1953 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

League Champion: Detroit Lions

Passing Leader: Otto Graham, 2722 Yds

Rushing Leader: Joe Perry, 1018 Yds

Receiving Leader: Pete Pihos, 1049 Yds

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	Emlen Tunnell*	NYG	28	LS	12	12	38	223	0	37	5.9	17	479	0	86	28.2	819
2	Woodley Lewis	RAM	28	RS	12	8	35	267	1	78	7.6	32	830	0	69	25.9	1186
3	Lynn Chandnois*	PIT	28	RH	12	11	26	101	0	15	3.9	21	610	1	93	29.0	1593
4	Charley Trippi*	CRD	32	LH	12	11	21	239	0	38	11.4	8	199	0	33	24.9	958
5	Al Carmichael	GNB	25	RH	12	11	20	199	0	52	10.0	26	641	0	43	24.7	1170
6	Al Pollard	PHI	25	FB	12	9	20	106	0	20	5.3	13	301	0	49	23.2	496
7	Johnny Williams	WAS	26	RS	12	12	18	172	0	62	9.6	9	224	0	33	24.9	422
8	Don Paul*	CRD	27	RDH	12	12	18	85	0	22	4.7	4	106	0	35	26.5	534
9	Billy Reynolds	CLE	22	rh	12	6	18	111	0	28	6.2	4	74	0	21	18.5	618
10	Eddie Macon	CHI	26	ldh	12	11	17	68	0	15	4.0	13	373	0	70	28.7	595
11	Ray Renfro*	CLE	24		12	0	17	53	0	16	3.1						1127
12	Frank Gifford*	NYG	23	RS	12	9	16	106	0	40	6.6	13	327	0	55	25.2	948
13	Ray Mathews	PIT	24	LH	12	12	16	128	0	54	8.0	10	261	0	44	26.1	1013
14	Hugh McElhenny*+	SFO	25	RH	12	12	15	104	0	25	6.9	15	368	0	55	24.5	1449
15	Jerry Williams	PHI	30	lh	12	3	15	25	0	8	1.7	14	343	0	62	24.5	1151
16	Lloyd Lowe	CHI	25		7	1	15	51	0	28	3.4	1	26	0	26	26.0	117
17	Yale Lary*	DET	23	RS	11	10	13	115	1	74	8.8	6	116	0	33	19.3	350
18	Vitamin Smith	RAM	30		11	3	12	30	0	21	2.5	2	44	0	26	22.0	251
19	George Taliaferro*	BAL	26	LH	11	11	10	31	0	7	3.1	16	331	0	39	20.7	1187
20	Jug Girard	DET	26		11	0	9	86	0	41	9.6	9	252	0	85	28.0	435
21	Joe Arenas	SFO	28	LH	12	12	8	93	0	50	11.6	16	551	0	82	34.4	1166
22	Jack Christiansen*+	DET	25	LS	12	12	8	22	0	10	2.8	10	183	0	34	18.3	438
23	Bill Dudley	WAS	32		12	0	8	34	0	16	4.3						49
24	Gib Dawson	GNB	23		7	0	7	72	1	60	10.3	4	102	0	33	25.5	192
25	Rex Berry	SFO	29	LDH	12	12	7	42	0	17	6.0	1	37	0	37	37.0	221
26	Ken Carpenter	CLE	27	LH	12	12	6	0	0	0	0.0	16	367	0	40	22.9	671
27	Billy Cross	CRD	24	RH	12	8	6	5	0	5	0.8	12	257	0	39	21.4	743
28	Buddy Young	BAL	27	RH	10	9	6	9	0	9	1.5	11	378	1	104	34.4	723
29	Jim Brandt	PIT	24	S	12	9	6	34	0	18	5.7	6	135	0	44	22.5	290
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Larry Coutre	2TM	25		10	3	5	43	0	25	8.6	12	318	0	78	26.5	396
31	Hall Haynes	WAS	25	ldh	8	5	5	92	0	43	18.4	7	123	0	24	17.6	215
32	Don Johnson	PHI	22	lh	12	4	5	14	0	14	2.8	4	69	0	26	17.3	749
33	Bob Boyd	RAM	25	RE	12	7	5	26	0	13	5.2	3	42	0	21	14.0	659
34	J.R. Boone	GNB	28		8	2	5	24	0	9	4.8						103
35	Willie Carter	CRD	22	rs	8	3	4	20	0	9	5.0	8	178	0	32	22.3	195
36	Gene Gedman	DET	21	rh	12	3	4	10	0	5	2.5	2	47	0	25	23.5	433
37	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	24		12	0	4	11	0	11	2.8	2	45	0	38	22.5	534
38	Charlie Justice	WAS	29	LH	12	12	4	6	0	6	1.5	1	20	0	20	20.0	1076
39	Ed Mioduszewski	BAL	22		12	2	4	13	0	5	3.3	1	25	0	25	25.0	71
40	Billy Stone	CHI	28	LH	12	9	4	12	0	10	3.0						563
41	Dan Sandifer	2TM	26		4	2	3	35	0	23	11.7						35
