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1952 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Detroit Lions

Passing Leader: Otto Graham, 2816 Yds

Rushing Leader: Dan Towler, 894 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Howton, 1231 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	Bibbles Bawel	PHI	22	SS	12	10	34	261	1	52	7.7			0			442
2	Emlen Tunnell*+	NYG	27	LDH	12	12	30	411	0	60	13.7	15	364	0	39	24.3	927
3	Ray Mathews*	PIT	23	LH	12	11	26	397	2	70	15.3	14	367	0	45	26.2	1622
4	Johnny Williams*	WAS	25	FS	12	12	24	366	2	74	15.3	20	486	0	48	24.3	989
5	Wilford White	CHI	24	HB	11	1	23	117	0	17	5.1	5	134	0	28	26.8	384
6	Ray Renfro	CLE	23	HB	11	0	22	169	0	34	7.7	8	130	0	26	16.3	333
7	Billy Cross	CRD	23	LH	12	8	21	177	0	38	8.4	9	169	0	28	18.8	917
8	Hugh McElhenny*+	SFO	24	RH	12	12	20	284	1	94	14.2	18	396	0	40	22.0	1731
9	Woodley Lewis	RAM	27	SS	12	11	19	351	2	82	18.5	16	345	0	47	21.6	830
10	Billy Grimes	GNB	25	RH	12	4	18	179	0	72	9.9	18	422	0	34	23.4	660
11	Lynn Chandnois*	PIT	27	RH	12	9	17	111	0	19	6.5	17	599	2	93	35.2	1378
12	Don Stevens	PHI	24	RH	11	5	16	172	1	56	10.8	16	433	0	51	27.1	874
13	Yale Lary	DET	22	RDH	12	12	16	182	1	58	11.4	12	303	0	41	25.3	546
14	Jack Christiansen+	DET	24	FS	11	10	15	322	2	79	21.5	16	409	0	46	25.6	958
15	Skeet Quinlan	RAM	24	LH	12	5	14	167	0	88	11.9	18	455	0	56	25.3	1109
16	Bert Rechichar	CLE	22	S	12	12	14	58	0	16	4.1	4	70	0	19	17.5	207
17	Billy Baggett	DTX	23	FS	11	11	12	102	0	15	8.5	23	567	0	82	24.7	807
18	Charlie Justice	WAS	28	HB	11	3	12	47	0	12	3.9	10	209	0	35	20.9	491
19	J.R. Boone	SFO	27	LH	12	8	11	66	0	17	6.0			0			599
20	Ken Carpenter	CLE	26	LH	8	8	10	139	1	54	13.9	11	234	0	40	21.3	917
21	Don Paul	CRD	26	DB	5	4	10	97	0	22	9.7	3	54	0	26	18.0	211
22	Tom Landry	NYG	28	SS	12	11	10	88	0	24	8.8	1	20	0	20	20.0	250
23	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	22	FB/RDH	12	7	9	86	0	23	9.6	20	624	2	100	31.2	1326
24	Jimmy Lesane	CHI	22	DB	10	1	9	25	0	6	2.8			0			30
25	Ace Loomis	GNB	24	DB	11	11	8	83	0	31	10.4	10	207	0	34	20.7	405
26	Joe Arenas	SFO	27	LH	12	4	7	40	0	13	5.7	11	291	0	47	26.5	561
27	Eddie Macon	CHI	25	HB	11	2	7	74	0	47	10.6	9	299	1	89	33.2	592
28	Dom Moselle	GNB	26	DB	8	1	7	77	0	24	11.0	5	83	0	26	16.6	162
29	Buddy Young	DTX	26	RH	12	10	6	35	0	18	5.8	23	643	0	63	28.0	1190
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Don Phelps	CLE	28	DB	1	0	5	15	0	10	3.0			0			15
31	Rex Bumgardner	CLE	29	HB	11	0	4	24	0	10	6.0	5	89	0	23	17.8	184
32	Johnny Karras	CRD	24	RH	10	6	4	47	0	23	11.8	4	69	0	21	17.3	221
33	Harry Gilmer*	WAS	26	LH	12	8	3	28	0	13	9.3	7	157	0	31	22.4	693
34	Clyde Scott	2TM	28	HB	7	2	3	14	0	14	4.7	3	68	0	27	22.7	101
35	Tom Calvin	PIT	26	HB	12	4	2	12	0	6	6.0	5	120	0	34	24.0	150
36	Vitamin Smith	RAM	29	RH	12	10	2	0	0	0	0.0	5	158	0	55	31.6	545
37	Neil Ferris	2TM	25	DB	12	4	2	11	0	11	5.5	3	76	0	30	25.3	120
38	Roy Barni	CRD	25	S	12	12	2	17	0	9	8.5			0			91
39	Bobby Dillon	GNB	22	LDH	12	12	2	22	0	13	11.0			0			57
40	Dan Sandifer	GNB	25	S	12	12	2	5	0	5	2.5			0			30
41	Wally Triplett	CRD	26	HB	2	0	2	26	0	14	13.0			0			26
42	Bobby Walston	PHI	24	LE	12	10	2	13	0	13	6.5			0			482
43	George Taliaferro*	DTX	25	LH	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	6	146	0	35	24.3	813
44	Babe Dimancheff	CHI	30	HB	9	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	110	0	41	27.5	285
45	Frank Gifford	NYG	22	LH	10	10	1	3	0	3	3.0	4	124	0	61	31.0	325
