1950 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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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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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	George McAfee	CHI	32	RDH	12	11	33	284	0	25	8.6	1	23	0	23	23.0	342
2	Emlen Tunnell*	NYG	25	SS	12	12	31	305	0	43	9.8			0			472
3	Billy Grimes*	GNB	23	RH	12	7	29	555	2	85	19.1	26	600	0	36	23.1	1896
4	Vitamin Smith	RAM	27	RH	12	4	22	218	0	30	9.9	22	742	3	97	33.7	1489
5	Russ Craft	PHI	31	LDH	12	12	19	113	0	13	5.9	10	327	1	103	32.7	576
6	Don Paul	CRD	24	DB	12	0	18	194	1	82	10.8	28	693	0	46	24.8	1150
7	J.R. Boone	CHI	25	HB	10	0	17	215	0	48	12.6			0			369
8	Sam Cathcart	SFO	26	SS/LH	12	12	16	185	0	29	11.6	13	311	0	62	23.9	737
9	Dan Sandifer	3TM	23	DB	12	3	15	155	0	39	10.3	5	108	0	36	21.6	293
10	Eddie Saenz	WAS	28	FS	10	6	14	125	0	24	8.9	12	347	0	71	28.9	701
11	Bob Gage	PIT	23	TB	10	8	14	192	0	33	13.7	9	196	0	61	21.8	685
12	Tommy Kalmanir	RAM	24	RH	10	5	13	116	0	23	8.9	13	358	0	44	27.5	615
13	Don Phelps	CLE	26	HB	12	0	13	174	1	54	13.4	12	325	0	61	27.1	705
14	Herb Rich	BCL	22	RDH	12	12	12	276	1	86	23.0	17	434	0	35	25.5	761
15	Clarence Self	DET	25	SS	12	12	12	129	0	29	10.8	6	155	0	35	25.8	389
16	Bill Dudley*	WAS	29	RH/LH/FS	12	11	12	185	1	96	15.4	1	43	0	43	43.0	742
17	Wally Triplett	DET	24	HB	7	4	11	94	0	19	8.5	8	411	1	97	51.4	685
18	Jim Cason	SFO	23	HB	9	7	11	173	0	33	15.7	2	48	0	25	24.0	746
19	Shorty McWilliams	PIT	24	SS	10	10	11	139	0	32	12.6	2	47	0	33	23.5	256
20	George Taliaferro	NYY	23	LH	12	12	9	129	0	27	14.3	25	473	0	34	18.9	1312
21	Buddy Young	NYY	24	RH	12	12	9	54	0	12	6.0	20	536	0	50	26.8	1218
22	Joe Sutton	PHI	26	RDH	9	9	9	75	0	14	8.3	1	21	0	21	21.0	164
23	Charlie Justice	WAS	26	LH	8	7	7	46	0	16	6.6	9	223	0	58	24.8	722
24	Charley Trippi	CRD	29	LH	12	11	7	54	0	19	7.7	8	139	0	27	17.4	889
25	Dom Moselle	CLE	24	HB	11	0	7	126	0	43	18.0	5	107	0	29	21.4	262
26	Jim Ostendarp	NYG	27	HB	7	2	7	60	0	34	8.6	3	68	0	27	22.7	272
27	John Hoffman	CHI	25	FB	12	11	7	75	0	20	10.7	2	52	0	32	26.0	481
28	Chet Mutryn	BCL	29	LH	12	12	6	45	0	14	7.5	19	408	0	29	21.5	1187
29	Frank Reagan	PHI	31	B	12	0	6	38	0	12	6.3			0			230
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Spec Sanders*	NYY	32	S	12	12	6	93	0	29	15.5			0			292
31	Jerry Williams	RAM	27	SS	12	12	6	35	0	15	5.8			0			203
32	Tony Canadeo	GNB	31	FB	12	7	5	68	0	21	13.6	16	411	0	48	25.7	780
33	Doak Walker*+	DET	23	LH	12	12	5	77	0	29	15.4	10	225	0	48	22.5	1262
34	Don Doll*	DET	24	RDH	11	11	5	71	0	20	14.2	2	52	0	31	26.0	286
35	Fred Gehrke	2TM	32	HB	11	1	5	44	0	19	8.8	2	57	0	32	28.5	223
36	Bill Boedeker	2TM	26	HB-LH	10	4	5	49	0	12	9.8	1	20	0	20	20.0	95
37	Howard Hartley	PIT	26	FS	12	12	5	23	0	14	4.6	1	44	0	44	44.0	178
38	Ken Carpenter	CLE	24	HB	12	2	4	58	0	27	14.5	5	98	0	25	19.6	368
39	Ken Gorgal	CLE	21	SS	12	9	4	83	0	22	20.8			0			121
40	Mike Swistowicz	2TM	23	DB	9	2	4	59	0	28	14.8			0			59
41	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	25	WB	12	4	3	33	0	15	11.0	12	351	0	60	29.3	758
42	Frank Ziegler	PHI	27	RH	12	12	3	20	0	12	6.7	10	204	0	28	20.4	1173
43	Glenn Davis*	RAM	26	LH	12	12	3	24	0	14	8.0	8	167	0	29	20.9	1199
44	George Thomas	WAS	22	HB	12	0	3	15	0	7	5.0	8	169	0	33	21.1	232
45	Ernie Zalejski	BCL	25	DB	11	1	3	17	0	9	5.7	7	101	0	25	14.4	198
46	Hall Haynes	WAS	22	SS	12	12	3	22	0	13	7.3	5	214	0	76	42.8	333
47	Jerry Davis	CRD	26	LDH	12	12	3	29	0	17	9.7	2	53	0	27	26.5	122
