Motley*+	CLE	30	FB	12	12	11	151	13.7	1	41		0.9	12.6	5
63	Breezy Reid	GNB	23	LH	11	0	11	120	10.9	2	44		1.0	10.9	3
64	Gene Roberts*	NYG	27	LH	12	10	11	144	13.1	1	47		0.9	12.0	6
65	Tony Canadeo	GNB	31	FB	12	7	10	54	5.4	0	20		0.8	4.5	4
66	Dick Rifenburg	DET	24	E	12	1	10	96	9.6	1	19		0.8	8.0	0
67	Jack Russell	NYY	31	LDE/LE	11	11	10	177	17.7	2	49		0.9	16.1	0
68	Eddie Saenz	WAS	28	FS	10	6	10	165	16.5	1	36		1.0	16.5	1
69	Bob Boyd	RAM	22	E	12	0	9	220	24.4	4	72		0.8	18.3	0
70	Rex Bumgardner	CLE	27	LH	10	10	9	112	12.4	1	25		0.9	11.2	1
71	Jack Nix	SFO	22	E	9	0	9	114	12.7	0	50		1.0	12.7	0
72	Joe Scott	NYG	24	HB	10	2	9	240	26.7	1	61		0.9	24.0	5
73	Neill Armstrong	PHI	24	SS	12	9	8	124	15.5	1	36		0.7	10.3	0
74	J.R. Boone	CHI	25	HB	10	0	8	139	17.4	0	31		0.8	13.9	0
75	Bob Hoernschemeyer	DET	25	RH	10	8	8	78	9.8	1	41		0.8	7.8	1
76	John Hoffman	CHI	25	FB	12	11	8	161	20.1	2	44		0.7	13.4	1
77	Dan Towler	RAM	22	FB	12	1	8	63	7.9	0	17		0.7	5.3	3
78	Elmer Angsman*	CRD	25	RH	12	12	7	56	8.0	1	20		0.6	4.7	3
79	Paul Barry	RAM	24	HB	12	3	7	122	17.4	0	39		0.6	10.2	0
80	Sam Cathcart	SFO	26	SS/LH	12	12	7	99	14.1	0	24		0.6	8.3	6
81	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	25	WB	12	4	7	158	22.6	0	51		0.6	13.2	3
82	Randy Clay	NYG	22	RH/DB	12	11	7	69	9.9	0	16		0.6	5.8	5
83	Ollie Cline	DET	25	FB	10	10	7	18	2.6	0	25		0.7	1.8	7
84	Vinnie Yablonski	CRD	27	FB	12	0	7	71	10.1	0	31		0.6	5.9	1
85	Bob Gage	PIT	23	TB	10	8	6	127	21.2	2	48		0.6	12.7	5
86	Bob Mann	GNB	26	E	3	0	6	89	14.8	1	40		2.0	29.7	0
87	Jerry Nuzum	PIT	27	WB	12	8	6	142	23.7	1	68		0.5	11.8	7
88	Jim Parmer	PHI	23	SS	10	4	6	103	17.2	1	59		0.6	10.3	2
89	Wally Triplett	DET	24	HB	7	4	6	70	11.7	0	18		0.9	10.0	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
90	Al Campana	CHI	24	DB	9	4	5	58	11.6	0	30		0.6	6.4	2
91	Ken Carpenter	CLE	24	HB	12	2	5	45	9.0	0	16		0.4	3.8	4
92	Babe Dimancheff	CRD	28	HB	7	0	5	53	10.6	0	17		0.7	7.6	0
93	Fred Gehrke	2TM	32	HB	11	1	5	26	5.2	1	13		0.5	2.4	2
94	Tommy Kalmanir	RAM	24	RH	10	5	5	58	11.6	1	41		0.5	5.8	2
95	Howie Livingston	2TM	28	DB-RDH	11	9	5	156	31.2	2	74		0.5	14.2	0
96	Willie Manley	GNB	24	G	12	4	5	66	13.2	0	18		0.4	5.5	0