46	Tony Canadeo	GNB	33	LH	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	2	62	0	40	31.0	343
47	Pat O'Donahue	SFO	22	RDE	8	5	1	23	1	23	23.0	2	17	0	10	8.5	40
48	Sam Cathcart	SFO	28	DB	12	2	1	23	0	23	23.0	1	20	0	20	20.0	143
49	Volney Peters	CRD	24	LDT	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	4	0	4	4.0	7
50	Dan Towler*+	RAM	24	FB/LH	12	11	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	9	0	9	9.0	971
51	Ebert Van Buren	PHI	28	RDH	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	12	0	12	12.0	86
52	Jerry Davis	DTX	28	RDH	7	7	1	11	0	11	11.0			0			132
53	Howard Hartley	PIT	28	LDH	9	9	1	34	0	34	34.0			0			85
54	George Hays	PIT	28	LDE	11	4	1	3	1	3	3.0			0			4
55	Jim Hill	DET	23	DB	9	1	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			17
56	Tom Keane	DTX	26	SS	12	10	1	8	0	8	8.0			0			178
57	Don Kindt	CHI	27	LDH	12	12	1	7	0	7	7.0			0			79
58	Herb Rich	RAM	24	FS	11	10	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			201
59	Jerry Williams	RAM	29	LDH	12	12	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			115
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Al Pollard	PHI	24	LH	12	5			0			21	528	0	66	25.1	773
61	Chuck Hunsinger	CHI	27	LH	12	9			0			15	308	0	35	20.5	617
62	Joe Scott	NYG	26	RH	8	4			0			7	190	0	52	27.1	548
63	Kyle Rote	NYG	24	LH	12	3			0			6	110	0	26	18.3	771
64	Emerson Cole	2TM	25	DB	7	1			0			5	99	0	28	19.8	99
65	Bobby Jack Floyd	GNB	23	FB	12	5			0			5	75	0	26	15.0	440
66	George Buksar	WAS	26	LLB	10	9			0			4	43	0	12	10.8	49
67	Fred Morrison	CHI	26	FB	12	7			0			4	41	0	17	10.3	537
68	Ed Sprinkle*	CHI	29	RDE	12	12			0			4	39	0	11	9.8	52
69	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	31	G	12	2			0			4	91	0	45	22.8	122
70	Frank Ziegler	PHI	29	LH	11	8			0			4	82	0	27	20.5	383
71	Joe Campanella	DTX	22	RDT	12	6			0			3	40	0	16	13.3	40
72	Blaine Earon	DET	25	RDE	12	12			0			3	25	0	14	8.3	35
73	Chick Jagade	CLE	26	FB	12	3			0			3	58	0	21	19.3	634
74	Keever Jankovich	DTX	24	RLB	10	7			0			3	45	0	18	15.0	45
75	Bob McChesney	NYG	26	LE	12	12			0			3	28	0	12	9.3	460
76	Marion Motley	CLE	32	FB	12	10			0			3	88	0	35	29.3	745
77	Clarence Self	GNB	27	RDH	12	11			0			3	85	0	33	28.3	116
78	Gene Brito	WAS	27	RE	12	11			0			2	5	0	5	2.5	275
79	Hardy Brown*	SFO	28	MLB	12	12			0			2	31	0	23	15.5	47
80	Leon Campbell	CHI	25	FB	8	1			0			2	106	1	86	53.0	183
81	Fred Cone	GNB	26	FB	10	7			0			2	23	0	13	11.5	397
82	Jug Girard	DET	25	LH	11	8			0			2	31	0	17	15.5	569
83	John Hoffman	CHI	27	DB	4	4			0			2	34	0	17	17.0	97
84	Jim Parmer	PHI	25	RH	6	4			0			2	33	0	17	16.5	66
85	Ray Pelfrey	3TM	24	E	8	2			0			2	34	0	26	17.0	298
86	Bill Robinson	GNB	23	HB	2	0			0			2	49	0	26	24.5	53
87	Ed Sharkey	CLE	25	G	12	3			0			2	24	0	15	12.0	24
88	Bud Sherrod	NYG	25	DE	11	0			0			2	33	0	18	16.5	100
89	Billy Stone	CHI	27	RH/SS	10	10			0			2	40	0	29	20.0	532
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Don Stonesifer	CRD	25	RE	12	12			0			2	27	0	15	13.5	644
91	Sam Venuto	WAS	25	HB	3	0			0			2	28	0	14	14.0	44
92	Cliff Anderson	CRD	23	LE	12	10			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	199
93	Byron Bailey	DET	22	HB	8	1			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	125
94	Jim Brandt	PIT	23	DB	9	1			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	24
95	Pete Brewster	CLE	22	RE	12	7			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	128
96	Don Burke	SFO	26	RLB	12	11			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	60
