1951 NFL Receiving

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League Champion: Los Angeles Rams

Passing Leader: Bobby Layne, 2403 Yds

Rushing Leader: Eddie Price, 971 Yds

Receiving Leader: Elroy Hirsch, 1495 Yds

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Receiving

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Receiving Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
1	Elroy Hirsch*+	RAM	28	RE	12	12	66	1495	22.7	17	91		5.5	124.6	0
2	Gordie Soltau*	SFO	26	LE	12	11	59	826	14.0	7	48		4.9	68.8	3
3	Fran Polsfoot*	CRD	24	LE	12	12	57	796	14.0	4	80		4.8	66.3	0
4	Bob Mann	GNB	27	LE	11	11	50	696	13.9	8	52		4.5	63.3	0
5	Dante Lavelli*	CLE	28	RE	12	12	43	586	13.6	6	47		3.6	48.8	0
6	Dan Edwards	NYY	25	RE	11	11	39	509	13.1	3	53		3.5	46.3	0
7	Ray Pelfrey	GNB	23	E	12	4	38	462	12.2	5	49		3.2	38.5	0
8	Carl Elliott	GNB	24	RE	12	8	35	317	9.1	5	33		2.9	26.4	0
9	Leon Hart*+	DET	23	RE	12	12	35	544	15.5	12	33		2.9	45.3	0
10	Henry Minarik	PIT	24	LE	11	7	35	459	13.1	1	37		3.2	41.7	0
11	Pete Pihos*	PHI	28	RE/RDE	12	12	35	536	15.3	5	38		2.9	44.7	1
12	Mac Speedie	CLE	31	LE	10	9	34	589	17.3	3	51		3.4	58.9	1
13	Tom Fears	RAM	29	LE	7	7	32	528	16.5	3	54		4.6	75.4	0
14	Dan Garza	NYY	27	LE	11	10	31	470	15.2	4	69		2.8	42.7	1
15	Bobby Walston	PHI	23	LE	12	12	31	512	16.5	8	43		2.6	42.7	1
16	Buddy Young	NYY	25	LH	12	9	31	508	16.4	3	48		2.6	42.3	3
17	Dorne Dibble	DET	22	LE/LDH	12	11	30	613	20.4	6	47		2.5	51.1	0
18	Dub Jones*+	CLE	27	RH	12	12	30	570	19.0	5	81		2.5	47.5	3
19	Hugh Taylor	WAS	28	LE	12	12	29	444	15.3	3	47		2.4	37.0	0
20	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	26	WB	12	8	28	440	15.7	4	55		2.3	36.7	7
21	Fred Cone	GNB	25	FB	12	7	28	315	11.3	0	49		2.3	26.3	1
22	John Hoffman	CHI	26	LE	12	10	28	394	14.1	2	78		2.3	32.8	0
23	Elbie Nickel	PIT	29	RE	12	12	28	447	16.0	3	77		2.3	37.3	0
24	Don Stonesifer	CRD	24	RE	12	10	27	343	12.7	2	48		2.3	28.6	2
25	Gene Brito	WAS	26	RE	12	12	24	313	13.0	0	38		2.0	26.1	0
26	Gene Schroeder	CHI	22	RE/FS	12	12	24	461	19.2	3	75		2.0	38.4	0
27	Bob Hoernschemeyer*	DET	26	RH	11	11	23	263	11.4	3	48		2.1	23.9	3
28	Don Paul	CRD	25	LH/RDH	12	12	23	398	17.3	3	53		1.9	33.2	4
29	Joe Scott	NYG	25	RH	12	11	23	356	15.5	2	57		1.9	29.7	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
30	Tony Canadeo	GNB	32	LH	12	12	22	226	10.3	2	46		1.8	18.8	2
