1956 NFL Receiving

Passing Leader: Tobin Rote, 2203 Yds

Rushing Leader: Rick Casares, 1126 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Howton, 1188 Yds

Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Receiving Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
1	Billy Wilson*	SFO	29	RE	12	12	60	889	14.8	5	77		5.0	74.1	1
2	Billy Howton*+	GNB	26	RE	12	12	55	1188	21.6	12	66		4.6	99.0	0
3	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	26	LH	12	12	51	603	11.8	4	48		4.3	50.3	5
4	Harlon Hill*+	CHI	24	LE	12	12	47	1128	24.0	11	79		3.9	94.0	0
5	Jim Mutscheller	BAL	26	RE	12	12	44	715	16.3	6	53		3.7	59.6	0
6	John Carson	WAS	26	LE	12	11	39	504	12.9	3	26		3.3	42.0	0
7	Dave Middleton	DET	23	RE	12	10	39	606	15.5	5	56		3.3	50.5	0
8	Bobby Walston	PHI	28	LE	12	12	39	590	15.1	3	51		3.3	49.2	0
9	Raymond Berry	BAL	23	LE	12	9	37	601	16.2	2	54		3.1	50.1	1
10	Leon Clarke*	RAM	23	FL	12	11	36	650	18.1	4	60		3.0	54.2	1
11	Elroy Hirsch	RAM	33	LE	12	12	35	603	17.2	6	76		2.9	50.3	0
12	Dorne Dibble	DET	27	LE	12	12	32	597	18.7	2	56		2.7	49.8	0
13	Ray Mathews	PIT	27	RE	12	12	31	540	17.4	5	64		2.6	45.0	0
14	Bob Boyd	RAM	28	FL	12	4	30	586	19.5	7	61		2.5	48.8	3
15	Gary Knafelc	GNB	24	LE	12	12	30	418	13.9	6	38		2.5	34.8	0
16	Pete Brewster*	CLE	26	LE	12	12	28	417	14.9	1	41		2.3	34.8	0
17	Joe Johnson	GNB	27	LH	11	3	28	258	9.2	0	20		2.5	23.5	1
18	Kyle Rote*	NYG	28	LE	12	7	28	405	14.5	4	31		2.3	33.8	0
19	Elbie Nickel*	PIT	34	FL	12	12	27	376	13.9	5	47		2.3	31.3	0
20	Alan Ameche*	BAL	23	FB	12	12	26	189	7.3	0	22		2.2	15.8	3
21	Jim Doran	DET	29	FL	11	8	25	448	17.9	0	70		2.3	40.7	1
22	Bill McColl	CHI	26	RE/FL	12	9	24	322	13.4	4	69		2.0	26.8	0
23	Steve Meilinger	WAS	26	RE	12	11	24	395	16.5	5	51		2.0	32.9	1
24	Rick Casares*+	CHI	25	FB	12	12	23	203	8.8	2	33		1.9	16.9	5
25	Fran Rogel*	PIT	29	FB	12	12	23	88	3.8	0	13		1.9	7.3	4
26	Clyde Conner	SFO	23	E	12	3	22	362	16.5	1	49		1.8	30.2	1
27	Howie Ferguson	GNB	26	FB	11	11	22	214	9.7	0	25		2.0	19.5	6
28	Don Stonesifer	CRD	29	LE	12	12	22	320	14.5	2	58		1.8	26.7	0
29	Alex Webster	NYG	25	RH	12	12	21	197	9.4	3	43		1.8	16.4	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
30	Dante Lavelli	CLE	33	RE	11	11	20	344	17.2	1	68		1.8	31.3	1
31	Gene Schroeder	CHI	27	RE	11	7	20	315	15.8	1	32		1.8	28.6	1
32	Joe Perry	SFO	29	FB	11	8	18	104	5.8	0	20		1.6	9.5	3
33	Gordie Soltau	SFO	31	LE	12	9	18	299	16.6	1	33		1.5	24.9	0
34	Tank Younger	RAM	28	FB	12	10	18	268	14.9	0	54		1.5	22.3	8
35	Johnny Olszewski	CRD	26	FB	11	11	17	182	10.7	0	31		1.5	16.5	13
36	Ray Renfro	CLE	27	FL	12	12	17	325	19.1	4	46		1.4	27.1	0
37	Preston Carpenter	CLE	22	RH	12	8	16	124	7.8	0	34		1.3	10.3	5
