1956 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

Passing Leader: Tobin Rote, 2203 Yds

Rushing Leader: Rick Casares, 1126 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Howton, 1188 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	Carl Taseff	BAL	28	LDH/RDH	12	12	27	233	1	90	8.6	9	206	0	34	22.9	469
2	Henry Ford	PIT	25	SS/LDH	12	12	25	145	0	59	5.8	6	135	0	34	22.5	330
3	Yale Lary*+	DET	26	FS	12	12	22	70	0	38	3.2	4	76	0	29	19.0	338
4	Emlen Tunnell*+	NYG	31	SS	12	12	22	120	0	14	5.5			0			207
5	Al Carmichael	GNB	28	RH	12	8	21	165	0	22	7.9	33	927	1	106	28.1	1471
6	Joe Arenas	SFO	31	FL	12	9	19	117	1	67	6.2	27	801	1	96	29.7	1144
7	Frank Bernardi	CRD	23	LDH	12	4	18	217	1	95	12.1	4	101	0	30	25.3	380
8	Lee Riley	PHI	24	FS	9	6	17	73	0	35	4.3	15	381	0	59	25.4	521
9	Don Paul*	CLE	30	RDH	12	11	17	103	0	17	6.1			0			293
10	Ken Keller	PHI	22	LH	11	8	15	146	0	40	9.7	15	353	0	32	23.5	968
11	Hugh McElhenny*	SFO	28	LH	12	11	15	38	0	12	2.5	13	300	0	36	23.1	1447
12	Skeet Quinlan	2TM	28	HB	8	0	14	50	0	19	3.6	12	256	0	50	21.3	418
13	Ron Waller	RAM	23	LH	9	5	14	65	0	15	4.6	11	276	0	40	25.1	960
14	Don Bingham	CHI	27	HB	12	0	13	7	0	7	0.5	17	444	1	100	26.1	494
15	Howard Cassady	DET	22	LH	12	4	13	83	0	34	6.4	16	382	0	42	23.9	961
16	Ken Konz	CLE	28	SS	12	12	13	187	1	65	14.4			0			221
17	Jimmy Patton	NYG	23	FS	12	9	12	17	0	6	1.4	13	283	0	31	21.8	301
18	Will Sherman	RAM	29	FS	12	12	12	100	1	76	8.3			0			222
19	Lowell Perry	PIT	25	LE	6	5	11	127	0	46	11.5	9	219	0	38	24.3	717
20	Joe Scudero	WAS	26	FS	11	11	10	50	0	12	5.0	9	157	0	33	17.4	236
21	Jesse Whittenton	RAM	22	RDH	12	12	10	21	0	10	2.1	4	85	0	27	21.3	189
22	Tommy Runnels	WAS	22	LH	11	8	8	91	0	59	11.4	17	375	0	37	22.1	856
23	Jack Losch	GNB	22	HB	12	5	8	74	0	58	9.3	15	390	0	51	26.0	592
24	Lenny Moore*	BAL	23	RH	12	12	8	38	0	15	4.8	10	129	0	21	12.9	918
25	Dick James	WAS	22	RH	10	4	6	84	0	24	14.0	9	181	0	27	20.1	672
26	Jack Christiansen*+	DET	28	SS	12	12	6	73	1	66	12.2	6	116	0	22	19.3	298
27	Perry Jeter	CHI	25	HB	7	2	6	66	1	51	11.0	5	105	0	26	21.0	539
28	Ray Gene Smith	CHI	28	RDH	12	12	6	65	0	22	10.8	1	16	0	16	16.0	178
29	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	26	LH	12	12	5	39	0	16	7.8	13	362	1	105	27.8	1524
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Fred Bruney	2TM	25	DB-SS	10	6	5	20	0	13	4.0	9	235	0	51	26.1	294
31	Woodley Lewis	CRD	31	SS	12	12	5	22	0	7	4.4	1	22	0	22	22.0	45
32	Bert Rechichar*	BAL	26	FS	10	10	5	10	0	7	2.0			0			89
33	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	27	RH	7	5	4	22	0	18	5.5	8	187	0	31	23.4	461
34	McNeil Moore	CHI	23	FS	11	7	3	28	0	25	9.3	1	19	0	19	19.0	96
35	Art Davis	PIT	22	DB	9	2	3	5	0	5	1.7			0			20
36	Tommy Wilson	RAM	24	LH	12	4	2	0	0	0	0.0	15	477	1	103	31.8	1033
37	Dick Nyers	BAL	22	DB	5	0	2	16	0	16	8.0	3	69	0	35	23.0	85
38	J.C. Caroline*	CHI	23	LDH	12	12	2	29	0	16	14.5	2	32	0	18	16.0	384
39	Billy Wells	WAS	25	RH	7	7	2	36	0	22	18.0	1	12	0	12	12.0	319
40	Jug Girard	DET	29	HB	10	2	2	7	0	5	3.5			0			107
41	Night Train Lane*+	CRD	28	LDH	12	8	2	0	0	0	0.0			0			292
42	Gene Filipski	NYG	25	HB	12	0	1	25	0	25	25.0	19	390	0	30	20.5	537
43	Preston Carpenter	CLE	22	RH	12	8	1	18	0	18	18.0	15	381	0	42	25.4	1279
44	Sid Watson	PIT	24	RH	12	7	1	2	0	2	2.0	4	110	0	35	27.5	548
45	Brad Myers	RAM	27	HB	5	1	1	26	0	26	26.0	3	57	0	21	19.0	116
46	Dicky Moegle	SFO	22	FS	12	12	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	39	0	22	19.5	216
47	Dale Atkeson	WAS	26	FB	5	5	1	12	0	12	12.0	1	25	0	25	25.0	228
48	Johnny Hermann	2TM	23	DB	10	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	17	0	17	17.0	17
49	Sam Baker*	WAS	27	K	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			152
50	Lindon Crow*	CRD	23	RDH	12	12	1	21	0	21	21.0			0			191
51	Gary Lowe	WAS	22	DB	11	3	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			30
52	Breezy Reid	GNB	29	LH	7	5	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			55
53	Leo Sanford*	CRD	27	LLB	12	12	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			30
54	Billy Vessels	BAL	25	LH	12	7			0			16	379	0	42	23.7	771
55	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	31	HB	5	3			0			8	291	0	91	36.4	480
56	L.G. Dupre	BAL	24	LH	11	6			0			7	148	0	35	21.1	546
57	Billy Kinard	CLE	23	HB	7	0			0			7	196	0	56	28.0	223
58	Dave Mann	CRD	24	RH	12	9			0			7	131	0	27	18.7	417