31	Bill Dudley*	WAS	30	LH	12	12	22	303	13.8	1	40		1.8	25.3	4
32	Doak Walker*+	DET	24	LH	12	12	22	421	19.1	4	63		1.8	35.1	1
33	Sherman Howard	NYY	27	RH	12	12	21	447	21.3	3	75		1.8	37.3	4
34	Billy Cross	CRD	22	HB	12	3	18	322	17.9	3	80		1.5	26.8	2
35	Joe Perry	SFO	24	FB	11	11	18	167	9.3	1	35		1.6	15.2	5
36	Billy Stone	CHI	26	SS	12	12	18	320	17.8	1	62		1.5	26.7	1
37	Bill Stribling	NYG	24	E	6	1	18	226	12.6	2	42		3.0	37.7	1
38	Billy Wilson	SFO	24	RE	9	8	18	268	14.9	3	38		2.0	29.8	0
39	Pat Harder	DET	29	FB	12	11	17	193	11.4	2	26		1.4	16.1	4
40	Val Jansante	2TM	31	E-LE	9	7	16	200	12.5	1	46		1.8	22.2	0
41	Vitamin Smith	RAM	28	RH	12	9	16	278	17.4	1	67		1.3	23.2	2
42	Bill Swiacki	DET	29	LE	12	5	16	188	11.8	0	24		1.3	15.7	0
43	George Taliaferro*	NYY	24	LH	12	5	16	230	14.4	2	47		1.3	19.2	5
44	Dan Towler*	RAM	23	FB	12	5	16	257	16.1	0	46		1.3	21.4	7
45	Billy Grimes*	GNB	24	RH	12	11	15	170	11.3	1	38		1.3	14.2	5
46	Jim Keane	CHI	27	E	12	2	15	247	16.5	1	37		1.3	20.6	0
47	John Dottley*	CHI	23	FB	12	9	14	225	16.1	1	77		1.2	18.8	3
48	Bob McChesney	NYG	25	LE	12	12	14	230	16.4	2	40		1.2	19.2	0
49	Dom Moselle	GNB	25	DB	12	1	14	233	16.6	2	85		1.2	19.4	4
50	Bill O'Connor	NYY	25	E	12	2	14	192	13.7	0	33		1.2	16.0	0
51	George Gulyanics	CHI	30	LH	12	7	13	146	11.2	0	32		1.1	12.2	4
52	Jim Parmer	PHI	24	FB	11	11	13	80	6.2	0	16		1.2	7.3	2
53	Alyn Beals	SFO	30	RE	12	5	12	126	10.5	0	22		1.0	10.5	0
54	Ken Carpenter*	CLE	25	LH	11	11	12	183	15.3	2	45		1.1	16.6	2
55	Tom Keane	RAM	25	DB	10	6	12	133	11.1	0	21		1.2	13.3	0
56	Johnny Strzykalski	SFO	30	RH	11	9	12	105	8.8	0	13		1.1	9.5	0
57	Horace Gillom	CLE	30	P	12	3	11	164	14.9	0	24		0.9	13.7	1
58	Verl Lillywhite	SFO	25	LH	12	12	11	125	11.4	1	29		0.9	10.4	3
59	Kelley Mote	NYG	28	RE	12	4	11	187	17.0	4	39		0.9	15.6	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
60	Bob Wilkinson	NYG	24	RE	12	7	11	182	16.5	1	69		0.9	15.2	1
61	Jim Doran	DET	24	RDE	12	9	10	225	22.5	2	48		0.8	18.8	1
62	Jug Girard	GNB	24	P	12	0	10	220	22.0	2	75		0.8	18.3	1
63	Marion Motley	CLE	31	FB	11	10	10	52	5.2	0	34		0.9	4.7	1
64	Fran Rogel	PIT	24	FB	12	3	10	59	5.9	0	24		0.8	4.9	4
65	Pete Schabarum	SFO	22	RH	12	3	10	162	16.2	0	47		0.8	13.5	4
66	Clyde Scott	PHI	27	LHB	12	5	10	212	21.2	3	53		0.8	17.7	6
67	Zollie Toth	NYY	27	FB	10	10	10	100	10.0	0	23		1.0	10.0	2
68	Elmer Angsman	CRD	26	RH	12	12	9	195	21.7	1	80		0.8	16.3	6