42	Tom McCormick	RAM	23	RH	11	9	2	2	0	2	1.0	5	134	0	44	26.8	237
43	Tommy Kalmanir	BAL	27		9	2	2	19	0	14	9.5	3	51	0	25	17.0	154
44	Pete Schabarum	SFO	24		10	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	50	0	27	25.0	250
45	Don Barton	GNB	23		5	0	2	13	0	9	6.5	1	14	0	14	14.0	118
46	Bob Hudson	PHI	23	LS	12	12	2	10	0	10	5.0	1	0	0	0	0.0	84
47	Billy Anderson	CHI	24	RDH	12	9	1	7	0	7	7.0	5	127	0	28	25.4	167
48	Carl Taseff	BAL	25	LS	9	9	1	71	1	71	71.0	4	87	0	35	21.8	195
49	Fred Bruney	SFO	22	S	12	10	1	11	0	11	11.0	2	46	0	25	23.0	116
50	Tom Landry	NYG	29	LDH	12	11	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	38	0	23	19.0	98
51	Johnny Olszewski*	CRD	23	FB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	17	0	17	17.0	613
52	Bert Rechichar	BAL	23	LDH	11	11	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	28	0	28	28.0	243
53	Bennie Aldridge	GNB	27	ldh	8	8	1	0	0	0	0.0						85
54	Jack Butler	PIT	26	RDH	12	12	1	5	0	5	5.0						195
55	Art DeCarlo	PIT	22	LDH	12	12	1	1	0	1	1.0						84
56	Frank Dempsey	CHI	28	LLB	11	10	1	5	0	5	5.0						15
57	Don Doll*	WAS	27	LS	12	11	1	2	0	2	2.0						104
58	Dub Jones	CLE	29	RH	12	6	1	7	0	7	7.0						408
59	Tom Keane*+	BAL	27	RS	12	12	1	3	0	3	3.0						194
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Ken Konz	CLE	25	RS	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0						19
61	Brad Myers	RAM	24		12	1	1	1	0	1	1.0						138
62	Joe Schmidt	DET	21	LLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						51
63	Leon Campbell	CHI	26		12	1						19	455	0	41	23.9	659
64	Wally Triplett	CRD	27		4	0						10	253	0	48	25.3	276
65	Sam Baker	WAS	24		11	0						9	186	0	40	20.7	279
66	Lew Carpenter	DET	21		12	2						8	172	0	30	21.5	269
67	Howie Ferguson	GNB	23		11	3						7	123	0	30	17.6	343
68	Buford Long	NYG	22	RDH	10	10						7	198	0	36	28.3	535
69	Paul Barry	WAS	27	fb	12	5						6	112	0	36	18.7	404
70	Jack Cloud	WAS	28	LLB	12	10						4	68	0	22	17.0	114
71	Fred Morrison	CHI	27	FB	12	8						4	43	0	14	10.8	564
72	Breezy Reid	GNB	26	LH	12	12						4	82	0	23	20.5	676
73	Doak Walker*+	DET	26	LH	12	12						4	139	0	54	34.8	978
74	Al Campana	CRD	27		8	0						3	56	0	27	18.7	51
75	Ken Jackson	BAL	24		12	1						3	37	0	19	12.3	37
76	Marion Motley	CLE	33		12	0						3	60	0	22	20.0	268
77	Lou Tepe	PIT	23		10	0						3	47	0	18	15.7	47
78	Harry Babcock	SFO	23		10	0						2	3	0	3	1.5	62
79	Byron Bailey	GNB	23		10	0						2	34	0	21	17.0	182
80	Joe Campanella	BAL	23	RT	12	9						2	13	0	13	6.5	13
81	John Hoffman*	CHI	28	RH	12	10						2	32	0	17	16.0	495
82	John Martinkovic*	GNB	26	LDE	12	12						2	12	0	8	6.0	15
83	Walt Michaels	CLE	24	LLB	12	12						2	40	0	22	20.0	74
84	Johnny Papit	2TM	25		7	0						2	38	0	21	19.0	149
85	Joe Perry*+	SFO	26	FB	12	12						2	21	0	11	10.5	1230
86	Barney Poole	BAL	30	RDE	12	8						2	24	0	21	12.0	41
87	Skeets Quinlan	RAM	25	LH	12	11						2	38	0	22	19.0	1003
88	Julie Rykovich	WAS	30	RH	12	12						2	39	0	26	19.5	363
89	Deral Teteak	GNB	24	LLB	7	7						2	62	0	47	31.0	62