48	Bob Livingstone	BCL	28	SS	11	11	3	33	0	22	11.0	1	11	0	11	11.0	107
49	Wally Dreyer	GNB	27	S	12	12	3	48	0	22	16.0			0			110
50	Otto Schnellbacher*	NYG	27	FS	12	12	3	22	0	17	7.3			0			121
51	Frank Spaniel	2TM	22	HB	12	1	2	11	0	7	5.5	14	316	0	40	22.6	462
52	Billy Stone	BCL	25	DB	8	5	2	7	0	7	3.5	2	35	0	18	17.5	535
53	Al Cannava	GNB	26	HB	1	0	2	9	0	9	4.5	1	10	0	10	10.0	49
54	Bennie Aldridge	NYY	24	HB	11	2	2	17	0	14	8.5			0			142
55	Cliff Lewis	CLE	27	DB	11	3	2	13	0	8	6.5			0			16
56	Howie Livingston	2TM	28	DB-RDH	11	9	2	3	0	3	1.5			0			285
57	Joe Scott	NYG	24	HB	10	2	1	23	0	23	23.0	14	351	0	53	25.1	936
58	Chuck Hunsinger	CHI	25	HB	10	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	12	343	0	33	28.6	693
59	Sherman Howard	NYY	26	HB	12	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	8	240	1	89	30.0	892
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Lindy Pearson	DET	21	HB	11	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	7	120	0	29	17.1	215
61	Don Kindt	CHI	25	SS	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	2	33	0	18	16.5	113
62	Woodley Lewis*	RAM	25	FS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	47	0	27	23.5	372
63	Fred Enke	DET	26	QB	12	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	1	11	0	11	11.0	28
64	Bill Blackburn	CRD	27	C/LLB	12	12	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			2
65	Harper Davis	CHI	25	LDH	12	11	1	19	0	19	19.0			0			150
66	Gerry Krall	DET	23	HB	7	0	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			70
67	Lowell Wagner	SFO	27	FS	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0			0			28
68	Joe Perry	SFO	23	FB	12	11			0			12	223	0	27	18.6	943
69	Fred Morrison	CHI	24	FB	12	2			0			10	261	0	37	26.1	599
70	Pat Harder*	CRD	28	FB	12	12			0			6	112	0	24	18.7	677
71	Dan Towler	RAM	22	FB	12	1			0			5	47	0	15	9.4	240
72	Steve Van Buren	PHI	30	LH	10	10			0			5	110	0	26	22.0	774
73	Tony Adamle*	CLE	26	LLB	12	12			0			4	53	0	22	13.3	78
74	Al Campana	CHI	24	DB	9	4			0			4	54	0	18	13.5	246
75	Hal Shoener	SFO	27	LDE	12	12			0			4	53	0	17	13.3	76
76	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	29	G	12	4			0			4	112	0	33	28.0	115
77	Ernie Blandin	BCL	31	LT	12	12			0			3	31	0	15	10.3	47
78	Buddy Burris	GNB	27	LG	12	9			0			3	18	0	11	6.0	18
79	Ray DiPierro	GNB	24	RG	12	9			0			3	42	0	26	14.0	42
80	Chuck Drazenovich	WAS	23	LLB	12	10			0			3	38	0	14	12.7	274
81	Bob Forte	GNB	28	HB	12	1			0			3	73	0	34	24.3	100
82	Horace Gillom	CLE	29	P	12	0			0			3	51	0	23	17.0	105
83	Jerry Nuzum	PIT	27	WB	12	8			0			3	45	0	27	15.0	341
84	Paul Salata	2TM	24	E-LE	11	8			0			3	12	0	10	4.0	630
85	Tom Wham	CRD	26	RDE	11	11			0			3	25	0	14	8.3	66
86	Hardy Brown	2TM	26	LB-RLB	12	6			0			2	15	0	10	7.5	31
87	Rip Collins	BCL	24	RH	12	10			0			2	33	0	23	16.5	436
88	Jack Finlay	RAM	29	LG	10	9			0			2	14	0	13	7.0	14
89	Ted Fritsch	GNB	30	FB	12	0			0			2	34	0	19	17.0	47
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Veto Kissell	BCL	23	FB	11	1			0			2	19	0	17	9.5	37
91	Verl Lillywhite	SFO	24	LB	9	0			0			2	36	0	21	18.0	57
92	Pat McHugh	PHI	31	FS	12	12			0			2	45	0	28	22.5	93
93	Charley Mehelich	PIT	28	LDE	12	12			0			2	16	0	16	8.0	34
94	Joe Muha	PHI	29	LLB	11	11			0			2	28	0	19	14.0	68
95	Jack Myers	PHI	26	FB	12	12			0			2	25	0	14	12.5	402
96	Bob Oristaglio	BCL	26	RDE/RE	12	12			0			2	32	0	20	16.0	166
97	Jim Owens	BCL	23	LE	9	7			0			2	29	0	26	14.5	242
98	John Panelli	DET	24	LLB	8	6			0			2	48	0	25	24.0	139
