1955 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

Passing Leader: Jim Finks, 2270 Yds

Rushing Leader: Alan Ameche, 961 Yds

Receiving Leader: Pete Pihos, 864 Yds

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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	Joe Scudero *	WAS	25	LS	12	12	25	241	1	49	9.6	25	699	1	94	28.0	1027
2	Sid Watson	PIT	23		12	3	23	15	0	12	0.7	27	716	0	49	26.5	985
3	Woodley Lewis	RAM	30		12	1	29	105	0	22	3.6	20	450	0	32	22.5	754
4	Joe Arenas	SFO	30	rdh	12	11	21	55	0	7	2.6	24	594	0	42	24.8	1054
5	Ron Drzewiecki	CHI	22		12	2	20	100	0	28	5.0	25	591	0	56	23.6	754
6	Veryl Switzer	GNB	23	rh	12	4	24	158	0	38	6.6	17	445	0	57	26.2	807
7	Bert Rechichar*	BAL	25	LS	12	12	30	121	0	24	4.0	9	235	0	59	26.1	465
8	Ron Waller*	RAM	22	LH	12	12	14	60	0	21	4.3	17	461	0	39	27.1	1465
9	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	25	LH	12	12	13	245	2	78	18.8	15	368	0	37	24.5	1325
10	Jerry Norton	PHI	24	lh	12	4	20	33	0	13	1.7	8	281	1	96	35.1	583
11	Emlen Tunnell *+	NYG	30	LS	12	12	25	98	1	66	3.9						174
12	Al Carmichael	GNB	27	RH	10	6	10	89	0	40	8.9	14	418	1	100	29.9	774
13	Don Paul	CLE	29	RDH	11	11	19	148	1	60	7.8	5	109	0	26	21.8	323
14	Bibbles Bawel	PHI	25	RS	12	12	15	32	0	17	2.1	8	169	0	41	21.1	375
15	Vic Eaton	PIT	22		12	0	23	73	0	20	3.2						73
16	Carl Taseff	BAL	27	RDH	11	10	14	46	0	20	3.3	7	162	0	38	23.1	211
17	Joe Heap	NYG	24		12	0	8	63	0	28	7.9	12	230	0	35	19.2	322
18	Ken Konz*	CLE	27	LS	12	12	17	138	0	42	8.1	3	66	0	23	22.0	236
19	Frank Bernardi	CRD	22	RS	12	12	19	163	0	39	8.6						275
20	Jack Christiansen*+	DET	27	LS	9	9	12	87	0	42	7.3	7	169	0	35	24.1	341
21	Lee Riley	DET	23		12	3	14	107	0	20	7.6	5	111	0	30	22.2	256
22	Dicky Moegle*	SFO	21	RS	11	10	8	36	0	21	4.5	10	249	0	61	24.9	664
23	Bert Zagers	WAS	22	RH	11	11	7	125	1	55	17.9	11	280	0	35	25.5	1106
24	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	26	LH	12	8	5	30	0	15	6.0	11	267	0	29	24.3	1061
25	Jug Girard	DET	28		12	6	9	25	0	7	2.8	7	117	0	29	16.7	470
26	Hugh McElhenny	SFO	27	RH	12	8	7	10	0	10	1.4	9	189	0	31	21.0	729
27	Bob White	2TM	26		11	1	2	28	0	28	14.0	14	400	0	42	28.6	428
28	Bob Smith	CLE	22		10	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	13	320	0	47	24.6	479
29	Ray Gene Smith	CHI	27	RS	12	12	12	47	0	11	3.9	1	24	0	24	24.0	96
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Dave Middleton	DET	22	RH	12	11						11	188	0	25	17.1	1058
31	Charlie Sumner	CHI	25	RDH	10	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	10	288	0	81	28.8	450
32	Buddy Young	BAL	29	RH	11	10	1	0	0	0	0.0	9	222	0	43	24.7	735
33	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	30	RH	9	9						9	223	0	46	24.8	961
34	Les Goble	CRD	23		9	0						8	160	0	28	20.0	171
35	Jimmy Patton	NYG	22	RS	11	11	3	69	1	69	23.0	5	229	1	98	45.8	298
36	Maurice Bassett	CLE	24		12	0						7	151	0	31	21.6	408
37	Buford Long	NYG	24		4	2						6	172	0	31	28.7	236
38	Dave Mann	CRD	23	RH	12	12						6	136	0	34	22.7	609
39	Jim Monachino	WAS	26		7	1	6	26	0	16	4.3						307
40	Jimmy Carr	CRD	22		12	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	93	0	28	23.3	369
41	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	25	LH	11	11						5	114	0	62	22.8	902
42	Bobby Watkins	CHI	23	RH	12	8						5	145	0	64	29.0	777
43	Alan Ameche*+	BAL	22	FB	12	12						4	60	0	19	15.0	1162
44	Dale Atkeson	WAS	25	FB	11	8						4	106	0	28	26.5	487
45	Leon Campbell	PIT	28		12	0						4	133	0	55	33.3	251
46	Lew Carpenter	DET	23	FB	12	12						4	78	0	24	19.5	933
47	Henry Ford	CLE	24		2	0	4	15	0	7	3.8						16
48	Leon Hart	DET	27	fb	11	8						4	86	0	25	21.5	299
49	Ted Wegert	PHI	23	RH	7	4						4	87	0	28	21.8	224
50	Dick Alban	WAS	26	RDH	12	12	3	0	0	0	0.0						48
51	Bill Forester	GNB	23	MG	12	12						3	52	0	20	17.3	84
52	Carroll Hardy	SFO	22	rhb	10	6						3	65	0	30	21.7	440
53	Joe Johnson	GNB	26		12	3	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	46	0	27	23.0	332
54	George Kennard	NYG	27		12	0						3	36	0	14	12.0	36
55	Walt Michaels *	CLE	26	RLB	12	12						3	45	0	27	15.0	70
56	Bill Pellington	BAL	28	LLB	12	12	1	6	0	6	6.0	2	36	0	19	18.0	78
57	Lum Snyder	PHI	25	RT	12	12						3	34	0	14	11.3	34
