1947 AAFC Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Cleveland Browns

Passing Leader: Otto Graham, 2753 Yds

Rushing Leader: Spec Sanders, 1432 Yds

Receiving Leader: Mac Speedie, 1146 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	Glenn Dobbs	2TM	27	QB	11	3	19	215	0	0	11.3	5	119	0	0	23.8	530
2	Chuck Fenenbock	LAD	29	LH	14	12	17	210	0	0	12.4	18	452	0	56	25.1	1123
3	Dub Jones	BDA	23		8	2	14	157	0	0	11.2	7	121	0	0	17.3	449
4	Chet Mutryn	BUF	26	LH	14	14	13	187	0	0	14.4	21	691	1	87	32.9	1933
5	Billy Hillenbrand	BCL	25	LH	13	13	13	201	0	0	15.5	18	466	1	96	25.9	1621
6	Joe Vetrano	SFO	29		14	2	12	137	0	0	11.4	5	117	0	0	23.4	265
7	Monk Gafford	BDA	27	HB	14	13	11	186	0	0	16.9	21	565	0	0	26.9	1112
8	Ray Ramsey	CHR	26	RH	14	10	11	131	0	0	11.9	16	406	0	0	25.4	1804
9	Bill Bass	CHR			14	3	10	85	0	0	8.5	12	264	0	0	22.0	576
10	Earle Parsons	SFO	26		11	0	10	106	0	0	10.6	4	99	0	0	24.8	493
11	Otto Graham+	CLE	26	QB	14	9	10	121	0	0	12.1			0			193
12	Alex Wizbicki	BUF	26		13	2	9	105	0	0	11.7	5	164	1	91	32.8	313
13	Buddy Young	NYY	21	FB	14	8	8	127	1	0	15.9	12	332	1	95	27.7	1474
14	Johnny Strzykalski	SFO	26	RH	14	13	8	70	0	0	8.8	6	124	0	0	20.7	1383
15	Julie Rykovich	BUF	24	RH	12	9	7	93	0	0	13.3	12	257	0	0	21.4	869
16	Eddie Prokop	NYY	25	FB	13	4	7	78	0	0	11.1	7	188	0	0	26.9	726
17	Cliff Lewis	CLE	24	QB	13	5	7	84	0	0	12.0	4	71	0	0	17.8	240
18	Spec Sanders+	NYY	29	TB	14	12	6	164	0	0	27.3	22	593	1	92	27.0	2265
19	Bob Kennedy	NYY	26		14	1	6	44	0	0	7.3			0			368
20	Fred Evans	2TM	26	LH	13	6	5	30	0	0	6.0	9	159	0	0	17.7	397
21	Andy Dudish	BCL	29		14	4	5	121	0	0	24.2	8	184	0	0	23.0	465
22	Johnny Vardian	BCL	26	RH	14	5	5	66	0	0	13.2	6	128	0	0	21.3	579
23	Tom Colella	CLE	29	LH	14	7	5	113	1	82	22.6	1	13	0	13	13.0	396
24	Rudy Mobley	BCL	26		14	2	5	74	0	0	14.8	1	18	0	18	18.0	311
25	Bob Kelly	LAD	22	RH	12	8	4	69	0	0	17.3	3	61	0	0	20.3	450
26	Bob Perina	BDA	26		14	4	4	27	0	0	6.8	3	67	0	0	22.3	317
27	Ned Mathews	SFO	29		12	0	4	44	0	0	11.0	2	46	0	0	23.0	528
28	Steve Juzwik	BUF	29		10	3	4	36	0	0	9.0	1	20	0	20	20.0	221
29	George Koch	BUF	28		13	3	4	84	0	0	21.0	1	12	0	12	12.0	279
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Ermal Allen	CLE	29		12	0	4	28	0	0	7.0			0			102
31	Harry Clarke	LAD	31		12	3	3	38	0	0	12.7	8	225	0	0	28.1	490
32	Bill Boedeker	CLE	23		12	3	3	82	0	0	27.3	6	133	0	0	22.2	584
33	John Sylvester	NYY	24		7	0	3	37	0	0	12.3	1	25	0	25	25.0	168
34	Ted Scalissi	CHR	26		10	1	2	26	0	0	13.0	8	171	0	0	21.4	301
35	Wally Yonamine	SFO	22		12	3	2	29	0	0	14.5	7	127	0	0	18.1	290
36	Elroy Hirsch	CHR	24	LH	5	4	2	24	0	0	12.0	6	172	0	0	28.7	529
37	Ernie Case	BCL	28	QB	14	10	2	18	0	0	9.0	4	104	0	0	26.0	178
38	Edgar Jones	CLE	27	LH	9	5	2	37	0	0	18.5	2	48	0	0	24.0	620
39	Ed Balatti	SFO	23		14	3	2	8	1	4	4.0	1	16	0	16	16.0	122
40	Bill Reinhard	LAD	25		8	0	2	22	0	0	11.0			0			31
41	Len Eshmont	SFO	30	LH	13	13	1	3	0	3	3.0	9	177	0	0	19.7	936
42	Ray Terrell	2TM	28	RH	13	6	1	18	0	18	18.0	9	204	0	0	22.7	303
43	Bill Daley	CHR	28	FB	14	12	1	3	0	3	3.0	7	145	0	0	20.7	711
44	Al Akins	BDA	26	/	13	3	1	17	0	17	17.0	5	131	0	0	26.2	359
45	Bert Piggott	LAD	27		13	2	1	7	0	7	7.0	5	120	0	0	24.0	360
46	Frankie Sinkwich	2TM	27		11	3	1	15	0	15	15.0	5	118	0	0	23.6	377
47	Bruce Alford+	NYY	26	RE	13	13	1	34	1	34	34.0	2	90	1	79	45.0	423
48	Eddie Carr	SFO	24		10	0	1	20	0	20	20.0	2	42	0	0	21.0	204
49	Lamar Davis	BCL	26		13	2	1	33	0	33	33.0	2	44	0	0	22.0	618
50	Bruno Banducci+	SFO	26	RG	10	8	1	19	0	19	19.0	1	27	0	27	27.0	46
51	Jim Dewar	CLE	25		10	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	1	25	0	25	25.0	141
52	Bob Hoernschemeyer	2TM	22	TB	14	7	1	19	0	19	19.0	1	11	0	11	11.0	746
53	Vic Kulbitski	BUF	26	FB	13	7	1	13	0	13	13.0	1	19	0	19	19.0	412
54	Gerry Conlee	SFO	33		13	1	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			1
