1946 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

League Champion: Chicago Bears

Passing Leader: Sid Luckman, 1826 Yds

Rushing Leader: Bill Dudley, 604 Yds

Receiving Leader: Jim Benton, 981 Yds

Kick & Punt Returns

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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	Bill Dudley	PIT	25	TB	11	11	27	385	0	52	14.3	14	280	0	34	20.0	1650
2	Steve Bagarus	WAS	27	RH	11	6	18	192	0	33	10.7	13	332	0	51	25.5	1212
3	Frank Seno	CRD	25	RH	11	7	17	176	0	21	10.4	13	408	1	105	31.4	932
4	Bob Davis	BOS	32	LH	11	5	13	130	0	23	10.0	5	92	0	21	18.4	661
5	Jim Youel	WAS	24		9	4	13	150	0	20	11.5	2	29	0	18	14.5	239
6	Bosh Pritchard	PHI	27	RH	11	5	12	166	0	42	13.8	8	164	0	42	20.5	864
7	Bob Nussbaumer	GNB	22		10	3	12	98	0	21	8.2	6	148	0	44	24.7	463
8	Hugh Gallarneau	CHI	29	RH	11	5	10	99	0	22	9.9	5	115	0	26	23.0	875
9	Ernie Steele	PHI	29		9	4	9	82	0	18	9.1	8	120	0	51	15.0	458
10	Fred Gehrke	RAM	28	LH	10	10	8	59	0	20	7.4	8	186	0	28	23.3	762
11	Bill Paschal	NYG	25	FB	10	1	8	85	0	26	10.6	6	158	0	53	26.3	683
12	Herm Rohrig	GNB	28	WB	8	7	8	98	0	18	12.3	5	106	0	27	21.2	351
13	Gil Steinke	PHI	27		10	0	8	116	0	27	14.5	3	92	0	56	30.7	541
14	Dave Ryan	DET	23	TB	11	6	7	57	0	18	8.1	16	332	0	51	20.8	570
15	Babe Dimancheff	BOS	24	LH	8	6	7	98	0	28	14.0	5	86	0	30	17.2	550
16	Ray McLean	CHI	31		10	3	7	87	0	23	12.4	3	53	0	26	17.7	543
17	Billy deCorrevont	DET	28	WB	9	5	6	81	0	28	13.5	10	183	0	48	18.3	510
18	Jim Callahan	DET	26	TB	9	7	6	71	0	22	11.8	8	174	0	28	21.8	302
19	Tony Canadeo	GNB	27	TB	11	5	6	76	0	22	12.7	6	163	0	38	27.2	763
20	Frank Filchock	NYG	30	TB	11	4	6	50	0	17	8.3	4	109	0	45	27.3	543
21	Steve Van Buren	PHI	26	LH	9	8	5	89	1	50	17.8	11	319	0	63	29.0	1012
22	Tom Harmon	RAM	27		10	3	5	57	0	21	11.4	6	134	0	31	22.3	723
23	Jack Wilson	RAM	29		9	3	5	99	0	70	19.8	6	145	0	68	24.2	426
24	Elmer Madarik	DET	24	WB	10	6	5	71	0	21	14.2	5	131	0	40	26.2	327
25	Dick Todd	WAS	32	LH	11	8	5	64	0	30	12.8	3	47	0	22	15.7	510
26	Frank Reagan	NYG	27		6	0	5	48	0	22	9.6	2	77	0	41	38.5	426
27	George Franck	NYG	28		10	1	4	58	0	32	14.5	6	162	0	35	27.0	627
28	Russ Craft	PHI	27		9	1	4	47	0	16	11.8	4	86	0	28	21.5	394
29	Tom Farmer	RAM	25		8	1	4	40	0	13	10.0	4	129	0	92	32.3	276
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Noah Mullins	CHI	28		10	3	4	50	0	21	12.5	1	22	0	22	22.0	270
31	Hank Soar	NYG	32		11	1	4	83	0	38	20.8			0			130
32	Johnny Clement	PIT	27		11	0	3	26	0	12	8.7	3	66	0	27	22.0	174
33	Merl Condit	PIT	29	HB	9	8	3	31	0	18	10.3	3	19	0	10	6.3	228
34	Bill Dutton	PIT	28		11	3	3	36	0	21	12.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	295
35	Howard Maley	BOS	25		11	0	3	12	0	10	4.0	1	3	0	3	3.0	117
36	John Doolan	NYG	27		5	3	3	49	0	33	16.3			0			110
37	Abe Karnofsky	BOS	24	QB	11	7	2	38	0	21	19.0	21	599	1	97	28.5	879
38	Jack Banta	RAM	29	RH	10	6	2	26	0	24	13.0	8	142	0	33	17.8	508
39	Jimmy Strausbaugh	CRD	28		11	1	2	34	0	28	17.0	6	104	0	28	17.3	377
40	Jim Gillette	BOS	29		11	4	2	62	0	51	31.0	3	43	0	20	14.3	305
41	Merle Hapes	NYG	27		10	1	2	5	0	3	2.5	2	43	0	23	21.5	249
