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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm Age G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Woodley Lewis RAM 29 12 0 22 82 0 16 3.7 34 836 1 88 24.6 1009
2 Les Goble CRD 22 12 0 22 51 0 18 2.3 27 749 2 94 27.7 841
3 Veryl Switzer GNB 22 12 0 24 306 1 93 12.8 20 500 0 88 25.0 1031
4 Joe Arenas SFO 29 12 0 23 117 0 23 5.1 16 362 0 41 22.6 568
5 Billy Reynolds CLE 23 12 0 25 138 0 39 5.5 14 413 0 51 29.5 807
6 Chet Hanulak CLE 21 12 0 27 92 0 43 3.4 9 213 0 30 23.7 681
7 Johnny Lattner* PIT 22 12 0 17 73 0 15 4.3 16 413 0 50 25.8 1028
8 Al Carmichael GNB 26 10 0 9 43 0 14 4.8 20 531 0 49 26.6 955
9 Dale Atkeson WAS 24 10 0 4 29 0 18 7.3 24 623 1 99 26.0 903
10 Jack Christiansen*+ DET 26 11 0 23 225 1 61 9.8 5 102 0 27 20.4 327
11 Ollie Matson*+ CRD 24 12 0 11 100 1 59 9.1 17 449 1 91 26.4 1666
12 Buddy Young* BAL 28 10 0 14 60 0 16 4.3 13 308 0 30 23.7 951
13 Herb Johnson NYG 26 11 0 16 164 1 48 10.3 10 251 0 41 25.1 672
14 Emlen Tunnell* NYG 29 12 0 21 70 0 12 3.3 5 98 0 25 19.6 168
15 Jerry Williams PHI 31 11 0 23 153 0 25 6.7 1004
16 Billy Stone CHI 29 12 0 14 40 0 12 2.9 8 215 0 35 26.9 956
17 Lynn Chandnois PIT 29 11 0 8 12 0 6 1.5 13 256 0 34 19.7 591
18 Jug Girard DET 27 12 0 9 22 0 14 2.4 12 248 0 34 20.7 727
19 Jerry Norton PHI 23 12 0 21 89 0 18 4.2 86
20 Billy Wells* WAS 23 12 0 3 24 0 16 8.0 17 319 0 45 18.8 1154
21 McNeil Moore CHI 21 12 0 11 80 0 34 7.3 8 156 0 24 19.5 236
22 Hal Giancanelli PHI 25 10 0 17 387 0 33 22.8 629
23 Joe Scudero WAS 24 12 0 14 53 0 25 3.8 3 70 0 24 23.3 174
24 Rob Goode* WAS 27 12 0 16 284 0 31 17.8 750
25 Buford Long NYG 23 12 0 6 54 0 21 9.0 10 237 0 36 23.7 575
26 Hugh McElhenny SFO 26 6 0 8 78 0 32 9.8 8 210 0 51 26.3 965
27 Carl Taseff BAL 26 12 0 8 52 0 13 6.5 7 167 0 35 23.9 606
28 Billy Tidwell SFO 24 10 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 10 287 0 65 28.7 288
29 Will Sherman RAM 27 12 0 6 89 0 50 14.8 6 130 0 38 21.7 219
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm Age G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 Burrell Shields PIT 25 6 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 9 183 0 34 20.3 233
31 George Taliaferro BAL 27 11 0 5 34 0 18 6.8 7 134 0 24 19.1 447
32 Doak Walker*+ DET 27 12 0 4 117 1 70 29.3 8 172 0 33 21.5 1093
33 Chick Jagade* CHI 28 11 0 11 195 0 34 17.7 865
34 Jimmy Lesane 2TM 24 7 0 6 13 0 11 2.2 4 91 0 26 22.8 104
35 Tom McCormick RAM 24 9 0 7 8 0 6 1.1 3 49 0 22 16.3 288
36 Jack Dwyer RAM 27 11 0 6 18 0 7 3.0 3 65 0 33 21.7 83
37 Frank Gifford* NYG 24 9 0 8 12 0 8 1.5 1 29 0 29 29.0 563
38 Joe Johnson GNB 25 12 0 5 38 0 9 7.6 4 91 0 28 22.8 232
39 Ken Konz CLE 26 12 0 7 37 0 13 5.3 2 53 0 28 26.5 90
40 Bert Rechichar BAL 24 12 0 6 22 0 9 3.7 3 26 0 12 8.7 48
41 Ray Gene Smith CHI 26 7 0 7 43 0 12 6.1 2 38 0 26 19.0 81
42 Royce Womble BAL 23 12 0 9 170 0 27 18.9 682
43 Toy Ledbetter PHI 27 12 0 8 175 0 38 21.9 608
44 Dom Moselle PHI 28 12 0 7 149 0 27 21.3 505
45 Charlie Trippi CRD 32 12 0 6 57 0 15 9.5 1 17 0 17 17.0 244
46 Bill Bowman DET 23 12 0 6 178 1 100 29.7 863
47 Don Johnson PHI 23 6 0 6 152 0 34 25.3 188
48 Ray Mathews PIT 25 12 0 2 6 0 6 3.0 4 88 0 31 22.0 988
49 Paul Barry CRD 28 12 0 5 80 0 20 16.0 265
50 Chuck Bednarik*+ PHI 29 12 0 2 26 0 24 13.0 3 40 0 21 13.3 66
51 Skeet Quinlan* RAM 26 11 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4 69 0 23 17.3 887
52 Bob Hoernschemeyer DET 29 11 0 4 73 0 20 18.3 468
53 George Rosso WAS 24 12 0 4 15 0 10 3.8 15
54 Leon Campbell CHI 27 6 0 3 77 0 33 25.7 115
55 Ralph Felton WAS 22 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 18 0 13 9.0 26
56 Lloyd Lowe CHI 26 1 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 4
57 Chet Ostrowski WAS 24 12 12 3 9 0 8 3.0 9
58 Pete Perini CHI 26 12 0 3 44 0 22 14.7 111
59 Pete Schabarum SFO 25 12 0 2 10 0 10 5.0 1 34 0 34 34.0 193
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm Age G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
60 Ed Sprinkle* CHI 31 12 0 3 8 0 7 2.7 8
61 Paul Cameron PIT 22 12 0 2 19 0 19 9.5 19
62 Lew Carpenter DET 22 11 0 2 46 0 25 23.0 667
63 George Connor CHI 29 8 0 2 32 0 18 16.0 32
64 Tom Dahms RAM 27 12 0 2 23 0 15 11.5 23
65 Leo Elter PIT 25 11 0 2 32 0 16 16.0 102
66 Howie Ferguson GNB 24 12 0 2 31 0 22 15.5 705
67 Ken Gorgal CLE 25 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
68 John Hoffman CHI 29 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 23 0 23 23.0 560