97	John North	BCL	29	E	4	3	5	90	18.0	0	39		1.3	22.5	0
98	Don Paul	CRD	24	DB	12	0	5	93	18.6	1	35		0.4	7.8	2
99	Frank Spaniel	2TM	22	HB	12	1	5	84	16.8	0	35		0.4	7.0	0
100	Bennie Aldridge	NYY	24	HB	11	2	4	56	14.0	0	28		0.4	5.1	0
101	Ed Champagne	RAM	29	T	11	0	4	52	13.0	1	21		0.4	4.7	0
102	Jug Girard	GNB	23	P	12	0	4	89	22.3	0	55		0.3	7.4	1
103	Mal Kutner	CRD	29	RDH	9	9	4	74	18.5	0	51		0.4	8.2	0
104	Toy Ledbetter	PHI	23	HB	10	0	4	81	20.3	2	29		0.4	8.1	2
105	Kelley Mote	NYG	27	DE	9	4	4	72	18.0	1	41		0.4	8.0	0
106	Barney Poole	NYY	27	RDE	12	7	4	82	20.5	1	52		0.3	6.8	0
107	Eddie Price	NYG	25	FB	10	7	4	30	7.5	0	21		0.4	3.0	5
108	Ed Sprinkle*	CHI	27	RDE/RE	12	12	4	70	17.5	0	27		0.3	5.8	0
109	Ellery Williams	NYG	24	LE	12	5	4	78	19.5	0	34		0.3	6.5	0
110	Jerry Williams	RAM	27	SS	12	12	4	21	5.3	1	11		0.3	1.8	0
111	Jack Cloud	GNB	25	FB	9	0	3	19	6.3	0	13		0.3	2.1	1
112	Chuck Drazenovich	WAS	23	LLB	12	10	3	38	12.7	0	23		0.3	3.2	3
113	Don Kindt	CHI	25	SS	12	12	3	72	24.0	1	42		0.3	6.0	0
114	Charlie Seabright	PIT	32	BB	10	8	3	37	12.3	1	13		0.3	3.7	0
115	Emil Sitko	SFO	27	HB	8	3	3	43	14.3	1	28		0.4	5.4	1
116	Bill Wightkin	CHI	23	LDE/LE	12	12	3	24	8.0	0	17		0.3	2.0	1
117	George Buksar	BCL	24	LDH	10	10	2	2	1.0	0	2		0.2	0.2	0
118	Harper Davis	CHI	25	LDH	12	11	2	15	7.5	0	8		0.2	1.3	0
119	Harry Dowda	WAS	28	RDH/RH	12	12	2	16	8.0	0	10		0.2	1.3	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
120	Arthur Fletcher	BCL	26	E	1	1	2	18	9.0	0	10		2.0	18.0	0
121	Bob Forte	GNB	28	HB	12	1	2	9	4.5	0	10		0.2	0.8	0
122	Horace Gillom	CLE	29	P	12	0	2	54	27.0	1	38		0.2	4.5	0
123	Howard Hartley	PIT	26	FS	12	12	2	27	13.5	0	24		0.2	2.3	3
124	Billy Hix	PHI	21	E	11	0	2	25	12.5	0	20		0.2	2.3	0
125	Gerry Krall	DET	23	HB	7	0	2	61	30.5	0	41		0.3	8.7	1
126	Charley Mehelich	PIT	28	LDE	12	12	2	18	9.0	0	10		0.2	1.5	0
127	John Panelli	DET	24	LLB	8	6	2	9	4.5	0	7		0.3	1.1	1
128	Bill Smyth	RAM	28	DE	11	0	2	10	5.0	0	6		0.2	0.9	0
129	Art Spinney	BCL	23	DE	2	0	2	19	9.5	0	12		1.0	9.5	0
130	Pete Stout	WAS	26	FB	8	6	2	15	7.5	0	8		0.3	1.9	0
131	George Thomas	WAS	22	HB	12	0	2	7	3.5	0	4		0.2	0.6	0
