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1947 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Chicago Cardinals

Passing Leader: Sammy Baugh, 2938 Yds

Rushing Leader: Steve Van Buren, 1008 Yds

Receiving Leader: Mal Kutner, 944 Yds

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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	Walt Slater	PIT	27	TB	11	8	28	435	0	33	15.5	22	480	0	39	21.8	1127
2	Tom Harmon	RAM	28		12	1	27	392	1	88	14.5	9	208	0	34	23.1	1131
3	Frank Reagan	NYG	28		10	4	27	182	0	35	6.7	2	34	0	20	17.0	441
4	Eddie Saenz	WAS	25	LH	12	6	24	308	0	30	12.8	29	797	2	94	27.5	1846
5	Bosh Pritchard	PHI	28	RH	11	5	24	271	0	30	11.3	8	148	0	27	18.5	1040
6	George McAfee	CHI	29	RH	12	0	18	261	0	35	14.5	1	23	0	23	23.0	1034
7	Herm Rohrig	GNB	29		7	3	18	213	0	28	11.8			0			313
8	Noah Mullins	CHI	29		12	2	13	153	0	50	11.8			0			314
9	Frank Seno	BOS	26	RH	11	10	12	213	1	86	17.8	27	636	0	79	23.6	1300
10	Bill Dudley	DET	26	LH	9	8	11	182	1	84	16.5	15	359	0	78	23.9	1322
11	Jim Gillette	GNB	30		10	1	11	168	0	26	15.3	3	66	0	29	22.0	665
12	Ernie Steele	PHI	30	LH	12	5	11	183	0	42	16.6	2	17	0	14	8.5	499
13	Tony Canadeo	GNB	28	LH	12	6	10	111	0	24	11.1	15	312	0	35	20.8	889
14	Red Cochran	CRD	25		12	3	10	147	0	31	14.7	4	46	0	17	11.5	372
15	Joe Watt	2TM	28		9	4	10	143	0	28	14.3	4	68	0	24	17.0	354
16	Pat McHugh	PHI	28		9	1	10	156	1	69	15.6	3	50	0	30	16.7	445
17	Charley Trippi	CRD	26	LH	11	9	8	141	0	24	17.6	15	321	0	33	21.4	1162
18	Billy deCorrevont	CRD	29		12	2	8	61	0	12	7.6	7	102	0	32	14.6	364
19	Joe Golding	BOS	26	LH	12	7	7	63	0	33	9.0	9	173	0	29	19.2	465
20	George Franck	NYG	29		7	0	6	60	0	35	10.0	7	121	0	40	17.3	539
21	Gonzalo Morales	PIT	25		8	1	6	88	0	20	14.7	5	113	0	27	22.6	302
22	Clyde LeForce	DET	24	QB	9	2	6	78	0	36	13.0	4	98	0	36	24.5	332
23	Gil Steinke	PHI	28		6	3	6	69	0	30	11.5	1	2	0	2	2.0	228
24	George Cheverko	NYG	27		9	1	5	88	0	32	17.6	7	135	0	28	19.3	640
25	Paul White	PIT	26		11	1	5	50	0	14	10.0	3	50	0	26	16.7	262
26	Ray McLean	CHI	32		12	0	5	58	0	24	11.6	2	35	0	20	17.5	288
27	Dick Todd	WAS	33	QB	11	7	4	48	0	19	12.0	9	189	0	48	21.0	425
28	Les Horvath	RAM	26		10	1	4	29	0	15	7.3	3	58	0	25	19.3	184
29	Fred Gehrke	RAM	29	LH	11	8	4	112	1	66	28.0	2	29	0	21	14.5	464
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Dave Brown	NYG	27	WB	7	6	4	22	0	14	5.5	1	30	0	30	30.0	75
31	Pete Kmetovic	DET	28		11	1	3	26	0	19	8.7	4	62	0	29	15.5	254
32	Dick Poillon	WAS	27	QB	12	10	3	37	0	24	12.3	4	23	0	12	5.8	442
33	Kenny Washington	RAM	29		11	2	3	44	0	23	14.7	2	52	0	27	26.0	580
34	Tommy Mont	WAS	25		4	0	3	37	0	19	12.3			0			65
35	Ed Cody	GNB	24		10	0	2	30	0	20	15.0	10	269	0	39	26.9	564
36	Bob Nussbaumer	WAS	23		12	1	2	15	0	13	7.5	8	154	0	25	19.3	902
37	Joe Margucci	DET	26		11	4	2	23	0	13	11.5	5	94	0	23	18.8	339
38	Jack Banta	RAM	30	RH	12	8	2	19	0	15	9.5	2	50	0	31	25.0	473
39	Steve Bagarus	RAM	28		2	0	2	18	0	13	9.0	1	11	0	11	11.0	75
40	Bob Fenimore	CHI	22		10	0	2	16	0	9	8.0			0			507
41	Frank Maznicki	BOS	27		12	1	2	48	0	48	24.0			0			320
42	George Gulyanics	CHI	26		12	4	1	7	0	7	7.0	5	124	0	40	24.8	401
43	Bill Paschal	2TM	26		12	4	1	11	0	11	11.0	5	103	0	30	20.6	448
44	John Poto	BOS	21		6	1	1	12	0	12	12.0	4	99	0	40	24.8	138
45	Bob Sullivan	PIT	23		3	1	1	10	0	10	10.0	4	86	0	26	21.5	236