97	Jack Cloud	WAS	27	FB	8	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	39
98	Russ Craft*	PHI	33	LDH	12	11			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	50
99	Bob Dees	GNB	23	RDT	9	9			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	20
100	Bill Fischer*	CRD	25	RG	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	59
101	Bob Gain	CLE	23	LDT	6	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
102	Abe Gibron*	CLE	27	LG	12	9			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
103	Horace Gillom*	CLE	31	E	12	0			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	54
104	Dick Hoerner	DTX	30	FB	11	5			0			1	33	0	33	33.0	367
105	Bob Hoernschemeyer*	DET	27	RH	10	10			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	619
106	Sherman Howard	CLE	28	LH	5	4			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	336
107	Weldon Humble	DTX	31	LG	11	10			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
108	George Kennard	NYG	24	RG	12	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
109	Pete Ladygo	PIT	27	RG	12	11			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
110	Hank Lauricella	DTX	22	HB	11	6			0			1	26	0	26	26.0	81
111	Paul Lipscomb*	WAS	29	RDT	12	12			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	12
112	John Martinkovic	GNB	25	LDE	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	19
113	Bill McColl	CHI	22	E	12	5			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	277
114	Mike Mergen	CRD	23	LT	12	12			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
115	Walt Michaels	CLE	23	LLB	11	10			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	42
116	Bob Miller	DET	23	DT	11	2			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
117	Bill Murray	PIT	26	LT	11	9			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
118	Leo Nomellini*+	SFO	28	RT/LDT	12	12			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	23
119	Johnny Papit	WAS	24	HB	11	3			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	198
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Ralph Pasquariello	CRD	26	FB	10	7			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	188
121	Johnny Petitbon	DTX	21	LDH	11	11			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	64
122	Eddie Price*+	NYG	27	FB	11	11			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	807
123	Bill Reichardt	GNB	22	FB	12	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	158
124	Joe Reid	DTX	23	RLB	11	8			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
125	George Schmidt	GNB	25	LB	7	1			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
126	Vic Sears	PHI	34	LDT	12	12			0			1	45	0	45	45.0	54
127	Emil Sitko	CRD	29	RH	11	5			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	383
128	Joe Skibinski	CLE	24	G	12	2	0	5	0	0		1	8	0	8	8.0	20
129	Bill Stribling	NYG	25	RE	12	12			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	410
130	Bob Stringer	PHI	23	FB	12	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	40
131	Art Tait	DTX	23	DE	8	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
132	Hamp Tanner	DTX	25	LDT	10	10			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
133	Zollie Toth	DTX	28	FB	12	6			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	338
134	Bulldog Turner	CHI	33	RT	12	12			0			1	29	0	29	29.0	31
135	John Wozniak*	DTX	31	RG	12	11			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	3

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