1961 AFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Houston Oilers

AP MVP: George Blanda

Passing Leader: George Blanda, 3330 Yds

Rushing Leader: Billy Cannon, 948 Yds

Receiving Leader: Charley Hennigan, 1746 Yds

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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	Fred Bruney*	BOS	30	FS	14	12	23	109	0	11	4.7			0			129
2	Abner Haynes*	DTX	24	LHB	14	12	19	196	0	44	10.3	8	270	1	88	33.8	1865
3	Al Frazier	DEN	26	RHB	14	14	18	231	1	55	12.8	18	504	1	90	28.0	1644
4	Dick Christy	NYT	26	HB	14	13	18	383	2	70	21.3	15	360	0	60	24.0	1444
5	Claude Gibson	SDG	22	LCB	14	13	14	209	0	39	14.9	3	17	0	9	5.7	269
6	Billy Cannon*+	HOU	24	HB	14	13	9	70	0	20	7.8	18	439	0	47	24.4	2043
7	Ron Burton	BOS	25	HB	14	9	8	128	0	62	16.0	15	401	1	91	26.7	904
8	Glenn Bass	BUF	22	LE	14	11	8	75	0	32	9.4			0			848
9	Al Carmichael	DEN	33	HB	6	0	7	58	0	29	8.3	16	310	0	31	19.4	415
10	Claude King	HOU	23	HB	11	0	7	32	0	10	4.6	8	190	0	41	23.8	355
11	Keith Lincoln	SDG	22	FB	14	5	7	150	1	57	21.4	4	98	0	31	24.5	606
12	Clem Daniels	OAK	24	HB	8	1	5	34	0	24	6.8	13	276	0	41	21.2	614
13	Dewey Bohling	2TM	23	HB-LHB	12	7	4	0	0	0	0.0	10	246	0	35	24.6	616
14	Charley Fuller	OAK	22	HB	14	4	4	52	0	25	13.0	8	155	0	33	19.4	618
15	Bob Scarpitto	SDG	22	FL	7	3	4	47	0	28	11.8	3	50	0	22	16.7	260
16	Bob McNamara	DEN	30	LCB	14	14	4	17	0	9	4.3			0			102
17	George Fleming	OAK	23	HB	14	3	3	24	0	17	8.0	29	588	0	36	20.3	773
18	Mel West	2TM	22	HB	13	3	2	51	0	45	25.5	13	306	0	37	23.5	825
19	Dave Ames	2TM	24	HB	12	3	2	17	0	13	8.5	12	240	0	30	20.0	391
20	Bill Shockley	2TM	24	HB	8	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	12	261	0	37	21.8	303
21	Fred Brown	BUF	23	LHB	5	4	2	14	0	11	7.0	2	105	1	93	52.5	322
22	Jim Apple	NYT	23	HB	3	0	2	12	0	10	6.0	1	16	0	16	16.0	30
23	Billy Atkins*+	BUF	27	FS	14	14	2	30	0	15	15.0			0			275
24	Bob Garner	OAK	27	RCB	13	11	2	5	0	3	2.5			0			19
25	Sherrill Headrick*+	DTX	24	MLB	14	14	2	5	0	5	2.5			0			94
26	Johnny Robinson	DTX	23	RHB	14	13	2	4	0	3	2.0			0			805
27	Frank Jackson	DTX	22	HB	14	3	1	2	0	2	2.0	24	645	0	53	26.9	1204
28	Elbert Dubenion	BUF	28	FL	14	13	1	3	0	3	3.0	16	329	0	33	20.6	966
29	Paul Lowe	SDG	25	HB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0	10	240	0	35	24.0	1110
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Gene Mingo	DEN	23	LHB	10	4	1	1	0	1	1.0	4	120	0	30	30.0	282
31	Dave Smith	HOU	24	FB	14	1	1	15	0	15	15.0	1	5	0	5	5.0	409
32	Gene Cockrell	NYT	27	RT	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			2
33	Billy Lott	BOS	27	FB	14	8	1	8	0	8	8.0			0			802
34	Don Maynard	NYT	26	FL	14	7	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			638
35	Paul Miller	DTX	31	LDE	14	13	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
36	Hal Smith	OAK	26	DT	8	3	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			2
37	Vern Valdez	BUF	26	RCB	13	11	1	30	0	30	30.0			0			84
38	Jim Wagstaff	BUF	25	SS	14	12	1	35	0	35	35.0			0			60
39	Bob Zeman	SDG	24	SS	14	14	1	12	0	12	12.0			0			101
40	Larry Garron*	BOS	24	FB	14	6			0			16	438	1	89	27.4	1168
41	Dave Grayson	DTX	22	RCB	13	9			0			16	453	0	73	28.3	552
42	Bo Roberson	SDG	26	FL	14	3			0			13	207	0	32	15.9	563
43	Art Baker	BUF	24	FB	14	9			0			12	281	0	36	23.4	852
44	Bob Renn	NYT	27	FL	12	8			0			10	201	0	35	20.1	483
45	Jack Larscheid	OAK	28	HB	2	0			0			9	254	0	61	28.2	268
46	Donnie Stone*	DEN	24	LHB	14	12			0			9	215	0	76	23.9	1064
47	Bob Brooks	NYT	23	FB	14	0			0			8	111	0	25	13.9	166
48	Richie Lucas	BUF	23	QB	8	3			0			7	126	0	23	18.0	210
49	Alan Miller*	OAK	24	FB	14	13			0			6	66	0	19	11.0	636
