Kick & Punt Returns
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Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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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