Kick & Punt Returns
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Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1 | Pete Layden | 1949 | 30 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 29 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 548 | |
2 | Spec Sanders+ | 1946 | 28 | NYY | TB | 13 | 9 | 17 | 257 | 1 | 75 | 15.1 | 13 | 395 | 1 | 103 | 30.4 | 1691 |
3 | Spec Sanders+ | 1947 | 29 | NYY | TB | 14 | 12 | 6 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 22 | 593 | 1 | 92 | 27.0 | 2265 |
4 | Spec Sanders | 1948 | 30 | NYY | TB | 13 | 9 | 13 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 9 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 1128 |
5 | Buddy Young | 1949 | 23 | NYY | LH | 12 | 11 | 9 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 11 | 316 | 1 | 91 | 28.7 | 1153 |
6 | Buddy Young | 1947 | 21 | NYY | FB | 14 | 8 | 8 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 15.9 | 12 | 332 | 1 | 95 | 27.7 | 1474 |
7 | Bob Perina | 1946 | 25 | NYY | 13 | 2 | 15 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 445 | |
8 | Tom Casey | 1948 | 24 | NYY | 11 | 0 | 9 | 229 | 1 | 94 | 25.4 | 7 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 474 | |
9 | Pete Layden | 1948 | 29 | NYY | TB | 9 | 4 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 8 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 26.4 | 914 |
10 | Eddie Prokop | 1947 | 25 | NYY | FB | 13 | 4 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 7 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 | 726 |
11 | Buddy Young | 1948 | 22 | NYY | FB | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 12 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 818 |
12 | Ace Parker | 1946 | 34 | NYY | TB | 12 | 4 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 296 |
13 | Bob Kennedy | 1946 | 25 | NYY | 13 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 398 | |
14 | Bob Kennedy | 1947 | 26 | NYY | 14 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 368 | |||||
15 | Lou Kusserow | 1949 | 22 | NYY | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 272 | |||||
16 | Eddie Prokop | 1946 | 24 | NYY | FB | 12 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 1 | 77 | 29.0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 465 |
17 | Bob Sweiger | 1946 | 27 | NYY | WB | 13 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 276 |
18 | Lowell Wagner | 1946 | 23 | NYY | WB | 13 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 40 | 27.5 | 4 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 29.8 | 329 |
19 | Tom Landry | 1949 | 25 | NYY | 12 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 335 | |
20 | Bob Masterson | 1946 | 31 | NYY | LE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 174 | ||||
21 | Otto Schnellbacher | 1948 | 25 | NYY | 14 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 356 | |||||
22 | Bill Daley | 1948 | 29 | NYY | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 221 | |||||
23 | Sherman Howard | 1949 | 25 | NYY | RH | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 | 604 | ||||
24 | Jack Russell | 1947 | 28 | NYY | LE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 467 | ||||
25 | Otto Schnellbacher | 1949 | 26 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 68 | |||||
26 | John Sylvester | 1947 | 24 | NYY | 7 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 168 | |
27 | Bruce Alford+ | 1947 | 26 | NYY | RE | 13 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 79 | 45.0 | 423 |
28 | Bob Kennedy | 1948 | 27 | NYY | 14 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 196 | |
29 | Eddie Prokop | 1949 | 27 | NYY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 178 | |||||
Rk | Player | Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Lowell Tew | 1948 | 21 | NYY | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 267 | |||||
31 | Bruce Alford | 1949 | 28 | NYY | RE | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 244 | ||||
32 | Lloyd Cheatham | 1946 | 27 | NYY | BB | 13 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 92 |
33 | Al Dekdebrun | 1948 | 27 | NYY | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 67 | |
34 | Duke Iverson | 1949 | 29 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 76 | |||||
35 | Perry Schwartz | 1946 | 31 | NYY | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 105 | |||||
36 | Bruce Alford | 1946 | 25 | NYY | RE | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 62.0 | 235 | ||||
37 | Lloyd Cheatham | 1948 | 29 | NYY | BB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 95 | ||||
38 | Paul Cleary | 1948 | 26 | NYY | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 45 | |||||
39 | Mickey Colmer | 1949 | 31 | NYY | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 126 | |||||
40 | Van Davis | 1947 | 26 | NYY | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 188 | |||||
41 | Noble Doss | 1949 | 29 | NYY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 37 | |||||
42 | Jack Durishan | 1947 | 25 | NYY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
43 | Dan Garza | 1949 | 25 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 214 | |||||
44 | Bob Kennedy | 1949 | 28 | NYY | FB | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 562 | ||||
45 | Pug Manders | 1946 | 33 | NYY | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 243 | |||||
46 | Paul Mitchell | 1949 | 29 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
47 | Barney Poole | 1949 | 26 | NYY | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 89 | |||||
48 | Ollie Poole | 1947 | 25 | NYY | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
49 | Dewey Proctor | 1947 | 27 | NYY | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 66 | |||||
50 | Harmon Rowe | 1948 | 25 | NYY | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
51 | Harmon Rowe | 1947 | 24 | NYY | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 35 | |||||
52 | Bob Sweiger | 1947 | 28 | NYY | WB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 215 | ||||
53 | Bob Sweiger | 1948 | 29 | NYY | WB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 136 | ||||
54 | Lowell Tew | 1949 | 22 | NYY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 82 |
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