50	Curley Johnson	NYT	26	HB	12	0			0			5	84	0	21	16.8	119
51	Wray Carlton	BUF	24	FB	14	8			0			4	60	0	23	15.0	564
52	Mike Dukes	HOU	25	RLB	14	12			0			4	57	0	23	14.3	62
53	Charley Long	BOS	23	LT	14	14			0			4	24	0	11	6.0	24
54	Fred Bukaty	DEN	25	FB	14	9			0			3	41	0	20	13.7	322
55	Roger Ellis	NYT	23	C	14	8			0			3	25	0	13	8.3	25
56	Walter Beach	BOS	26	RCB/LCB	12	10			0			2	38	0	20	19.0	75
57	Paul Hynes	2TM	22	DB-RCB	10	6			0			2	45	0	27	22.5	45
58	Ken Rice*	BUF	22	LT	14	13			0			2	13	0	13	6.5	13
59	Tom Saidock	NYT	31	RDT/LDT	14	13			0			2	26	0	19	13.0	26
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Charley Tolar*	HOU	24	FB	14	14			0			2	42	0	22	21.0	838
61	Ed Walsh	NYT	26	T	6	0			0			2	15	0	15	7.5	15
62	Doug Asad	OAK	23	TE	14	13			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	602
63	George Blair*	SDG	23	K	14	0			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	6
64	Tom Budrewicz	NYT	23	G	2	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
65	Doug Cline	HOU	23	LLB	14	14			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	48
66	Bob Coolbaugh	OAK	22	RHB	14	12			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	450
67	Thurlow Cooper	NYT	28	RE	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	208
68	Monte Crockett	BUF	23	RE	14	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	325
69	Walt Cudzik	BOS	29	C	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
70	Orlando Ferrante	SDG	29	LG	14	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
71	Jerry Fields	NYT	23	LB	5	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
72	Jon Gilliam*	DTX	23	C	14	12			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	17
73	Goose Gonsoulin*	DEN	23	FS	14	14			0			1	34	0	34	34.0	110
74	Jack Hill	DEN	29	K	14	1			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	56
75	Emil Karas*	SDG	28	LLB	14	12			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	26
76	Walt Kowalczyk	OAK	26	FB	4	1			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	55
77	Jack Laraway	HOU	26	LB	10	1			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	52
78	Jerry Mays	DTX	22	DE	14	4			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	20
79	Bob McLeod*	HOU	23	RE	14	10			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	185
80	Ron Mix*+	SDG	23	RT	10	8			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
81	Gene Prebola	DEN	23	LE	14	14			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	357
82	Billy Pricer	DTX	27	FB	6	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	53
83	Ray Ratkowski	BOS	22	HB	1	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
84	Perry Richards	BUF	27	E	11	0			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	295
85	Henry Schmidt	SDG	26	DT	14	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	22
86	Gerhard Schwedes	BOS	23	HB	5	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	35
87	Gene Selawski	SDG	26	T	8	0			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	1
88	Thomas Stephens	BOS	26	RE	9	8			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	192
89	James Stinnette	DEN	23	RLB	14	7			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	112
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Smokey Stover	DTX	23	RLB	14	9			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	60
91	Don Webb	BOS	22	DB	14	5			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	174
92	Hogan Wharton	HOU	26	RG	14	14			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8

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