1962 AFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Dallas Texans

AP MVP: Cookie Gilchrist

Passing Leader: Frank Tripucka, 2917 Yds

Rushing Leader: Cookie Gilchrist, 1096 Yds

Receiving Leader: Art Powell, 1130 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	Ron Burton	BOS	26	HB	14	13	21	122	0	22	5.8	13	238	0	42	18.3	1369
2	Bob Garner	OAK	28	RCB	14	12	20	162	0	25	8.1	1	8	0	8	8.0	201
3	Dick Christy*	NYT	27	HB	14	14	15	250	2	73	16.7	38	824	0	43	21.7	2147
4	Abner Haynes*+	DTX	25	HB	14	14	15	119	0	30	7.9	1	27	0	27	27.0	1768
5	Willie West	BUF	24	LCB	12	7	15	124	0	45	8.3			0			148
6	Bobby Jancik	HOU	22	DB	14	2	14	116	0	21	8.3	24	726	0	61	30.3	875
7	Fred Glick*	HOU	25	SS	14	14	12	79	0	17	6.6	1	22	0	22	22.0	154
8	Keith Lincoln*	SDG	23	HB	14	10	11	94	0	17	8.5	14	398	1	103	28.4	1280
9	Frank Jackson	DTX	23	HB	14	1	11	117	0	39	10.6	10	254	0	41	25.4	799
10	Claude Gibson	SDG	23	LCB	14	13	10	89	0	27	8.9	2	55	0	39	27.5	229
11	Jim Tiller	NYT	27	HB	11	0	9	47	0	20	5.2	22	462	0	40	21.0	660
12	Hal Lewis	OAK	27	FB	11	2	9	65	0	22	7.2	3	65	0	34	21.7	201
13	Gene Mingo*	DEN	24	HB	14	3	7	36	0	12	5.1	6	99	0	31	16.5	529
14	Dick Harris	SDG	25	RCB	14	12	7	95	0	34	13.6			0			147
15	Al Frazier	DEN	27	HB	14	3	5	32	0	16	6.4	19	388	0	35	20.4	799
16	Bob Zeman*	DEN	25	SS	14	14	5	59	0	47	11.8			0			192
17	Carl Taseff	BUF	34	SS	11	11	4	18	0	7	4.5			0			39
18	Ray Abruzzese	BUF	25	FS	12	7	3	17	0	10	5.7	10	194	0	39	19.4	255
19	Fred Bruney*	BOS	31	SS	14	11	3	8	0	7	2.7			0			78
20	Tom Minter	2TM	23	DB	12	1	2	1	0	1	0.5	10	227	0	50	22.7	228
21	Tommy Morrow	OAK	24	FS	14	14	2	13	0	13	6.5			0			154
22	Vern Valdez	OAK	27	SS	10	9	2	14	0	8	7.0			0			61
23	Dave Grayson*	DTX	23	RCB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0	18	535	0	59	29.7	541
24	Mel West	NYT	23	HB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	131	0	68	43.7	148
25	Hezekiah Braxton	SDG	28	FB	8	3	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			52
26	Nick Buoniconti	BOS	22	MLB	14	13	1	8	0	8	8.0			0			11
27	Joe Cannavino	BUF	27	FS	4	4	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			22
28	Booker Edgerson	BUF	23	RCB/FS	14	13	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			112
29	Ron Hall	BOS	25	DB	14	4	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			94
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Tom Rychlec	BUF	28	E	6	0	1	24	0	24	24.0			0			90
31	Fred Williamson*+	OAK	25	LCB	14	14	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			154
32	Jerry Robinson	SDG	23	FL	14	9			0			32	748	0	57	23.4	1149
33	Bo Roberson	OAK	27	HB	14	8			0			27	748	1	87	27.7	1601
34	Clem Daniels	OAK	25	HB	14	7			0			24	530	0	34	22.1	1614
35	Larry Garron	BOS	25	FB	11	5			0			24	686	1	95	28.6	1314
36	Billy Cannon	HOU	25	HB	14	11			0			18	442	0	38	24.6	1367
37	Willie Jones	BUF	23	FB	10	0			0			14	287	0	27	20.5	304
38	Bobby Bethune	SDG	24	FS	10	8			0			12	251	0	27	20.9	257
39	Claude King	BOS	24	HB	14	0			0			9	177	0	28	19.7	363
40	Jerry Tarr	DEN	23	WR	14	1			0			8	217	0	50	27.1	428
41	Art Baker	BUF	25	FB	3	0			0			7	220	1	100	31.4	241
42	Elbert Dubenion	BUF	29	FL	14	14			0			7	231	1	93	33.0	842
43	Cookie Gilchrist*+	BUF	27	FB	14	14			0			7	150	0	34	21.4	1565
44	Alan Miller	OAK	25	FB	14	10			0			6	45	0	16	7.5	486
45	Carey Henley	BUF	26	HB	1	0			0			5	90	0	27	18.0	92
46	John McGeever	DEN	23	LCB	14	7			0			5	143	0	52	28.6	206
47	Ed Kovac	NYT	24	HB	4	3			0			4	72	0	23	18.0	101
48	Jimmy Saxton	DTX	22	HB	13	2			0			4	77	0	32	19.3	142
49	Gerry McDougall	SDG	27	FB	4	3			0			3	71	0	28	23.7	295
50	Johnny Olszewski	DEN	32	FB	12	1			0			3	66	0	24	22.0	330
51	Bill Shockley	NYT	25	DB	14	4			0			3	73	0	32	24.3	73
52	Bert Coan	SDG	22	HB	4	1			0			2	31	0	28	15.5	93
53	Jim Crawford	BOS	27	FB	14	10			0			2	24	0	18	12.0	707
54	Bo Dickinson	DEN	28	FB	14	11			0			2	26	0	14	13.0	827
55	Curtis McClinton*	DTX	23	FB	14	9			0			2	32	0	18	16.0	969
56	Dave Smith	HOU	25	FB	14	3			0			2	37	0	23	18.5	403
57	Jack Spikes	DTX	25	FB	10	5			0			2	30	0	17	15.0	394
58	Thomas Stephens	BOS	27	QB	3	0			0			2	46	0	31	23.0	46
59	James Stinnette	DEN	24	FB	10	3			0			2	27	0	21	13.5	223
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Charley Tolar*	HOU	25	FB	14	14			0			2	18	0	18	9.0	1281
61	Thurlow Cooper	NYT	29	TE	14	11			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	125
62	Eldon Danenhauer*	DEN	27	RT	14	13			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
63	Bob Dee	BOS	29	LDE	14	14			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
64	Jerry DeLucca	BUF	26	T	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
65	Bob Dougherty	OAK	30	LLB	14	14			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	20
66	George Flint	BUF	23	G	14	0			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
67	Sid Fournet	NYT	30	LG/RG	14	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
68	Bobby Jackson	SDG	22	FB	14	7			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	563
69	Harry Jacobs	BOS	25	LB	14	3			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
70	Curley Johnson	NYT	27	RB	14	3			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	190
71	Jack Klotz	2TM	30	T	6	3			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
72	Rommie Loudd	BOS	29	LB	14	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
73	Bob McLeod	HOU	24	TE	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	578
74	Jim McMillin	DEN	23	RCB	14	14			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	123
75	Jim Norris	OAK	23	DT	7	3			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
76	Joe Novsek	OAK	23	DE	14	2			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
77	Willie Simpson	OAK	24	FB	10	2			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	39

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