69	Bob Boyd	RAM	23	FS	12	7	9	128	14.2	1	28		0.8	10.7	0
70	Breezy Reid	GNB	24	HB	12	0	9	115	12.8	0	29		0.8	9.6	1
71	Glenn Davis	RAM	27	LHB	11	4	8	90	11.3	1	21		0.7	8.2	3
72	Dick Hoerner	RAM	29	FB	12	10	8	102	12.8	1	21		0.7	8.5	5
73	Bosh Pritchard	2TM	32	HB	11	3	8	103	12.9	0	38		0.7	9.4	2
74	Ray Ramsey	CRD	30	FS	10	9	8	135	16.9	0	35		0.8	13.5	0
75	Kyle Rote	NYG	23	HB	5	5	8	62	7.8	0	18		1.6	12.4	1
76	Frank Ziegler	PHI	28	RH	12	6	8	59	7.4	0	19		0.7	4.9	6
77	Bill Jessup	SFO	22	E	10	0	7	99	14.1	1	31		0.7	9.9	0
78	George Thomas	WAS	23	HB	12	3	7	193	27.6	2	53		0.6	16.1	3
79	J.R. Boone	CHI	26	HB	10	0	6	117	19.5	0	24		0.6	11.7	0
80	Chuck Hunsinger	CHI	26	HB	12	3	6	59	9.8	1	19		0.5	4.9	0
81	Tommy Kalmanir	RAM	25	HB	12	0	6	91	15.2	1	38		0.5	7.6	0
82	Julie Rykovich	CHI	28	RH	12	10	6	133	22.2	0	51		0.5	11.1	3
83	Bill Svoboda	CRD	23	FS	12	5	6	-9	-1.5	0	3		0.5	-0.8	0
84	Joe Tereshinski	WAS	28	LB	12	3	6	74	12.3	2	21		0.5	6.2	0
85	Rex Bumgardner	CLE	28	HB	10	0	5	61	12.2	1	19		0.5	6.1	1
86	Lindy Pearson	DET	22	HB	12	1	5	43	8.6	0	14		0.4	3.6	1
87	Eddie Price*+	NYG	26	FB	12	10	5	19	3.8	0	8		0.4	1.6	7
88	Jerry Williams	RAM	28	LH/LDH	10	10	5	49	9.8	0	13		0.5	4.9	0
89	Tank Younger*+	RAM	23	LLB	12	12	5	72	14.4	0	52		0.4	6.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
90	Bruce Alford	NYY	30	DE	12	1	4	65	16.3	0	59		0.3	5.4	0
91	Emerson Cole	CLE	24	FB	12	2	4	30	7.5	0	17		0.3	2.5	2
92	Jerry Davis	CRD	27	DB	8	0	4	24	6.0	0	15		0.5	3.0	0
93	Norb Hecker	RAM	24	SS	10	10	4	35	8.8	1	20		0.4	3.5	0
94	Bob Hudson	NYG	21	E	11	0	4	122	30.5	0	50		0.4	11.1	1
95	Don Kindt	CHI	26	LDH	12	12	4	39	9.8	1	12		0.3	3.3	0
96	Chuck Ortmann	PIT	22	B	12	2	4	62	15.5	0	22		0.3	5.2	5
97	Emil Sitko	CRD	28	HB	11	1	4	28	7.0	0	15		0.4	2.5	3
98	Truett Smith	PIT	27	BB	11	8	4	71	17.8	0	24		0.4	6.5	0
99	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	30	LG	12	7	4	25	6.3	0	10		0.3	2.1	0
100	Steve Van Buren	PHI	31	LH	10	6	4	28	7.0	0	18		0.4	2.8	3
101	Wilford White	CHI	23	HB	6	2	4	45	11.3	1	22		0.7	7.5	1
102	Neill Armstrong	PHI	25	FS	6	6	3	44	14.7	0	18		0.5	7.3	0
103	Jack Cloud	GNB	26	FB	5	5	3	16	5.3	1	6		0.6	3.2	2
104	Paul Crowe	NYY	27	RDH	9	9	3	20	6.7	0	10		0.3	2.2	0
105	Joe Geri*	PIT	27	TB	12	12	3	59	19.7	1	49		0.3	4.9	5
106	Rob Goode*	WAS	24	FB	12	11	3	45	15.0	0	26		0.3	3.8	9
107	Red O'Quinn	2TM	26	DB	7	0	3	58	19.3	0	34		0.4	8.3	0
