1966 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Bart Starr

AP Rookie of the Year: Johnny Roland

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3209 Yds

Rushing Leader: Gale Sayers, 1231 Yds

Receiving Leader: Pat Studstill, 1266 Yds

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	Alvin Haymond	BAL	24	FS	14	14	40	347	0	64	8.7	10	223	0	29	22.3	656
2	Jim Stiger	RAM	25	HB	14	0	33	259	0	49	7.8	7	150	0	28	21.4	576
3	Kermit Alexander	SFO	25	RCB	14	14	30	198	1	44	6.6	37	984	0	56	26.6	1269
4	Willie Wood*+	GNB	30	SS	14	14	22	82	0	13	3.7	1	0	0	0	0.0	120
5	Mel Renfro*	DAL	25	FS	11	8	21	123	0	38	5.9	19	487	1	87	25.6	784
6	Johnny Roland*	STL	23	HB	14	13	20	221	1	86	11.1	15	347	0	33	23.1	1476
7	Tom Vaughn	DET	23	DB	13	1	18	179	0	63	9.9	23	595	0	63	25.9	790
8	Rickie Harris	WAS	23	LCB	13	10	18	108	1	52	6.0	20	405	0	53	20.3	513
9	Bob Hayes*+	DAL	24	LE	14	14	17	106	0	18	6.2			0			1337
10	Spider Lockhart*	NYG	23	LCB	14	14	17	113	0	21	6.6			0			135
11	Roy Shivers	STL	25	RB	13	1	16	49	0	31	3.1	27	762	1	94	28.2	897
12	Jon Arnett	CHI	31	HB	14	1	15	58	0	20	3.9	2	39	0	25	19.5	317
13	Leroy Kelly*+	CLE	24	HB	14	14	13	104	0	52	8.0	19	403	0	49	21.2	2014
14	Johnnie Robinson	DET	22	DB	14	0	13	185	1	79	14.2	6	127	0	33	21.2	312
15	Irv Cross	RAM	27	RCB	14	14	12	82	0	24	6.8	12	348	0	67	29.0	490
16	Roy Jefferson	PIT	23	FL	14	14	12	29	0	12	2.4			0			837
17	Ron Smith	ATL	23	LCB	14	14	11	80	0	23	7.3	43	1013	0	80	23.6	1098
18	Walter Roberts	CLE	24	SE	14	1	11	42	0	30	3.8	20	454	0	57	22.7	515
19	Lance Rentzel	MIN	23	SE	9	1	11	16	0	14	1.5	9	181	0	28	20.1	207
20	Aaron Martin	PHI	24	RCB	14	5	11	118	1	67	10.7	4	132	0	58	33.0	297
21	Ben Hawkins	PHI	22	FL	14	12	9	47	0	38	5.2	1	0	0	0	0.0	190
22	Ed Sharockman	MIN	27	RCB	11	9	9	95	0	76	10.6			0			130
23	Wayne Swinford	SFO	23	DB	7	1	8	12	0	7	1.5	4	73	0	21	18.3	85
24	Elijah Pitts	GNB	28	HB	14	8	7	9	0	6	1.3	1	0	0	0	0.0	862
25	Donny Anderson	GNB	23	RB	14	0	6	124	1	77	20.7	23	533	0	61	23.2	794
26	Gale Sayers*+	CHI	23	HB	14	13	6	44	0	27	7.3	23	718	2	93	31.2	2440
27	Phil Harris	NYG	22	SS	14	4	5	7	0	5	1.4	22	480	0	55	21.8	487
28	Willie Brown	PHI	24	FL	7	0	5	-1	0	2	-0.2	4	58	0	17	14.5	57
29	Charley Taylor*	WAS	25	HB/LE	14	14	5	63	0	58	12.6	3	98	0	40	32.7	1542
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Jim Todd	DET	23	HB	10	0	5	12	0	10	2.4	3	105	0	49	35.0	123
31	Brady Keys*	PIT	30	RCB	14	13	5	11	0	11	2.2	1	18	0	18	18.0	29
32	Dick Gordon	CHI	22	FL	14	12	4	-5	0	0	-1.3	19	521	0	94	27.4	728
33	Nick Rassas	ATL	22	DB	8	0	4	10	0	6	2.5	8	203	0	32	25.4	213
34	Jeff Williams	MIN	23	HB	3	0	4	-2	0	4	-0.5	3	61	0	26	20.3	61
35	Dave Kopay	SFO	24	RB	14	0	4	28	0	10	7.0	2	20	0	11	10.0	319
36	Billy Gambrell	STL	25	SE	14	3	4	46	0	46	11.5	1	16	0	16	16.0	497
37	Bobby Mitchell	WAS	31	FL	14	13	4	21	0	13	5.3			0			1067
38	Tommy Mason	MIN	27	HB	7	6	3	9	0	6	3.0			0			283
39	Fred Mazurek	WAS	23	WR	12	0	2	9	0	7	4.5	21	505	0	58	24.0	542
40	Bobby Felts	DET	24	HB	10	1	2	20	0	16	10.0	20	392	0	32	19.6	496
41	Jerry Simmons	PIT	24	FL	13	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	10	196	0	38	19.6	264
42	Jim Jackson	SFO	22	HB	10	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	8	162	0	28	20.3	232
43	Jim Young	MIN	23	HB	4	0	2	7	0	6	3.5	5	105	0	25	21.0	112
44	Jim Lindsey	MIN	22	HB	14	4	2	4	0	4	2.0	4	79	0	22	19.8	479
45	Dan Reeves	DAL	22	HB	14	14	2	-1	0	14	-0.5	3	56	0	21	18.7	1369
46	Bob Sherlag	ATL	23	WR	9	2	2	8	0	8	4.0	1	0	0	0	0.0	61
