Kick & Punt Returns
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1 | Chet Hanulak | CLE | 21 | HB | 12 | 3 | 27 | 92 | 0 | 43 | 3.4 | 9 | 213 | 0 | 30 | 23.7 | 681 |
2 | Billy Reynolds | CLE | 23 | RH | 12 | 6 | 25 | 138 | 0 | 39 | 5.5 | 14 | 413 | 0 | 51 | 29.5 | 807 |
3 | Veryl Switzer | GNB | 22 | HB | 12 | 3 | 24 | 306 | 1 | 93 | 12.8 | 20 | 500 | 0 | 88 | 25.0 | 1031 |
4 | Joe Arenas | SFO | 29 | RDH | 12 | 12 | 23 | 117 | 0 | 23 | 5.1 | 16 | 362 | 0 | 41 | 22.6 | 598 |
5 | Jack Christiansen*+ | DET | 26 | SS | 11 | 11 | 23 | 225 | 1 | 61 | 9.8 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 27 | 20.4 | 411 |
6 | Jerry Williams | PHI | 31 | LHB | 11 | 7 | 23 | 153 | 0 | 25 | 6.7 | 0 | 1004 | ||||
7 | Woodley Lewis | RAM | 29 | HB | 12 | 3 | 22 | 82 | 0 | 16 | 3.7 | 34 | 836 | 1 | 88 | 24.6 | 1009 |
8 | Les Goble | CRD | 22 | HB | 12 | 2 | 22 | 51 | 0 | 18 | 2.3 | 27 | 749 | 2 | 94 | 27.7 | 844 |
9 | Emlen Tunnell* | NYG | 29 | SS | 12 | 12 | 21 | 70 | 0 | 12 | 3.3 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 25 | 19.6 | 276 |
10 | Jerry Norton | PHI | 23 | FS | 12 | 12 | 21 | 89 | 0 | 18 | 4.2 | 0 | 196 | ||||
11 | Johnny Lattner* | PIT | 22 | RH | 12 | 11 | 17 | 73 | 0 | 15 | 4.3 | 16 | 413 | 0 | 50 | 25.8 | 1028 |
12 | Herb Johnson | NYG | 26 | HB | 11 | 3 | 16 | 164 | 1 | 48 | 10.3 | 10 | 251 | 0 | 41 | 25.1 | 672 |
13 | Buddy Young* | BAL | 28 | RH | 10 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 0 | 16 | 4.3 | 13 | 308 | 0 | 30 | 23.7 | 951 |
14 | Billy Stone | CHI | 29 | LH | 12 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 2.9 | 8 | 215 | 0 | 35 | 26.9 | 956 |
15 | Joe Scudero | WAS | 24 | SS | 12 | 10 | 14 | 53 | 0 | 25 | 3.8 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 24 | 23.3 | 200 |
16 | Ollie Matson*+ | CRD | 24 | LH | 12 | 8 | 11 | 100 | 1 | 59 | 9.1 | 17 | 449 | 1 | 91 | 26.4 | 1666 |
17 | McNeil Moore | CHI | 21 | SS | 12 | 12 | 11 | 80 | 0 | 34 | 7.3 | 8 | 156 | 0 | 24 | 19.5 | 317 |
18 | Al Carmichael | GNB | 26 | RH | 10 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 4.8 | 20 | 531 | 0 | 49 | 26.6 | 955 |
19 | Jug Girard | DET | 27 | RE | 12 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 | 12 | 248 | 0 | 34 | 20.7 | 727 |
20 | Lynn Chandnois | PIT | 29 | HB | 11 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | 13 | 256 | 0 | 34 | 19.7 | 591 |
21 | Hugh McElhenny | SFO | 26 | RH | 6 | 6 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 32 | 9.8 | 8 | 210 | 0 | 51 | 26.3 | 969 |
22 | Carl Taseff | BAL | 26 | LDH | 12 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 167 | 0 | 35 | 23.9 | 621 |
23 | Frank Gifford* | NYG | 24 | LH | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 563 |
24 | Tom McCormick | RAM | 24 | HB | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.1 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 16.3 | 288 |
25 | Ken Konz | CLE | 26 | SS | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 5.3 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 28 | 26.5 | 223 |
26 | Ray Gene Smith | CHI | 26 | RDH | 7 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 6.1 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 26 | 19.0 | 81 |
27 | Buford Long | NYG | 23 | RH | 12 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 21 | 9.0 | 10 | 237 | 0 | 36 | 23.7 | 575 |
28 | Will Sherman | RAM | 27 | FS | 12 | 12 | 6 | 89 | 0 | 50 | 14.8 | 6 | 130 | 0 | 38 | 21.7 | 289 |
29 | Jimmy Lesane | 2TM | 24 | DB | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 91 | 0 | 26 | 22.8 | 104 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Jack Dwyer | RAM | 27 | SS | 11 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 33 | 21.7 | 173 |
31 | Bert Rechichar | BAL | 24 | FS | 12 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 3.7 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 8.7 | 80 |
32 | Charley Trippi | CRD | 33 | HB | 12 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 15 | 9.5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 278 |
33 | George Taliaferro | BAL | 27 | LH | 11 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 6.8 | 7 | 134 | 0 | 24 | 19.1 | 447 |
34 | Joe Johnson | GNB | 25 | HB | 12 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 7.6 | 4 | 91 | 0 | 28 | 22.8 | 232 |
35 | Dale Atkeson | WAS | 24 | FB | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 7.3 | 24 | 623 | 1 | 99 | 26.0 | 903 |
36 | Doak Walker*+ | DET | 27 | LH | 12 | 12 | 4 | 117 | 1 | 70 | 29.3 | 8 | 172 | 0 | 33 | 21.5 | 1093 |