46	Elmer Madarik	DET	25	RH	8	5	1	7	0	7	7.0	3	49	0	19	16.3	160
47	Bruce Smith	GNB	27	LH	10	6	1	22	0	22	22.0	3	61	0	23	20.3	421
48	Jim Blumenstock	NYG	29		10	3	1	8	0	8	8.0	2	77	0	42	38.5	268
49	Ted Cook	DET	25	LE	11	5	1	10	0	10	10.0	2	14	0	7	7.0	135
50	Bob Forte	GNB	25	RH	12	10	1	15	0	15	15.0	2	28	0	23	14.0	344
51	Pete Pihos	PHI	24	RE	12	12	1	26	1	26	26.0	1	17	0	17	17.0	431
52	Gil Bouley	RAM	26	RT	12	10	1	24	0	24	24.0			0			65
53	Irv Comp	GNB	28		12	1	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			106
54	Russ Craft	PHI	28		10	4	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			70
55	Marshall Goldberg	CRD	30	RH	12	10	1	21	0	21	21.0			0			228
56	Jack Jacobs	GNB	28	QB	12	8	1	4	0	4	4.0			0			132
57	Tommy James	DET	24		2	0	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			1
58	Merv Pregulman	DET	25	C	12	9	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			18
59	Vic Sears	PHI	29	LT	7	5	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			6
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Bob Waterfield	RAM	27	QB	12	8	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			75
61	Walt Williams	BOS	28		10	3	1	14	0	14	14.0			0			16
62	Steve Van Buren+	PHI	27	LH	12	7			0			13	382	1	95	29.4	1465
63	Frank Minini	CHI	26	RH	12	9			0			11	261	0	35	23.7	421
64	Babe Dimancheff	CRD	25		12	2			0			10	180	0	28	18.0	734
65	Don Kindt	CHI	22	LH	12	11			0			10	220	0	45	22.0	541
66	Howie Livingston	NYG	25	WB	10	8			0			9	203	0	34	22.6	632
67	Gene Roberts	NYG	24		9	0			0			8	141	0	23	17.6	495
68	Jack Ferrante	PHI	31	LE	11	10			0			7	99	0	34	14.1	440
69	Dante Magnani	RAM	30		12	3			0			6	186	0	75	31.0	421
70	Ted Fritsch	GNB	27	FB	12	12			0			5	100	0	25	20.0	359
71	Tom Farmer	WAS	26	RH	10	6			0			4	118	0	36	29.5	311
72	Neill Armstrong	PHI	21		12	1			0			3	38	0	15	12.7	235
73	Mel Bleeker	RAM	27		11	4			0			3	50	0	20	16.7	198
74	Steve Lach	PIT	27	FB	12	8			0			3	59	0	26	19.7	508
75	Joe Muha	PHI	26	FB	12	9			0			3	55	0	24	18.3	174
76	Bill Osmanski	CHI	32		4	0			0			3	67	0	28	22.3	104
77	Rudy Romboli	BOS	24	FB	12	9			0			3	64	0	25	21.3	158
78	Charlie Seabright	PIT	29	BB	12	12			0			3	23	0	11	7.7	123
79	Camp Wilson	DET	25	FB	12	7			0			3	46	0	18	15.3	558
80	Elmer Angsman	CRD	22	RH	12	1			0			2	17	0	11	8.5	559
81	Don Avery	WAS	26		10	4			0			2	24	0	17	12.0	24
82	Bob Cifers	PIT	27		10	4			0			2	30	0	16	15.0	476
83	Ed Cifers	CHI	31		11	3			0			2	33	0	18	16.5	101
84	Jake Colhouer	CRD	25		12	2			0			2	16	0	10	8.0	16
85	Tony Compagno	PIT	26		12	4			0			2	32	0	17	16.0	511
86	Tex Coulter	NYG	23	LE	12	12			0			2	16	0	12	8.0	123
87	Gerry Cowhig	RAM	26		8	4			0			2	29	0	16	14.5	145
88	Art Faircloth	NYG	26		3	0			0			2	62	0	37	31.0	71
89	Hugh Gallarneau	CHI	30		12	4			0			2	43	0	30	21.5	197
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	John Greene	DET	27	LE	12	6			0			2	19	0	10	9.5	640
91	Mike Holovak	CHI	28		12	3			0			2	47	0	24	23.5	447
92	Val Jansante	PIT	27	LE	12	8			0			2	42	0	21	21.0	648
93	Nolan Luhn	GNB	26	RE	12	9			0			2	30	0	18	15.0	730
94	Art Macioszczyk	PHI	27		11	2			0			2	36	0	18	18.0	161
95	Ken Reese	DET	26		4	0			0			2	40	0	25	20.0	41
96	Sal Rosato	WAS	29	FB	11	5			0			2	36	0	20	18.0	440
97	Allen Smith	CHI	25	LE	12	5			0			2	18	0	15	9.0	18
98	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	26	BB	11	10			0			2	23	0	14	11.5	94