55	Garland Gregory	SFO	28	LG	14	14	1	31	0	31	31.0			0			31
56	Walt McDonald	BDA	27	BB	12	10	1	19	0	19	19.0			0			50
57	Bob Nowaskey	LAD	29		14	1	1	22	0	22	22.0			0			143
58	Ollie Poole	NYY	25		5	0	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			24
59	George Terlep	BUF	24		11	1	1	17	0	17	17.0			0			28
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Rupe Thornton	SFO	29		14	0	1	32	0	32	32.0			0			32
61	Elmore Harris	BDA	25		10	2			0			14	329	0	0	23.5	327
62	Marion Motley	CLE	27	FB	14	12			0			13	322	0	0	24.8	1332
63	Bob Mitchell	LAD	25		12	3			0			6	119	0	0	19.8	264
64	Lew Mayne	CLE	27		13	4			0			5	102	0	0	20.4	415
65	Bill Schroeder	CHR	24		12	3			0			5	92	0	0	18.4	304
66	John Kimbrough	LAD	29	FB	14	5			0			4	96	0	0	24.0	939
67	Jack Russell	NYY	28	LE	14	14			0			4	66	0	0	16.5	467
68	Lou Tomasetti	BUF	31	FB	13	6			0			4	74	0	0	18.5	569
69	Mickey Colmer	BDA	29	FB	14	10			0			3	77	0	0	25.7	845
70	Bob Cowan	CLE	24		10	1			0			3	55	0	0	18.3	296
71	Bob Reinhard	LAD	27	FB	14	11			0			3	42	0	0	14.0	226
72	Norm Standlee	SFO	28	FB	14	12			0			3	24	0	0	8.0	631
73	Al Coppage	BUF	31	RE	13	10			0			2	28	0	0	14.0	254
74	John Galvin	BCL	27		13	1			0			2	38	0	0	19.0	34
75	Saxon Judd	BDA	28	RE	14	10			0			2	5	0	0	2.5	209
76	Pat Lahey	CHR	28		13	4			0			2	18	0	0	9.0	166
77	Bill Lund	CLE	23		8	0			0			2	37	0	0	18.5	288
78	Tony Adamle	CLE	23	/	14	1	0	36	0	36		1	22	0	22	22.0	200
79	Frankie Albert	SFO	27	QB	14	9			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	202
80	Lee Artoe	LAD	30	RT	14	6			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
81	Al Baldwin	BUF	24	LE	14	5			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	564
82	Hub Bechtol	BCL	21	LE	14	12			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	186
83	Lou Daukas	BDA	26		4	0			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	2
84	Van Davis	NYY	26		13	0			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	188
85	Spiro Dellerba	CLE	24		8	0			0			1	34	0	34	34.0	224
86	Bob Dove	CHR	26		13	3			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	77
87	Jack Durishan	NYY	25		6	1			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	3
88	Barry French	BCL	25	LG	14	14			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
89	Frank Gatski	CLE	28		12	3			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Visco Grgich	SFO	24		14	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	21
91	Harry Hopp	LAD	29		9	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	140
92	Chet Kozel	BUF	28	LT	12	9			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
93	John Kuzman	CHR	32	LT	13	7			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	7
94	Dante Lavelli	CLE	24	RE	13	6			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	809
95	Elmer Madar	BCL	27	RE	9	6			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	67
96	Harley McCollum	CHR	31	RT	13	9			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	9
97	Max Morris	CHR	22	LE	14	8			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	252
98	Charlie O'Rourke	LAD	30	QB	14	9			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	79
99	Dewey Proctor	NYY	27		11	1			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	66
100	Harmon Rowe	NYY	24		10	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	35
101	Bob Sweiger	NYY	28	WB	14	11			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	215
102	Buzz Trebotich	BCL	27		2	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	13
103	John Woudenberg	SFO	29	RT	14	14			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
104	John Yonakor	CLE	26	RE	14	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	95

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