47	Jim Bradshaw	PIT	27	FS	9	6	2	3	0	2	1.5			0			85
48	Tom Brown	GNB	26	FS	14	14	2	0	0	0	0.0			0			26
49	Jack Concannon	PHI	23	QB	11	2	2	3	0	3	1.5			0			205
50	Ted Davis	BAL	24	LB	10	2	2	7	0	4	3.5			0			22
51	Joe Scarpati	PHI	23	FS	14	12	2	-8	0	-3	-4.0			0			187
52	Timmy Brown	PHI	29	HB	13	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	20	562	2	93	28.1	1481
53	Ken Reaves	ATL	22	DB	14	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	4	85	0	28	21.3	103
54	Gerry Allen	BAL	25	RB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	53	0	20	17.7	53
55	Tom Matte	BAL	27	HB	14	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	55	0	31	18.3	743
56	Al Nelson	PHI	23	LCB	13	13	1	3	0	3	3.0	2	34	0	18	17.0	37
57	George Donnelly	SFO	24	FS	7	7	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			16
58	Chuck Howley*+	DAL	30	LLB	14	14	1	30	0	30	30.0			0			127
59	Jerry Logan	BAL	25	SS	14	14	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			16
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Clarence Childs	NYG	28	RCB	14	11			0			34	855	1	90	25.1	918
61	Ollie Matson	PHI	36	HB	14	2			0			26	544	0	31	20.9	675
62	Gary Ballman	PIT	26	LE	13	13			0			20	477	0	70	23.9	1140
63	Walt Garrison	DAL	22	RB	14	0			0			20	445	0	35	22.3	525
64	Lenny Moore	BAL	33	HB	13	8			0			18	453	0	54	25.2	922
65	Cannonball Butler	PIT	23	RB	14	3			0			17	454	1	93	26.7	661
66	Clancy Williams	RAM	24	LCB	14	14			0			15	420	0	81	28.0	517
67	Herb Adderley*+	GNB	27	LCB	14	14			0			14	320	0	65	22.9	445
68	Mike Fitzgerald	MIN	25	DB	9	0			0			14	301	0	30	21.5	319
69	Dan Lewis	NYG	30	HB	13	2			0			13	214	0	37	16.5	465
70	Joe Don Looney	2TM	24	HB	13	1			0			13	265	0	34	20.4	534
71	Tony Lorick	BAL	25	FB	14	11			0			10	214	0	37	21.4	819
72	Charlie Harraway	CLE	22	RB	14	0			0			9	193	0	33	21.4	233
73	Tom Hall	MIN	26	FL	14	5			0			7	141	0	27	20.1	412
74	Bobby Williams	STL	24	DB	14	0			0			7	132	0	34	18.9	132
75	Phil King	MIN	30	FB	14	0			0			6	78	0	26	13.0	142
76	Jimmy Sidle	ATL	23	RB	6	0			0			6	117	0	24	19.5	145
77	Marv Woodson	PIT	25	LCB	14	9			0			6	113	0	20	18.8	204
78	Henry Dyer	RAM	21	RB	8	0			0			5	61	0	21	12.2	61
79	Larry Morris	ATL	33	LB	12	0			0			5	50	0	20	10.0	50
80	Charlie Scales	ATL	28	HB	5	0			0			5	101	0	32	20.2	155
81	Dick Butkus*	CHI	24	MLB	14	14			0			3	32	0	18	10.7	35
82	Mike Curtis	BAL	23	LB	12	5			0			3	64	0	34	21.3	64
83	Ernie Koy	NYG	24	HB	13	7			0			3	20	0	14	6.7	209
84	Gary Lewis	SFO	24	RB	14	0			0			3	65	0	32	21.7	239
85	Ron Rector	2TM	22	RB	10	1			0			3	65	0	24	21.7	114
86	Randy Schultz	CLE	23	RB	14	0			0			3	52	0	23	17.3	84
87	Phil Vandersea	GNB	23	LB	14	0			0			3	50	0	21	16.7	50
88	Bob Baldwin	BAL	23	FB	9	0			0			2	18	0	18	9.0	18
89	Tom Barrington	WAS	22	RB	6	0			0			2	39	0	21	19.5	99
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Barry Brown	BAL	23	LB	10	0			0			2	14	0	11	7.0	21
91	Charlie Bryant	STL	25	RB	4	0			0			2	70	0	49	35.0	101
92	Don Croftcheck	WAS	24	G	12	1			0			2	36	0	21	18.0	36
93	Perry Lee Dunn	ATL	25	RB	14	0			0			2	36	0	22	18.0	128
94	Steve Jackson	WAS	24	LB	14	1			0			2	26	0	25	13.0	26
95	Allen Jacobs	NYG	25	FB	14	4			0			2	18	0	18	9.0	360
96	Mitch Johnson	WAS	24	LT	14	14			0			2	22	0	15	11.0	23
97	Joe Kantor	WAS	24	HB	4	0			0			2	35	0	18	17.5	37
98	Paul Martha	PIT	24	FS	12	9			0			2	39	0	20	19.5	83
99	Ron Medved	PHI	22	DB	14	3			0			2	10	0	10	5.0	10
100	Ralph Neely	DAL	23	RT	14	14			0			2	18	0	13	9.0	18