99	Bob Westfall	DET	28		12	3			0			2	27	0	21	13.5	178
100	Tony Bova	PIT	30		10	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
101	Johnny Clement	PIT	28	TB	10	4			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	700
102	Joe Coomer	CRD	30		12	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
103	Bob Davis	PIT	26	RE	11	11			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	148
104	Bill Garnaas	PIT	26		10	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	161
105	Sam Goldman	BOS	31	LE	12	6			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	16
106	Clyde Goodnight	GNB	23	LE	11	8			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	599
107	John Grigas	BOS	27		9	2			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	72
108	Ray Hamilton	RAM	31	RE	12	5			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	203
109	Bill Hillman	DET	26		2	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	40
110	Bob Hoffman	RAM	30		10	4			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	207
111	Duke Iverson	NYG	27	BB	8	5			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	43
112	Mike Jarmoluk	CHI	25		12	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	33
113	Harvey Jones	WAS	26		4	0			0			1	30	0	30	30.0	30
114	Ben Kish	PHI	30	FB	12	8			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	58
115	Mike Lazetich	RAM	26		11	2			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	1
116	Frank Liebel	NYG	28		11	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	270
117	Paul Lipscomb	GNB	24	RT	12	10			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	2
118	Howard Maley	BOS	26		12	0			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	155
119	Bob McClure	BOS	23		10	3			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Bill Miklich	NYG	28		7	1			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	-2
121	Kelley Mote	DET	24		12	1			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	197
122	Jerry Niles	NYG	28		4	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	36
123	Gordon Paschka	NYG	27		6	0			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	157
124	Jim Peebles	WAS	27	RT	12	11			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	39
125	Ralph Ruthstrom	WAS	26		2	1			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	10
126	Vic Schwall	CRD	22		11	0			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	53
127	Charles Smith	CRD	23		7	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	36
128	John Steber	WAS	24	LG	12	9			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
129	Steve Sucic	2TM	26		8	1			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	41
130	Frank Szymanski	DET	24		12	3			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
131	Doug Turley	WAS	29		12	3			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	108
132	Pat West	RAM	24	FB	12	5			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	207
133	George Wilde	WAS	24		9	2			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	63
134	Ernie Williamson	WAS	25	LT	9	3			0			1	28	0	28	28.0	28
135	Jack Zilly	RAM	26	LE	12	7			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	85

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