New York Yankees Career Kick & Punt Returns Leaders

Team Names: New York Yankees

Seasons: 4 (1946 to 1949)

Record (W-L-T): 35-17-2

Playoff Record: 0-3

Super Bowls Won: 0 (0 Appearances)

Championships Won*: 0

All-time Passing Leader: Spec Sanders 204/418, 2,771 yds, 23 TD

All-time Rushing Leader: Spec Sanders 540 att, 2,900 yds, 33 TD

All-time Receiving Leader: Bruce Alford 76 rec, 1,262 yds, 9 TD

All-time Scoring Leader: Spec Sanders 240 points

All-time AV Leader: Frank Perantoni

Winningest Coach: Ray Flaherty 22-8-2

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Kick & Punt Returns

Kick & Punt Returns Table
							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt
1	Spec Sanders	1946	1948	40	TB		36	549	1	75	15.3	44	1205	2	103	27.4
2	Buddy Young	1947	1949	38	RH		19	309	1	0	16.3	35	951	2	95	27.2
3	Bob Perina	1946	1946	13	DB		15	205	0	0	13.7	4	81	0	0	20.3
4	Tom Casey	1948	1948	11	TB		9	229	1	94	25.4	7	170	0	0	24.3
5	Pete Layden	1948	1949	21	TB		36	351	0	0	9.8	9	239	0	28	26.6
6	Ace Parker	1946	1946	12	TB		8	85	0	0	10.6	2	27	0	0	13.5
7	Bob Kennedy	1946	1949	53	B		10	78	0	14	7.8	7	140	0	15	20.0
8	Lou Kusserow	1949	1949	11	LB				0			6	136	0	0	22.7
9	Eddie Prokop	1946	1949	31	FB		11	194	1	77	17.6	12	297	0	0	24.8
10	Bob Sweiger	1946	1948	41	WB		1	14	0	14	14.0	7	118	0	12	16.9
11	Lowell Wagner	1946	1948	34	RDH		2	55	1	40	27.5	4	119	0	0	29.8
12	Tom Landry	1949	1949	12	P		3	52	0	0	17.3	2	39	0	0	19.5
13	Bob Masterson	1946	1946	14	LE				0			5	55	0	0	11.0
14	Otto Schnellbacher	1948	1949	26	DB		9	76	0	0	8.4			0
15	Bill Daley	1948	1948	7	FB				0			4	88	0	0	22.0
16	Sherman Howard	1949	1949	12	RH				0			4	95	0	0	23.8
17	John Sylvester	1947	1947	7	DB		3	37	0	0	12.3	1	25	0	25	25.0
18	Lowell Tew	1948	1949	15	FB				0			4	92	0	17	23.0
19	Lloyd Cheatham	1946	1948	39	BB		1	26	0	26	26.0	2	25	0	18	12.5
20	Al Dekdebrun	1948	1948	4	QB		1	12	0	12	12.0	1	15	0	15	15.0
21	Perry Schwartz	1946	1946	14	LE				0			2	23	0	0	11.5
22	Bruce Alford	1946	1949	51	RE		1	34	1	34	34.0	5	183	1	79	36.6
23	Paul Cleary	1948	1948	13	E				0			1	8	0	8	8.0
24	Mickey Colmer	1949	1949	8	FB				0			1	16	0	16	16.0
25	Van Davis	1947	1949	37	DE				0			1	9	0	9	9.0
26	Noble Doss	1949	1949	4	HB				0			1	22	0	22	22.0
27	Jack Durishan	1947	1947	6	T				0			1	3	0	3	3.0
28	Dan Garza	1949	1949	12	E				0			1	21	0	21	21.0
29	Pug Manders	1946	1946	13	FB				0			1	26	0	26	26.0
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt
30	Barney Poole	1949	1949	11	DE		1	6	0	6	6.0			0
31	Ollie Poole	1947	1947	5	DE		1	5	0	5	5.0			0
32	Harmon Rowe	1947	1949	30	DB		1	12	0	12	12.0	1	18	0	18	18.0
33	Duke Iverson	1948	1949	22	B				0			2	18	0	0	9.0
34	Paul Mitchell	1948	1949	20	DT		1	15	0	15	15.0			0
35	Dewey Proctor	1946	1949	16	FB				0			1	15	0	15	15.0
36	Jack Russell	1946	1949	54	LE				0			4	66	0	0	16.5

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