1957 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Detroit Lions

AP MVP: Jim Brown

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

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