42	Mickey Sanzotta	DET	25		10	2	2	41	0	28	20.5	2	40	0	21	20.0	172
43	Tom Farris	CHI	26		11	3	2	4	0	2	2.0	1	27	0	27	27.0	70
44	Bruce Smith	GNB	26		6	2	2	12	0	8	6.0	1	21	0	21	21.0	152
45	Ward Cuff	CRD	34	QB	10	7	2	24	0	16	12.0			0			184
46	Jack Jacobs	WAS	27		9	2	2	23	0	16	11.5			0			166
47	Jack Jenkins	WAS	25	FB	8	6	2	14	0	9	7.0			0			298
48	Duke Abbruzzi	BOS	29	/	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	8	147	0	34	18.4	229
49	Bill Osmanski	CHI	31		9	4	1	10	0	10	10.0	8	203	0	50	25.4	606
50	Marshall Goldberg	CRD	29	LH	10	8	1	11	0	11	11.0	5	108	0	42	21.6	527
51	Pat Harder	CRD	24	FB	11	6	1	10	0	10	10.0	5	92	0	36	18.4	788
52	Dick Poillon	WAS	26		11	2	1	13	0	13	13.0	5	86	0	27	17.2	260
53	George McAfee	CHI	28		3	0	1	24	0	24	24.0	3	96	0	46	32.0	328
54	Dick Schweidler	CHI	32		5	2	1	13	0	13	13.0	3	63	0	25	21.0	212
55	Frank Maznicki	CHI	26		4	3	1	12	0	12	12.0	2	65	0	48	32.5	175
56	Don Currivan	BOS	26		11	3	1	22	0	22	22.0	1	14	0	14	14.0	298
57	Jack Hinkle	PHI	29		10	3	1	4	0	4	4.0	1	25	0	25	25.0	99
58	Joel McCoy	DET	26		10	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	1	7	0	7	7.0	-14
59	Don Perkins	CHI	29		8	0	1	14	0	14	14.0	1	25	0	25	25.0	185
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Dave Brown	NYG	26	WB	7	5	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			9
61	Bob Cifers	DET	26		11	2	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			202
62	Jim Keane	CHI	22		11	0	1	23	0	23	23.0			0			354
63	Wilbur Moore	WAS	30		9	1	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			109
64	Sal Rosato	WAS	28		5	1	1	12	0	12	12.0			0			267
65	Ralph Ruthstrom	RAM	25		6	4	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			7
66	Andy Tomasic	PIT	29		4	0	1	20	0	20	20.0			0			20
67	Bob Waterfield+	RAM	26	QB	11	4	1	12	0	12	12.0			0			24
68	Eddie Saenz	WAS	24		10	3			0			11	264	0	55	24.0	719
69	Gene Spangler	DET	24		6	0			0			4	63	0	20	15.8	64
70	Pat West	RAM	23	FB	10	7			0			4	49	0	19	12.3	275
71	Bob Westfall	DET	27		10	3			0			4	58	0	20	14.5	254
72	Cliff Aberson	GNB	25	/	10	1			0			3	69	0	26	23.0	283
73	Ted Fritsch+	GNB	26	FB	11	8			0			3	68	0	37	22.7	531
74	Jim Jones	DET	26		2	0			0			3	44	0	21	14.7	47
75	Mal Kutner	CRD	25	RE	11	5			0			3	30	0	28	10.0	692
76	Dante Magnani	CHI	29	LH	10	7			0			3	50	0	23	16.7	515
77	Joe Osmanski	CHI	29	FB	8	6			0			3	54	0	19	18.0	269
78	Larry Craig	GNB	30	BB	11	11			0			2	18	0	11	9.0	18
79	Hal Crisler	BOS	23	RE	11	8			0			2	22	0	20	11.0	413
80	Ralph Fife	PIT	26	LG	10	9			0			2	31	0	21	15.5	31
81	Bill Garnaas	PIT	25		10	3			0			2	29	0	17	14.5	85
82	Sam Goldman	BOS	30	LE	11	11			0			2	41	0	22	20.5	192
83	John Greene	DET	26		11	2			0			2	29	0	18	14.5	318
84	Jimmy Johnston	CRD	29		6	0			0			2	22	0	16	11.0	60
85	Nolan Luhn	GNB	25	RE	11	8			0			2	28	0	17	14.0	252
86	Roy McKay	GNB	26		11	0			0			2	41	0	22	20.5	93
87	Walt Schlinkman	GNB	24		11	3			0			2	43	0	23	21.5	427
88	Ed Sprinkle	CHI	23	RE	11	9			0			2	11	0	6	5.5	213
89	Kenny Washington	RAM	28		6	0			0			2	39	0	24	19.5	236
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Elmer Angsman	CRD	21	RH	11	5			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	385