37 | George Rosso | WAS | 24 | FS | 12 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 3.8 | 0 | 24 | ||||
38 | Billy Wells* | WAS | 23 | RH | 12 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 17 | 319 | 0 | 45 | 18.8 | 1154 |
39 | Billy Tidwell | SFO | 24 | HB | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 287 | 0 | 65 | 28.7 | 288 |
40 | Burrell Shields | PIT | 25 | FS | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 183 | 0 | 34 | 20.3 | 241 |
41 | Ray Mathews | PIT | 25 | LH | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 31 | 22.0 | 988 |
42 | Chuck Bednarik*+ | PHI | 29 | RLB/C | 12 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 13.0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 13.3 | 75 |
43 | Lloyd Lowe | CHI | 26 | DB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 |
44 | Pete Schabarum | SFO | 25 | LDH | 12 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 202 |
45 | Paul Cameron* | PIT | 22 | SS | 12 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 137 | ||||
46 | Skeet Quinlan* | RAM | 26 | LH | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 23 | 17.3 | 887 |
47 | Ralph Felton | WAS | 22 | LLB | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 9.0 | 37 |
48 | Ken Gorgal | CLE | 25 | SS | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 64 |
49 | John Hoffman | CHI | 29 | RE | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 560 |
50 | Don Kindt | CHI | 29 | DB | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 131 |
51 | Don Paul | CLE | 28 | RDH | 12 | 12 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 57.0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 130 |
52 | Roy Barni | PHI | 27 | SS | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
53 | Gus Cifelli | 2TM | 28 | T | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
54 | Bobby Dillon+ | GNB | 24 | S | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 118 | ||||
55 | Don Doll | RAM | 28 | RDH | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 51 | ||||
56 | Ed Hughes | RAM | 27 | DB | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
57 | Jim Psaltis | GNB | 27 | LDH/RCB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
58 | Herb Rich | NYG | 26 | FS | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 63 | ||||
59 | Joe Schmidt*+ | DET | 22 | LLB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Ed Sharkey | PHI | 27 | LB | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
61 | Hal Giancanelli | PHI | 25 | RHB | 10 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 387 | 0 | 33 | 22.8 | 629 | ||||
62 | Rob Goode* | WAS | 27 | FB | 12 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 284 | 0 | 31 | 17.8 | 784 | ||||
63 | Chick Jagade* | CHI | 28 | FB | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 195 | 0 | 34 | 17.7 | 865 | ||||
64 | Royce Womble | BAL | 23 | LH | 12 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 170 | 0 | 27 | 18.9 | 682 | ||||
65 | Toy Ledbetter | PHI | 27 | LH | 12 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 175 | 0 | 38 | 21.9 | 608 | ||||
66 | Dom Moselle | PHI | 28 | RH | 12 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 149 | 0 | 27 | 21.3 | 505 | ||||
67 | Bill Bowman | DET | 23 | FB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 178 | 1 | 100 | 29.7 | 863 | ||||
68 | Don Johnson | PHI | 23 | HB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 152 | 0 | 34 | 25.3 | 188 | ||||
69 | Paul Barry | CRD | 28 | HB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 20 | 16.0 | 265 | ||||
70 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | DET | 29 | RH | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 20 | 18.3 | 468 | ||||
71 | Leon Campbell | CHI | 27 | FB | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 33 | 25.7 | 115 | ||||
72 | Chet Ostrowski | WAS | 24 | RDE | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 3.0 | 14 | ||||
73 | Pete Perini | CHI | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 22 | 14.7 | 111 | ||||
74 | Ed Sprinkle* | CHI | 31 | RDE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2.7 | 14 | ||||
75 | Lew Carpenter | DET | 22 | RH | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 23.0 | 667 | ||||
76 | George Connor | CHI | 29 | RLB | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 44 | ||||
77 | Tom Dahms | RAM | 27 | T | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 11.5 | 23 | ||||
78 | Leo Elter | PIT | 25 | FB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 102 | ||||
