1957 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Detroit Lions

AP MVP: Jim Brown

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Jim Brown

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 2550 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 942 Yds

Receiving Leader: Raymond Berry, 800 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	Al Carmichael	GNB	29		12	4	25	190	0	48	7.6	31	690	0	33	22.3	1182
2	Woodley Lewis	CRD	32	LE	12	12	24	175	0	31	7.3	26	682	0	52	26.2	1315
3	Joe Arenas	SFO	32		12	1	25	80	0	26	3.2	24	657	0	64	27.4	761
4	Gene Filipski	NYG	26		12	1	20	91	0	17	4.6	26	613	0	34	23.6	800
5	Tommy McDonald	PHI	23		12	3	26	127	0	28	4.9	11	304	0	50	27.6	695
6	Ron Drzewiecki	CHI	24		8	0	22	64	0	11	2.9	13	315	0	53	24.2	397
7	Billy Wells	2TM	26		11	8	21	143	0	30	6.8	12	325	1	96	27.1	1089
8	Jon Arnett *	RAM	22	lh	12	9	14	85	0	22	6.1	18	504	1	98	28.0	1258
9	Billy Reynolds	CLE	26		12	0	24	114	0	23	4.8	7	152	0	29	21.7	335
10	Ron Waller	RAM	24		11	3	16	33	0	24	2.1	13	289	0	46	22.2	654
11	Bert Zagers	WAS	24	LDH	11	10	14	217	2	76	15.5	15	348	0	35	23.2	594
12	Yale Lary*	DET	27	RS	12	12	25	139	0	36	5.6						235
13	Ken Keller	PHI	23		12	1	9	59	0	38	6.6	15	320	0	37	21.3	605
14	Dick James	WAS	23		11	5	11	83	0	27	7.5	12	259	0	38	21.6	364
15	Bert Rechichar*	BAL	27	RS	12	12	22	71	0	22	3.2	1	0	0	0	0.0	104
16	Fred Bruney	PIT	26	LS	12	11	17	86	0	15	5.1	5	101	0	31	20.2	187
17	Jimmy Patton	NYG	24	RS	12	12	11	29	0	7	2.6	10	223	0	33	22.3	302
18	Vic Zucco	CHI	22	LDH	12	12	11	58	0	25	5.3	8	224	0	73	28.0	345
19	Terry Barr	DET	22		12	0	9	33	0	18	3.7	9	153	0	27	17.0	186
20	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	27	LH	12	11	10	54	0	28	5.4	7	154	0	32	22.0	1236
21	Dick Nyers	BAL	23		7	0						17	350	0	46	20.6	346
22	Dean Derby	PIT	22		11	4	9	32	0	14	3.6	6	137	0	30	22.8	297
23	Jack Call	BAL	22		12	1						14	329	0	45	23.5	492
24	Don McIlhenny	GNB	23	LH	12	7						14	362	0	53	25.9	956
25	J.D. Smith	SFO	25	LDH	12	10						14	368	0	38	26.3	385
26	Tommy Runnels	WAS	23		10	3	10	76	0	16	7.6	2	66	0	38	33.0	198
27	Joe Scudero	WAS	27	RS	10	10	9	84	0	21	9.3	3	95	0	45	31.7	269
28	Emlen Tunnell *	NYG	32	LS	12	12	12	60	0	23	5.0						147
29	Tommy Wilson*	RAM	25	LH	11	7	1	28	0	28	28.0	11	290	0	35	26.4	1029
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Milt Campbell	CLE	24		9	0						11	263	0	36	23.9	311
31	Chet Hanulak	CLE	24	LH	12	8	11	29	0	11	2.6						442
32	J.C. Caroline	CHI	24	LS	12	12	6	20	0	10	3.3	4	77	0	23	19.3	153
33	Howard Cassady	DET	23	rh	12	6						10	232	0	37	23.2	807
34	Hugh McElhenny*	SFO	29	LH	12	10	10	41	0	13	4.1						977
35	Marv Brown	DET	27		4	0	3	16	0	15	5.3	6	106	0	23	17.7	128
36	Don Paul*	CLE	31	RDH	12	12	9	75	0	32	8.3						192
37	Jimmy Sears	CRD	26		12	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	8	220	0	33	27.5	354
38	Jack Christiansen*+	DET	29	LS	12	12	3	12	0	8	4.0	4	80	0	22	20.0	229
39	Carl Taseff	BAL	29	db	4	4	7	60	0	40	8.6						67
40	Jim Brown*+	CLE	21	FB	12	12						6	136	0	29	22.7	1133
41	Gene Gedman	DET	25	LH	10	10						6	158	0	45	26.3	573
42	Fred Cone	GNB	31		12	3						5	83	0	25	16.6	248
43	Cotton Davidson	BAL	26		12	0						5	79	0	21	15.8	79
44	Willie Galimore	CHI	22	LH	12	12						5	140	0	47	28.0	879
45	Perry Jeter	CHI	26		9	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	3	62	0	28	20.7	85
46	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	28		12	0						5	74	0	18	14.8	95
47	Clarence Peaks	PHI	22	FB	12	12						5	98	0	27	19.6	692
48	Johnny Bookman	NYG	23	LDH	11	11						4	102	0	33	25.5	156
49	Bill Forester	GNB	25	RLB	12	12						4	57	0	27	14.3	181
50	Joe Johnson	GNB	28		12	1	4	39	0	13	9.8						120