38	L.G. Dupre	BAL	24	LH	11	6	16	216	13.5	2	49		1.5	19.6	4
39	Hugh McElhenny*	SFO	28	LH	12	11	16	193	12.1	0	22		1.3	16.1	4
40	Gene Gedman	DET	24	RH/FB	12	10	15	142	9.5	1	43		1.3	11.8	3
41	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	26	LH	12	12	15	199	13.3	2	45		1.3	16.6	6
42	Joe Arenas	SFO	31	FL	12	9	14	226	16.1	1	50		1.2	18.8	1
43	Leon Hart	DET	28	FB	11	7	14	116	8.3	1	29		1.3	10.5	3
44	Ken MacAfee	NYG	27	RE	12	12	14	184	13.1	4	29		1.2	15.3	0
45	Gern Nagler	CRD	24	RE	8	7	14	268	19.1	4	49		1.8	33.5	1
46	Lowell Perry	PIT	25	LE	6	5	14	334	23.9	2	75		2.3	55.7	0
47	Al Carmichael	GNB	28	RH	12	8	13	180	13.8	1	63		1.1	15.0	6
48	Dave Mann	CRD	24	RH	12	9	13	170	13.1	1	32		1.1	14.2	1
49	Don Schaefer	PHI	22	FB	12	8	13	117	9.0	0	27		1.1	9.8	3
50	Fred Cone	GNB	30	FB	12	2	12	218	18.2	2	69		1.0	18.2	2
51	Joe Marconi	RAM	22	FB	12	3	12	70	5.8	0	31		1.0	5.8	4
52	Pete Retzlaff	PHI	25	FL	10	5	12	159	13.3	0	20		1.2	15.9	0
53	Sid Watson	PIT	24	RH	12	7	12	138	11.5	0	37		1.0	11.5	4
54	Leo Elter*	WAS	27	FB/LH	12	11	11	99	9.0	0	17		0.9	8.3	7
55	Ron Miller	RAM	23	RE	7	4	11	129	11.7	0	21		1.6	18.4	0
56	Lenny Moore*	BAL	23	RH	12	12	11	102	9.3	1	27		0.9	8.5	5
57	Billy Vessels	BAL	25	LH	12	7	11	177	16.1	1	30		0.9	14.8	0
58	John Bredice	PHI	22	RE	12	9	10	146	14.6	1	40		0.8	12.2	0
59	Hank Burnine	2TM	24	E-RE	10	6	10	208	20.8	2	52		1.0	20.8	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
60	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	27	RH	7	5	10	104	10.4	0	18		1.4	14.9	2
61	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	27	FB	8	7	10	27	2.7	0	6		1.3	3.4	0
62	Howard Cassady	DET	22	LH	12	4	9	83	9.2	0	21		0.8	6.9	2
63	Bob Schnelker	NYG	28	LE	12	5	9	122	13.6	1	19		0.8	10.2	0
64	Ron Waller	RAM	23	LH	9	5	9	76	8.4	0	16		1.0	8.4	3
65	Royce Womble	BAL	25	HB	12	1	9	180	20.0	2	43		0.8	15.0	0
66	Dick Bielski	PHI	24	FB	12	4	8	63	7.9	0	17		0.7	5.3	1
67	John Henry Johnson	SFO	27	FB	12	6	8	90	11.3	0	28		0.7	7.5	1
68	Don McIlhenny	DET	22	RH	9	5	8	70	8.8	2	21		0.9	7.8	0
69	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	31	HB	5	3	7	71	10.1	1	17		1.4	14.2	0
70	John Hoffman	CHI	31	RH	12	9	7	85	12.1	0	35		0.6	7.1	2
71	Dick James	WAS	22	RH	10	4	7	127	18.1	2	34		0.7	12.7	0
72	Ken Keller	PHI	22	LH	11	8	7	36	5.1	0	13		0.6	3.3	7
73	Jack Losch	GNB	22	HB	12	5	7	85	12.1	0	43		0.6	7.1	3
74	Skeet Quinlan	2TM	28	HB	8	0	7	87	12.4	0	31		0.9	10.9	5
75	Dale Atkeson	WAS	26	FB	5	5	6	28	4.7	0	26		1.2	5.6	1
76	Max Boydston	CRD	24	RE	12	5	6	116	19.3	2	39		0.5	9.7	0
77	Joe Childress	CRD	23	HB	11	4	6	82	13.7	1	34		0.5	7.5	1
78	Fred Morrison	CLE	30	LH	12	6	6	29	4.8	1	10		0.5	2.4	2