58	Mel Triplett	NYG	24		12	3						3	47	0	20	15.7	194
59	Doak Walker*	DET	28	LH	12	9	2	5	0	5	2.5	1	24	0	24	24.0	572
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Dick Young	BAL	25		11	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	2	37	0	22	18.5	94
61	Walt Yowarsky	2TM	27		12	11						3	0	0	0	0.0	0
62	Raymond Berry	BAL	22	LE	12	7						2	27	0	16	13.5	232
63	Burt Delavan	CRD	26	RDT	12	10						2	0	0	0	0.0	0
64	Ralph Felton	WAS	23	LLB	12	12	1	5	0	5	5.0	1	12	0	12	12.0	17
65	Bob Gaona	PIT	24	LT	12	11						2	4	0	4	2.0	4
66	Rob Goode	2TM	28		11	6						2	36	0	20	18.0	485
67	Mal Hammack	CRD	22		9	3						2	32	0	18	16.0	205
68	Johnny Hatley	CRD	25	LG	12	11						2	13	0	13	6.5	13
69	Art Hauser	RAM	26	RDT	12	6						2	17	0	17	8.5	17
70	Bill Lange	CRD	27	RG	12	12						2	0	0	0	0.0	0
71	Gene Lipscomb	RAM	24	rdt	12	6						2	32	0	17	16.0	32
72	Tom McCormick	RAM	25		6	2						2	42	0	23	21.0	107
73	Johnny Olszewski*	CRD	25	FB	11	9						2	26	0	19	13.0	389
74	Breezy Reid	GNB	28	LH	12	11						2	21	0	17	10.5	462
75	Joe Schmidt*+	DET	23	LLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	6	0	6	6.0	23
76	Nick Adduci	WAS	26	LDH	12	12	1	10	0	10	10.0						10
77	Roy Barni	2TM	28		12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	17
78	Rex Berry	SFO	31	LS	12	12	1	11	0	11	11.0						80
79	Rosey Brown*	NYG	23	LT	12	12						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
80	Al Carapella	SFO	28	MG	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
81	Leon Cunningham	DET	24		8	3						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
82	Jim David*	DET	28	LDH	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						44
83	Howie Ferguson *	GNB	25	FB	12	11						1	20	0	20	20.0	1032
84	Sonny Gandee	DET	26	RLB	12	9						1	7	0	7	7.0	53
85	Matt Hazeltine	SFO	22	LLB	12	12						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
86	Jimmy Hill	CRD	27		9	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
87	Bob Hudson	PHI	25	LS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						48
88	Harry Hugasian	2TM	26		6	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	66
89	Chick Jagade	CHI	29	FB	12	11						1	23	0	23	23.0	348
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	John Henry Johnson	SFO	26	LH	7	3	1	6	0	6	6.0						110
91	Carl Karilivacz	DET	25	RS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						33
92	Don Kindt	CHI	30	rdh	12	4	1	0	0	0	0.0						15
93	Bud Laughlin	SFO	24		10	1						1	25	0	25	25.0	137
94	Toy Ledbetter	PHI	28		8	4						1	21	0	21	21.0	157
95	Ron Marciniak	WAS	23		12	2						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
96	Jim Martin	DET	31		9	4						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
97	Marv Matuszak	PIT	24		4	2						1	0	0	0	0.0	7
98	Henry Mosley	CHI	24		1	0						1	14	0	14	14.0	24
99	Lou Palatella	SFO	22	RG	9	8						1	1	0	1	1.0	1
100	Jack Patera	BAL	22		12	4	1	2	0	2	2.0						10
101	Charley Powell	SFO	23	RDE	12	7						1	2	0	2	2.0	9
102	Skeets Quinlan	RAM	27	rh	6	4	1	55	1	55	55.0						370
103	Dean Renfro	BAL	23		7	1						1	20	0	20	20.0	33
104	Ray Renfro	CLE	26	FL	12	12	1	3	0	3	3.0						696
105	Fran Rogel	PIT	28	FB	12	12						1	81	0	61	81.0	891
106	Al Romine	2TM	23		5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
107	Ed Sharkey	2TM	28		12	5						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
108	Jack Simmons	CRD	31	C	12	12						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
109	Bill Stits	DET	24	RDH	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						189
110	Len Szafaryn	GNB	27	LT	12	12	1	28	1	28	28.0						28
111	George Taliaferro	PHI	28		3	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	35
112	Bob Toneff*+	SFO	25	LDT	11	9						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
113	Charlie Toogood	RAM	28	RT	12	8						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
114	Ted Topor	DET	25		6	0						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
115	Stan West	NYG	29	MG	11	10						1	6	0	6	6.0	12
116	Richie Woit	DET	24		1	0						1	13	0	13	13.0	13

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