51	Max McGee	GNB	25	LE	12	9						4	69	0	32	17.3	382
52	Corky Taylor	RAM	24		2	0	3	41	0	28	13.7	1	35	0	35	35.0	76
53	Neil Worden	PHI	26		12	2						4	63	0	19	15.8	199
54	M.L. Brackett	CHI	24		8	0						3	5	0	3	1.7	5
55	Billy Kinard	GNB	24		12	0	3	19	0	19	6.3						22
56	Ken Konz	CLE	29	LS	12	12	3	13	0	7	4.3						33
57	Jerry Norton *	PHI	26	LS	12	12	1	13	0	13	13.0	2	33	0	18	16.5	278
58	Jack Pardee	RAM	21	RLB	12	7						3	21	0	15	7.0	21
59	Jim Podoley*	WAS	24	RH	12	12						3	56	0	24	18.7	1052
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	John Symank	GNB	22	LS	12	12	3	0	0	0	0.0						198
61	Dick Alban	PIT	28	RDH	12	12						2	33	0	22	16.5	68
62	Frank Bernardi	CRD	24	LS	12	8	2	12	0	7	6.0						69
63	Dick Bielski	PHI	25		12	2						2	11	0	10	5.5	92
64	Jimmy Carr	CRD	24		6	0						2	39	0	21	19.5	39
65	Frank Clarke	CLE	23		12	0						2	22	0	13	11.0	99
66	Ed Crawford	NYG	23		12	0						2	38	0	25	19.0	81
67	Mal Hammack	CRD	24		12	1						2	33	0	17	16.5	205
68	Matt Hazeltine	SFO	24	LLB	12	11	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	23	0	23	23.0	46
69	Dave Mann	CRD	25	RH	12	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	23	0	23	23.0	252
70	Lenny Moore	BAL	24	RH	12	12	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	92	1	92		1267
71	Billy Pricer	BAL	23		12	0						2	40	0	23	20.0	58
72	Duane Putnam *+	RAM	29	LG	12	12						2	11	0	11	5.5	11
73	Ray Gene Smith	CHI	29	RDH	9	9	2	1	0	1	0.5						68
74	Gene Babb	SFO	23	FB	12	9						1	0	0	0	0.0	471
75	Eddie Bell	PHI	26	LDH	12	12						1	7	0	7	7.0	45
76	Don Burroughs	RAM	26	LS	12	10	1	11	0	11	11.0						40
77	Jack Butler*+	PIT	30	RS	12	12	1	10	0	10	10.0						95
78	Lew Carpenter	CLE	25	lh	10	4						1	24	0	24	24.0	404
79	Paul Carr	SFO	26		8	1						1	10	0	10	10.0	10
80	Rick Casares*	CHI	26	FB	12	12						1	0	0	0	0.0	925
81	Gene Cronin	DET	24	RDE	12	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
82	John Damore	CHI	24		4	0						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
83	Milt Davis +	BAL	28	RDH	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						219
84	Bobby Dillon *+	GNB	27	RS	12	12	1	8	0	8	8.0						188
85	Bobby Freeman	CLE	25		9	2						1	15	0	15	15.0	61
86	Gary Glick	PIT	27	LDH	12	9	1	0	0	0	0.0						36
87	Jimmy Harris	PHI	23	RS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						101
88	Jimmy Hill	CRD	29	RDH	10	10	1	9	0	9	9.0						62
89	Dick Hughes	PIT	25		1	0	1	5	0	5	5.0						11
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Bill Jessup	SFO	28		12	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	37
91	Carl Karilivacz	DET	27	RDH	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0						70
92	Ed Khayat	WAS	22		12	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
93	Night Train Lane	CRD	29	LDH	8	8	1	8	0	8	8.0						60
94	Lamar Lundy	RAM	22	FL	12	7						1	0	0	0	0.0	114
95	Dicky Moegle	SFO	23	RS	12	10	1	0	0	0	0.0						155
96	Henry Moore	BAL	23		11	3						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
97	Steve Myhra	BAL	23		12	1						1	19	0	19	19.0	20
98	Luke Owens	BAL	24		11	0						1	23	0	23	23.0	23
99	Gerry Perry	DET	27		12	2						1	18	0	18	18.0	18
100	Fred Robinson	CLE	27	RG	12	7	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
101	Fran Rogel	PIT	30	FB	12	10						1	4	0	4	4.0	364
102	Aubrey Rozzell	PIT	25	LLB	9	8	1	0	0	0	0.0						4
103	Will Sherman	RAM	30	RS	10	8	1	0	0	0	0.0						51
104	Don Shinnick	BAL	22	LLB	12	12	1	2	0	2	2.0						33
105	Pat Summerall	CRD	27	RDE	12	12						1	3	0	3	3.0	3
106	Ed Sutton	WAS	22	LH	12	8						1	19	0	19	19.0	469
107	Fred Williams	CHI	28	LDT	12	12						1	6	0	6	6.0	6
108	Frank Wydo	PHI	33		12	3						1	2	0	2	2.0	27

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