108	Johnny Papit	WAS	23	HB	11	0	3	43	14.3	0	24		0.3	3.9	0
109	Al Pollard	2TM	23	HB	12	1	3	35	11.7	0	18		0.3	2.9	2
110	Bob White	SFO	22	HB	12	0	3	36	12.0	0	22		0.3	3.0	0
111	Bob Celeri	NYY	24	QB	11	8	2	71	35.5	1	51		0.2	6.5	3
112	Harry Dowda	WAS	29	HB	12	0	2	54	27.0	0	48		0.2	4.5	2
113	Forrest Griffith	NYG	23	LH	10	7	2	19	9.5	0	22		0.2	1.9	7
114	Marvin Johnson	RAM	24	DB	9	2	2	38	19.0	0	28		0.2	4.2	0
115	Jerry Nuzum	PIT	28	FB	11	7	2	43	21.5	0	39		0.2	3.9	2
116	Ralph Pasquariello	CRD	25	FB	10	3	2	-9	-4.5	0	-4		0.2	-0.9	0
117	Dan Sandifer	PHI	24	DB	12	1	2	36	18.0	1	30		0.2	3.0	3
118	Ed Sprinkle*	CHI	28	RDE	12	11	2	11	5.5	1	7		0.2	0.9	0
119	Joe Arenas	SFO	26	HB	12	0	1	12	12.0	1	12		0.1	1.0	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
120	Rex Berry	SFO	27	RDH	10	9	1	12	12.0	0	12		0.1	1.2	0
121	Tom Bienemann	CRD	23	DB	12	0	1	8	8.0	0	8		0.1	0.7	1
122	Jim Cason*	SFO	24	SS	12	12	1	8	8.0	0	8		0.1	0.7	1
123	Rip Collins	GNB	25	DB	7	2	1	5	5.0	0	5		0.1	0.7	0
124	Harper Davis	GNB	26	S	12	12	1	15	15.0	0	15		0.1	1.3	0
125	Chuck Drazenovich	WAS	24	RLB	9	9	1	27	27.0	0	27		0.1	3.0	1
126	Leon Heath	WAS	23	RH	11	9	1	3	3.0	0	3		0.1	0.3	3
127	Tom Jelley	PIT	25	DE	5	0	1	8	8.0	0	8		0.2	1.6	0
128	Ace Loomis	GNB	23	RDH	12	12	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.1	0.8	0
129	Dick Moje	GNB	24	E	2	0	1	11	11.0	0	11		0.5	5.5	0
130	Jim Monachino	SFO	22	HB	8	0	1	6	6.0	0	6		0.1	0.8	2
131	Fred Morrison	CHI	25	FB	12	3	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3		0.1	-0.3	2
132	Bill Murray	NYG	25	RG	12	8	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4		0.1	-0.3	0
133	Bob Oristaglio	CLE	27	DE	12	0	1	20	20.0	1	20		0.1	1.7	0
134	Dan Orlich	GNB	27	LDE	12	12	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.1	0.8	0
135	John Panelli	CRD	25	LLB	12	6	1	5	5.0	0	5		0.1	0.4	1
136	Brad Rowland	CHI	23	RDH	12	6	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2		0.1	-0.2	1
137	Eddie Saenz	WAS	29	HB	2	0	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.5	4.5	0
138	Carl Taseff	CLE	23	HB	9	0	1	18	18.0	0	18		0.1	2.0	3
139	Bill Wightkin	CHI	24	LDE	11	11	1	47	47.0	0	47		0.1	4.3	0
140	Ab Wimberly	GNB	25	RDE	12	12	1	10	10.0	0	10		0.1	0.8	1
141	John Wozniak	NYY	30	RG	12	12	1	4	4.0	0	4		0.1	0.3	1
142	Vinnie Yablonski	CRD	28	FB	4	4	1	8	8.0	0	8		0.3	2.0	0

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