132	Steve Van Buren	PHI	30	LH	10	10	2	34	17.0	0	29		0.2	3.4	3
133	Ab Wimberly	GNB	24	RE	11	5	2	18	9.0	0	10		0.2	1.6	0
134	Bruce Alford	NYY	29	E	12	0	1	14	14.0	0	14		0.1	1.2	0
135	Ed Bagdon	CRD	24	DG	11	4	1	19	19.0	0	19		0.1	1.7	0
136	Ed Berrang	WAS	28	LDE	11	7	1	14	14.0	0	14		0.1	1.3	0
137	Ernie Blandin	BCL	31	LT	12	12	1	16	16.0	0	16		0.1	1.3	2
138	Bill Boedeker	2TM	26	HB-LH	10	4	1	10	10.0	0	10		0.1	1.0	0
139	Gil Bouley	RAM	29	T	11	0	1	11	11.0	0	11		0.1	1.0	0
140	Gail Bruce	SFO	27	RDE	12	12	1	10	10.0	0	10		0.1	0.8	0
141	Jim Cain	DET	23	RDE	12	12	1	8	8.0	0	8		0.1	0.7	0
142	Leon Campbell	BCL	23	FB	3	2	1	5	5.0	0	5		0.3	1.7	2
143	Al Cannava	GNB	26	HB	1	0	1	28	28.0	0	28		1.0	28.0	1
144	George Connor*+	CHI	25	LT/LLB	11	11	1	21	21.0	0	21		0.1	1.9	0
145	Russ Craft	PHI	31	LDH	12	12	1	14	14.0	0	14		0.1	1.2	1
146	Al DeMao	WAS	30	C	12	12	1	4	4.0	0	4		0.1	0.3	0
147	Joe Gasparella	PIT	23	BB	11	4	1	3	3.0	0	3		0.1	0.3	0
148	Joe Geri*+	PIT	26	TB	12	8	1	33	33.0	1	33		0.1	2.8	12
149	Forrest Griffith	NYG	22	HB	6	2	1	26	26.0	0	26		0.2	4.3	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
150	Rex Grossman	2TM	26	K	12	3	1	4	4.0	0	4		0.1	0.3	0
151	Lou Groza*	CLE	26	LT	10	8	1	23	23.0	1	23		0.1	2.3	0
152	Chuck Hunsinger	CHI	25	HB	10	0	1	20	20.0	0	20		0.1	2.0	3
153	Tom Keane	RAM	24	DB	9	2	1	19	19.0	0	19		0.1	2.1	0
154	Verl Lillywhite	SFO	24	LB	9	0	1	6	6.0	0	6		0.1	0.7	1
155	Johnny Lujack*+	CHI	25	QB	12	12	1	16	16.0	0	16		0.1	1.3	2
156	Geno Mazzanti	BCL	21	HB	4	0	1	11	11.0	0	11		0.3	2.8	0
157	Ralph Pasquariello	RAM	24	FB	9	0	1	2	2.0	0	2		0.1	0.2	0
158	Lindy Pearson	DET	21	HB	11	0	1	4	4.0	0	4		0.1	0.4	2
159	Don Phelps	CLE	26	HB	12	0	1	28	28.0	0	28		0.1	2.3	2
160	Bob Reinhard	RAM	30	RT/RDT	12	7	1	11	11.0	1	11		0.1	0.9	0
161	Vic Schwall	CRD	25	HB	12	0	1	7	7.0	0	7		0.1	0.6	1
162	Clarence Self	DET	25	SS	12	12	1	12	12.0	0	12		0.1	1.0	1
163	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	29	G	12	4	1	3	3.0	0	3		0.1	0.3	0
164	Arnie Weinmeister*+	NYG	27	LDT/LT	10	10	1	16	16.0	0	16		0.1	1.6	0
165	Ernie Zalejski	BCL	25	DB	11	1	1	1	1.0	0	1		0.1	0.1	2

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