79 | Howie Ferguson | GNB | 24 | FB | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 15.5 | 705 | ||||
80 | John Henry Johnson* | SFO | 25 | LH | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 12.5 | 889 | ||||
81 | Bill Pellington | BAL | 27 | LLB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 | 26 | ||||
82 | Jimmy Sears | CRD | 23 | DB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 19.0 | 38 | ||||
83 | Lum Snyder* | PHI | 24 | RT | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 9.0 | 18 | ||||
84 | Billy Anderson | CHI | 25 | HB | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 23 | ||||
85 | Maurice Bassett | CLE | 23 | FB | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 813 | ||||
86 | Bill Bredde | CRD | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 164 | ||||
87 | Buddy Brown | GNB | 29 | RG | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
88 | Tom Calvin | PIT | 28 | HB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 91 | ||||
89 | Fred Cone | GNB | 28 | FB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 59 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
90 | Chuck Drazenovich | WAS | 27 | LLB | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 43 | ||||
91 | Bill Forester | GNB | 22 | MG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 39 | ||||
92 | Johnny Hatley | CRD | 24 | LG | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||||
93 | Doug Hogland | SFO | 23 | LT | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | ||||
94 | John Huzvar | BAL | 25 | FB | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | ||||
95 | Vic Janowicz | WAS | 24 | LDH | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 30 | ||||
96 | Jack Jennings | CRD | 28 | RT | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||||
97 | Don Joyce | BAL | 25 | RDE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | ||||
98 | George Kennard | NYG | 26 | RG | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||
99 | Emmett King | CRD | 21 | FB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 229 | ||||
100 | Bob Langas | BAL | 24 | DE | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | ||||
101 | Gene Lipscomb | RAM | 23 | RDT | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||
102 | Gil Mains | DET | 25 | LDT | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 11 | ||||
103 | Carlton Massey | CLE | 24 | LDE | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||||
104 | Bucky McElroy | CHI | 25 | HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | ||||
105 | Chuck McMillan | BAL | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | ||||
106 | Ed Meadows | CHI | 22 | LB | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | ||||
107 | Fred Morrison | CLE | 28 | FB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 323 | ||||
108 | Johnny Olszewski | CRD | 24 | RH | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 506 | ||||
109 | Duane Putnam* | RAM | 26 | LG | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | ||||
110 | George Radosevich | BAL | 26 | C | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
111 | Ray Renfro | CLE | 25 | LH | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 403 | ||||
112 | Jim Ricca | WAS | 27 | RDT/RT/MG | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 34 | ||||
113 | Charley Robinson | BAL | 29 | MG | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||
114 | Andy Robustelli | RAM | 29 | RDE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | ||||
115 | Bill Roffler | PHI | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||
116 | Harley Sewell | DET | 23 | LG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | ||||
117 | Don Stevens | PHI | 26 | HB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||
118 | Leo Sugar | CRD | 25 | LDE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 12 | ||||
119 | Bill Svoboda | NYG | 26 | LLB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 51 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
120 | Bob Toneff | SFO | 24 | RLB | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 25 | ||||
121 | Charlie Toogood | RAM | 27 | RT | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 14 | ||||
122 | Bob Topp | NYG | 22 | E | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 100 | ||||
123 | Zollie Toth | BAL | 30 | FB | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 367 | ||||
124 | Walt Yowarsky | WAS | 26 | LDE | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 |
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