79	Jack O'Brien	PIT	24	E	12	5	6	71	11.8	0	25		0.5	5.9	0
80	Tommy Runnels	WAS	22	LH	11	8	6	56	9.3	1	22		0.5	5.1	4
81	Mel Triplett	NYG	25	FB	12	12	6	48	8.0	1	35		0.5	4.0	10
82	Ted Wegert	PHI	24	HB	7	2	6	46	7.7	0	19		0.9	6.6	3
83	Billy Wells	WAS	25	RH	7	7	6	86	14.3	0	34		0.9	12.3	2
84	Tommy Wilson	RAM	24	LH	12	4	6	86	14.3	0	34		0.5	7.2	2
85	Lou Baldacci	PIT	22	HB	10	1	5	62	12.4	0	22		0.5	6.2	1
86	Bill Bowman	DET	25	FB	6	1	5	34	6.8	1	18		0.8	5.7	0
87	Bob Carey	RAM	26	RE	7	4	5	60	12.0	1	18		0.7	8.6	0
88	Tom Fears	RAM	34	E	2	2	5	49	9.8	0	18		2.5	24.5	0
89	Perry Jeter	CHI	25	HB	7	2	5	52	10.4	0	23		0.7	7.4	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
90	Jack McClairen	PIT	25	E	7	1	5	56	11.2	0	18		0.7	8.0	0
91	Sam Baker*	WAS	27	K	12	0	4	35	8.8	0	17		0.3	2.9	3
92	Maurice Bassett	CLE	25	FB	12	4	4	29	7.3	1	31		0.3	2.4	0
93	Frank Bernardi	CRD	23	LDH	12	4	4	56	14.0	0	19		0.3	4.7	0
94	Jim Dooley	CHI	26	E	3	0	4	47	11.8	0	15		1.3	15.7	0
95	Jerry Reichow	DET	22	QB	8	0	4	63	15.8	1	41		0.5	7.9	0
96	Will Berzinski	PHI	22	HB	4	3	3	35	11.7	0	17		0.8	8.8	1
97	Lloyd Colteryahn	BAL	25	E	3	1	3	29	9.7	0	16		1.0	9.7	0
98	Gene Filipski	NYG	25	HB	12	0	3	37	12.3	0	21		0.3	3.1	3
99	Henry Ford	PIT	25	SS/LDH	12	12	3	7	2.3	0	8		0.3	0.6	1
100	Jug Girard	DET	29	HB	10	2	3	33	11.0	0	16		0.3	3.3	0
101	Dicky Moegle	SFO	22	FS	12	12	3	79	26.3	0	37		0.3	6.6	0
102	Breezy Reid	GNB	29	LH	7	5	3	16	5.3	0	12		0.4	2.3	1
103	Bill Stits	DET	25	HB	12	2	3	52	17.3	0	27		0.3	4.3	0
104	Tom Tracy	DET	22	FB	4	1	3	6	2.0	0	5		0.8	1.5	1
105	Alex Burl	CRD	25	HB	8	0	2	24	12.0	1	19		0.3	3.0	0
106	Harland Carl	CHI	25	HB	9	0	2	31	15.5	0	20		0.2	3.4	1
107	Bill Jessup	SFO	27	HB	3	1	2	7	3.5	0	10		0.7	2.3	0
108	Bill Stribling	PHI	29	E	2	0	2	11	5.5	0	7		1.0	5.5	0
109	Bobby Watkins	CHI	24	LH	9	8	2	3	1.5	1	6		0.2	0.3	1
110	Don Bingham	CHI	27	HB	12	0	1	7	7.0	0	7		0.1	0.6	1
111	Jack Butler*	PIT	29	RDH	12	12	1	10	10.0	1	10		0.1	0.8	0
112	Don Chandler	NYG	22	P	12	0	1	5	5.0	0	5		0.1	0.4	0
113	Art Davis	PIT	22	DB	9	2	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.1	1.0	0
114	Night Train Lane*+	CRD	28	LDH	12	8	1	75	75.0	0	75		0.1	6.3	2
115	Jerry Planutis	WAS	26	HB	3	1	1	5	5.0	0	5		0.3	1.7	0
116	Lee Riley	PHI	24	FS	9	6	1	10	10.0	0	10		0.1	1.1	2
117	Bill Roberts	GNB	27	HB	4	2	1	14	14.0	0	14		0.3	3.5	0
118	Rocky Ryan	PHI	24	E	12	2	1	31	31.0	0	31		0.1	2.6	0
119	Charlie Shepard	PIT	23	FB	12	0	1	31	31.0	0	16		0.1	2.6	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
120	Charlie Smith	SFO	23	DE	12	0	1	13	13.0	0	13		0.1	1.1	0
121	Johnny Unitas	BAL	23	QB	12	7	1	1	1.0	0	1		0.1	0.1	4

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