69 John Henry Johnson* SFO 25 12 0 2 25 0 19 12.5 889
70 Don Kindt CHI 29 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 103
71 Don R. Paul CLE 28 12 0 1 57 0 57 57.0 1 31 0 31 31.0 88
72 Bill Pellington BAL 27 12 0 2 26 0 14 13.0 26
73 Jimmy Sears CRD 23 1 0 2 38 0 22 19.0 38
74 Lum Snyder* PHI 24 12 0 2 18 0 12 9.0 18
75 Billy Anderson CHI 25 7 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 23
76 Roy Barni PHI 27 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
77 Maurice Bassett CLE 23 12 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 813
78 Bill Bredde CRD 22 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 120
79 Buddy Brown GNB 28 12 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
80 Tom Calvin PIT 28 6 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 91
81 Gus Cifelli 2TM 28 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
82 Fred Cone GNB 28 12 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 59
83 Bobby Dillon+ GNB 24 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
84 Don Doll RAM 28 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
85 Chuck Drazenovich WAS 27 12 12 1 17 0 17 17.0 38
86 Bill Forester GNB 22 12 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
87 Johnny Hatley CRD 24 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
88 Doug Hogland SFO 23 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
89 Ed Hughes RAM 27 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm Age G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
90 John Huzvar BAL 25 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 29
91 Vic Janowicz WAS 24 10 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 30
92 Jack Jennings CRD 28 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
93 Don Joyce BAL 25 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
94 George Kennard NYG 26 12 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
95 Emmett King CRD 21 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 229
96 Bob Langas BAL 24 8 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
97 Gene Lipscomb RAM 23 11 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
98 Gil Mains DET 25 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
99 Carlton Massey CLE 24 11 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
100 Bucky McElroy CHI 25 1 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
101 Chuck McMillan BAL 23 6 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
102 Ed Meadows CHI 22 12 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
103 Fred Morrison CLE 28 12 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 323
104 Johnny Olszewski CRD 24 11 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 506
105 Jim Psaltis GNB 27 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
106 Duane Putnam* RAM 26 11 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
107 George Radosevich BAL 26 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
108 Ray Renfro CLE 25 7 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 403
109 Jim Ricca WAS 27 12 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
110 Herb Rich NYG 26 11 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
111 Charley Robinson BAL 27 6 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
112 Andy Robustelli RAM 29 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 49
113 Bill Roffler PHI 24 3 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
114 Joe Schmidt*+ DET 22 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
115 Harley Sewell DET 23 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
116 Ed Sharkey PHI 27 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
117 Don Stevens PHI 26 4 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
118 Leo Sugar CRD 25 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
119 Bill Svoboda NYG 26 11 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm Age G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
120 Bob Toneff SFO 24 10 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
121 Charlie Toogood RAM 27 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
122 Bob Topp NYG 22 6 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 100
123 Zollie Toth BAL 30 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 367
124 Walt Yowarsky WAS 26 11 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13