59	Howie Ferguson	GNB	26	FB	11	11			0			5	83	0	34	16.6	664
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Bob Boyd	RAM	28	FL	12	4			0			4	62	0	23	15.5	641
61	Harland Carl	CHI	25	HB	9	0			0			4	102	0	45	25.5	199
62	Leo Elter*	WAS	27	FB/LH	12	11			0			4	87	0	29	21.8	730
63	Bill Forester	GNB	24	MG	12	12			0			4	36	0	17	9.0	71
64	Alex Burl	CRD	25	HB	8	0			0			3	59	0	26	19.7	85
65	Rick Casares*+	CHI	25	FB	12	12			0			3	95	0	49	31.7	1424
66	Johnny Olszewski	CRD	26	FB	11	11			0			3	25	0	20	8.3	805
67	Bill Stits	DET	25	HB	12	2			0			3	48	0	19	16.0	111
68	Dick Young	BAL	26	FB	12	0			0			3	40	0	18	13.3	47
69	Alan Ameche*	BAL	23	FB	12	12			0			2	38	0	25	19.0	1085
70	George Maderos	SFO	23	LDH	12	12			0			2	21	0	12	10.5	23
71	Bill McColl	CHI	26	RE/FL	12	9			0			2	4	0	4	2.0	326
72	Bob Pellegrini	PHI	22	RG	12	5			0			2	47	0	26	23.5	47
73	Chuck Weber	2TM	26	DE	9	1			0			2	3	0	3	1.5	24
74	Norm Willey	PHI	29	RDE	9	9			0			2	32	0	20	16.0	32
75	Charlie Ane*	DET	25	C	12	12			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
76	Doug Atkins	CHI	26	DE	6	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
77	Bibbles Bawel	PHI	26	SS	12	12			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	73
78	Chuck Bednarik*	PHI	31	LLB	12	12			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	21
79	Nate Borden	GNB	24	RDE	12	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
80	Bill Bowman	DET	25	FB	6	1			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	142
81	Paul Carr	SFO	25	RDH	12	11			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	29
82	Joe Childress	CRD	23	HB	11	4			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	285
83	Paul Goad	SFO	22	FB	4	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	18
84	John Gonzaga	SFO	23	MLB	9	7			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	6
85	Hank Gremminger	GNB	23	LDH	12	12			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	42
86	Bill Herchman	SFO	23	RDT	12	11			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	6
87	Ed Hughes	NYG	29	LDH	12	12			0			1	27	0	27	27.0	65
88	John Henry Johnson	SFO	27	FB	12	6			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	414
89	J.D. Kimmel	WAS	27	RDT	12	12			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Ray Mathews	PIT	27	RE	12	12			0			1	26	0	26	26.0	555
91	Marv Matuszak	PIT	25	RLB	9	5			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	33
92	Tom McCormick	SFO	26	HB	6	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	22
93	Fred Morrison	CLE	30	LH	12	6			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	386
94	Jerry Norton	PHI	25	DB	6	6			0			1	31	0	31	31.0	65
95	Ken Panfil	RAM	26	T	6	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
96	Bill Pellington	BAL	29	LLB	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	4
97	Duane Putnam*	RAM	28	LG	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
98	John Reger	PIT	25	LLB	12	8			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	46
99	Jerry Reichow	DET	22	QB	8	0			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	73
100	Les Richter*+	RAM	26	MG	12	12			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
101	Jim Salsbury	DET	24	RG	11	9			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
102	Alex Sandusky	BAL	24	RG	11	11			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	24
103	Tony Sardisco	2TM	24	LB	10	2			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
104	Don Shula	BAL	26	RDH/LDH	12	10			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	8
105	Bob Smith	2TM	23	HB	6	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	32
106	Charlie Smith	SFO	23	DE	12	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	27
107	Art Spinney	BAL	29	LG	12	12			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	10
108	Ralph Thomas	WAS	29	DE	12	2			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
109	Charlie Toogood	RAM	29	RT	7	6			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
110	Mel Triplett	NYG	25	FB	12	12			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	565
111	Frank Varrichione	PIT	24	RT	12	12			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	6
112	Stan Wallace	CHI	25	SS	6	6			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	20

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