91	Bill Campbell	CRD	26	RT	11	7			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
92	Victor Carroll	NYG	34		6	1			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
93	Jim Castiglia	PHI	28		11	2			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	155
94	Irv Comp	GNB	27	TB	11	2			0			1	29	0	29	29.0	129
95	Tony Compagno	PIT	25	FB	10	8			0			1	27	0	27	27.0	389
96	Steve Filipowicz	NYG	25	BB	11	7			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	155
97	Ed Frutig	DET	28		7	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	74
98	Jim Gaffney	WAS	25	QB	10	5			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	205
99	Bill Geyer	CHI	27		1	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
100	John Grigas	BOS	26	FB	11	9			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	495
101	Henry Gude	PHI	28		2	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
102	Cece Hare	NYG	27		8	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	49
103	Red Hickey	RAM	29		8	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	227
104	Mike Holovak	RAM	27		11	2			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	235
105	Dick Humbert	PHI	28		11	4			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	211
106	Ken Keuper	GNB	28		10	1			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	28
107	Gene Lee	BOS	24		11	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	31
108	Tony Leon	BOS	29		10	1			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	9
109	Howie Livingston	NYG	24	WB	10	7			0			1	30	0	30	30.0	193
110	Jack Matheson	DET	26	RE	11	10			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	203
111	Stan Mauldin	CRD	26		6	4			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
112	Joe Muha	PHI	25	FB	10	8			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	72
113	Elliott Ormsbee	PHI	25		4	0			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	17
114	Joe Parker	CRD	23		8	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	17
115	Walt Rankin	CRD	27		11	4			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	26
116	Ivan Schottel	DET	26		10	3			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	179
117	Nick Scollard	BOS	26		11	4			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	96
118	Bob Shaw	RAM	25	LE	10	7			0			1	52	1	52	52.0	129
119	Rudy Smeja	PHI	26		11	1			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	57
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Woody Strode	RAM	32		10	0			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	43
121	Steve Sucic	RAM	25		4	0			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	39
122	George Sutch	CRD	25		3	0			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	8
123	Bulldog Turner+	CHI	27	C	11	8			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	17
124	Bill Ward	WAS	25	LG	10	10			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
125	Camp Wilson	DET	24	FB	10	5			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	281

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