101	Nick Pietrosante	CLE	29	FB	13	0			0			2	9	0	8	4.5	41
102	Frank Roy	STL	24	G	11	2			0			2	10	0	10	5.0	10
103	Marion Rushing	ATL	30	LLB	14	14			0			2	52	0	35	26.0	57
104	Andy Russell	PIT	25	RLB	14	13			0			2	12	0	7	6.0	12
105	Bill Saul	PIT	26	MLB	14	14			0			2	35	0	22	17.5	56
106	Freeman White	NYG	23	LB/WR	14	4			0			2	14	0	9	7.0	14
107	Fred Whittingham	PHI	27	LB	14	2			0			2	33	0	19	16.5	33
108	Willie Young	NYG	23	LT	14	11			0			2	6	0	6	3.0	6
109	Mike Alford	DET	23	C	12	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
110	Walt Barnes	WAS	22	RDT	14	14			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
111	Randy Beisler	PHI	22	LDE	14	7			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
112	John Campbell	PIT	28	LLB	13	11			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	29
113	Junior Coffey	ATL	24	HB	14	14			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	922
114	Dan Currie	RAM	31	LB	14	1			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	25
115	Roger Davis	NYG	28	RT	10	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
116	Tom Goosby	WAS	27	LG	14	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
117	Wendell Harris	NYG	26	SS	13	11			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	101
118	Alex Hawkins	ATL	29	FL	12	12			0			1	30	0	30	30.0	695
119	Ralph Heck	ATL	25	LB	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	John Hilton	PIT	24	TE	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	603
121	Stan Hindman	SFO	22	DE	14	3			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
122	T.J. Jackson	PHI	23	FL	3	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
123	Chuck Lamson	RAM	27	SS	14	13			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	67
124	Dick Leftridge	PIT	22	FB	4	0			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	27
125	Dave Lince	PHI	22	TE	4	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
126	Mike Lind	PIT	26	FB	6	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	19
127	Dave Long	STL	22	DT	14	2			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	9
128	Bill Martin	ATL	24	TE	14	13			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	330
129	Jerry Mazzanti	DET	26	DE	13	1			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
130	Marlin McKeever*	RAM	26	TE	11	7			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	285
131	Mike Melinkovich	STL	24	DE	10	3			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
132	Ray Ogden	STL	24	TE	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
133	Dave Osborn	MIN	23	RB	14	3			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	507
134	Mel Phillips	SFO	24	DB	11	1			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	20
135	George Rose	MIN	24	RCB	10	5			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	37
136	Lou Slaby	DET	25	LB	13	2			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
137	Ralph Smith	CLE	28	TE	14	4			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	183
138	Milt Sunde*	MIN	24	LG	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
139	Rosey Taylor	CHI	29	FS	14	14			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	24
140	Roy Winston	MIN	26	LLB	12	12			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	12
141	Bill Wolski	ATL	22	FB	2	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	21

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