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Ken Bahnsen	SFO	23		7	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	22
91	Les Bingaman*+	DET	27	MG	12	12						1	3	0	3	3.0	4
92	Don Boll	WAS	26	LT	12	12						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
93	Gene Brito*	WAS	28	LDE	12	12						1	6	0	6	6.0	57
94	Hardy Brown	SFO	29	MLB	12	12						1	3	0	3	3.0	10
95	Randy Clay	NYG	25	RH	12	7						1	20	0	20	20.0	119
96	Ollie Cline	DET	28	FB	12	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	295
97	George Connor*+	CHI	28	LT	12	12						1	21	0	21	21.0	38
98	Tony Curcillo	CRD	22		12	1						1	17	0	17	17.0	62
99	Gene Donaldson	CLE	23		11	1						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
100	Leo Elter	PIT	24		12	2						1	23	0	23	23.0	133
101	Tom Finnin	BAL	26	RDT	11	10						1	18	0	18	18.0	23
102	Bill Forester	GNB	21	MG	12	12						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
103	Bob Gaona	PIT	22	LT	12	12						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
104	John Helwig	CHI	26		12	2						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
105	Bob Hoernschemeyer	DET	28	RH	12	12						1	10	0	10	10.0	774
106	Sherman Howard	CLE	29		12	0						1	6	0	6	6.0	51
107	George Hughes*	PIT	28	RT	12	12						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
108	Jack Jennings	CRD	27	RT	12	12						1	15	0	15	15.0	15
109	Don Joyce	CRD	24	rdt	10	8						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
110	Paul Lipscomb*	WAS	30	RDT	12	11						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
111	Ace Loomis	GNB	25	RDH	10	9						1	19	0	19	19.0	58
112	Ted Marchibroda	PIT	22		4	0						1	25	0	25	25.0	40
113	Bud McFadin	RAM	25	mg	7	6						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
114	Chuck Noll	CLE	21	RG	12	12						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
115	Leo Nomellini*+	SFO	29	RDT	12	12						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
116	Jim Parmer	PHI	26		12	3						1	18	0	18	18.0	265
117	Tom Scott	PHI	23	LDE	12	12						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
118	Ed Sprinkle	CHI	30	RDE	12	12						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
119	Dick Stanfel*+	DET	26	RG	12	12						1	4	0	4	4.0	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Don Steinbrunner	CLE	21		8	3						1	23	0	23	23.0	23
121	Bob Stringer	PHI	24	RS	12	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	23
122	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	32	RDE	12	12						1	15	0	15	15.0	21
123	Bill Svoboda*	CRD	25	LLB	12	12						1	15	0	15	15.0	15
124	Harry Thompson	RAM	27		8	3						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
125	Charlie Toogood	RAM	26	LDT	12	12						1	19	0	19	19.0	40
126	Bill Wightkin	CHI	26	LDE	12	12						1	0	0	0	0.0	22
127	Dick Wildung	GNB	32	LDT	12	12						1	6	0	6	6.0	6
128	George Young	CLE	29		12	4						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
129	Tank Younger*	RAM	25	fb	12	3						1	24	0	24	24.0	633

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