99	Barney Poole	NYY	27	RDE	12	7			0			2	8	0	5	4.0	93
100	Jack Russell	NYY	31	LDE/LE	11	11			0			2	8	0	5	4.0	193
101	Vic Vasicek	RAM	24	G	12	5			0			2	30	0	19	15.0	82
102	Ed Bagdon	CRD	24	DG	11	4			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	30
103	Alf Bauman	CHI	30	RDT	12	11			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	9
104	Dan Brown	WAS	25	LDE	11	5			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	12
105	Howie Brown	DET	28	RG	12	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
106	Jim Cain	DET	23	RDE	12	12			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	20
107	Randy Clay	NYG	22	RH/DB	12	11			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	390
108	Ollie Cline	DET	25	FB	10	10			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	265
109	Emerson Cole	CLE	23	FB	12	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	127
110	Fred Davis*	CHI	31	LDT	12	12			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
111	Ray Evans	SFO	26	G	12	1			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
112	Don Garlin	SFO	24	DB	8	3			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	27
113	Jug Girard	GNB	23	P	12	0			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	159
114	Clyde Goodnight	WAS	26	RDE	10	7			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	197
115	John Green*	PHI	29	LDE	12	12			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	16
116	Rex Grossman	2TM	26	K	12	3			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	19
117	Jerry Hennessy	CRD	24	DE	7	1			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	5
118	John Hock	CRD	23	G	12	0			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	5
119	Joe Hollingsworth	PIT	25	FB	10	1			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	24
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Bob Kennedy	NYY	29	LLB	5	5			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	26
121	Duke Maronic	PHI	29	LG	12	12			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
122	Jim Martin	CLE	26	RDE	12	7			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	29
123	Clay Matthews	SFO	22	RT	12	12			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	10
124	Ralph Pasquariello	RAM	24	FB	9	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	47
125	Ray Poole*	NYG	29	RDE/RE	12	12			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	56
126	Gene Roberts*	NYG	27	LH	12	10			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	639
127	Fran Rogel	PIT	23	FB	12	0			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	742
128	Lou Rymkus	CLE	31	RT	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	5
129	Vic Schwall	CRD	25	HB	12	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	142
130	Herb Siegert	WAS	26	RG	12	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	-21
131	Ed Sprinkle*	CHI	27	RDE/RE	12	12			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	74
132	Norm Standlee*	SFO	31	LLB	11	11			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	40
133	Paul Stenn	CHI	32	RT	12	12			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
134	Dave Stephenson	RAM	25	RG	12	9			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	5
135	Bill Swiacki	NYG	28	LE	12	8			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	291
136	Frank Wydo	PIT	26	RT	12	11			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	7

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