| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
| 1 | Glenn Dobbs | 27 | LAD | QB | 9 | 3 | 19 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 5 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 | 489 | |
| 2 | Chuck Fenenbock | 29 | LAD | LH | 14 | 12 | 17 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 18 | 452 | 0 | 56 | 25.1 | 1123 | |
| 3 | Dub Jones | 23 | BDA | 8 | 2 | 14 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 7 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 449 | ||
| 4 | Billy Hillenbrand | 25 | BCL | LH | 13 | 13 | 13 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 18 | 466 | 1 | 96 | 25.9 | 1621 | |
| 5 | Chet Mutryn | 26 | BUF | LH | 14 | 14 | 13 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 14.4 | 21 | 691 | 1 | 87 | 32.9 | 1933 | |
| 6 | Joe Vetrano | 29 | SFO | 14 | 2 | 12 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 5 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 23.4 | 265 | ||
| 7 | Monk Gafford | 27 | BDA | HB | 14 | 13 | 11 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 16.9 | 21 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 | 1112 | |
| 8 | Ray Ramsey | 26 | CHR | 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 | Otto Graham | 26 | CLE | QB | 14 | 9 | 10 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | AP-1 | |
| 11 | Earle Parsons | 26 | SFO | 11 | 0 | 10 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 24.8 | 493 | ||
| 12 | Alex Wizbicki | 26 | BUF | 13 | 2 | 9 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 5 | 164 | 1 | 91 | 32.8 | 313 | ||
| 13 | Johnny Strzykalski | 26 | SFO | RH | 14 | 13 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 6 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 1383 | |
| 14 | Buddy Young | 21 | NYY | FB | 14 | 8 | 8 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 15.9 | 12 | 332 | 1 | 95 | 27.7 | 1474 | |
| 15 | Cliff Lewis | 24 | CLE | QB | 13 | 5 | 7 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 17.8 | 240 | |
| 16 | Eddie Prokop | 25 | NYY | FB | 13 | 4 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 7 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 | 726 | |
| 17 | Julie Rykovich | 24 | BUF | RH | 12 | 9 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 12 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 | 869 | |
| 18 | Bob Kennedy | 26 | NYY | 14 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 368 | |||
| 19 | Spec Sanders | 29 | NYY | TB | 14 | 12 | 6 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 22 | 593 | 1 | 92 | 27.0 | 2265 | AP-1 |
| 20 | Tom Colella | 29 | CLE | LH | 14 | 7 | 5 | 113 | 1 | 82 | 22.6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 396 | |
| 21 | Andy Dudish | 29 | BCL | 14 | 4 | 5 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 8 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 465 | ||
| 22 | Rudy Mobley | 26 | BCL | 14 | 2 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 311 | ||
| 23 | Johnny Vardian | 26 | BCL | RH | 14 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 6 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 579 | |
| 24 | Fred Evans | 26 | 2TM | 13 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 397 | ||
| 24 | Fred Evans | 26 | BUF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | ||
| 24 | Fred Evans | 26 | CHR | LH | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 19.9 | 342 | |
| 25 | Ermal Allen | 29 | CLE | 12 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |||
| 26 | Steve Juzwik | 29 | BUF | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 221 | ||
| 27 | Bob Kelly | 22 | LAD | RH | 12 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 450 | |
| 28 | George Koch | 28 | BUF | 13 | 3 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 279 | ||
| 29 | Ned Mathews | 29 | SFO | 12 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 528 | ||
| 30 | Bob Perina | 26 | BDA | 14 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 317 | ||
| 31 | Bill Boedeker | 23 | CLE | 12 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 6 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 584 | ||
| 32 | Harry Clarke | 31 | LAD | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 8 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 490 | ||
| 33 | John Sylvester | 24 | NYY | 7 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 168 | ||
| 34 | Ed Balatti | 23 | SFO | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 122 | ||
| 35 | Ernie Case | 28 | BCL | QB | 14 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 178 | |
| 36 | Elroy Hirsch | 24 | CHR | LH | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 6 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 529 | |
| 37 | Edgar Jones | 27 | CLE | LH | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 620 | |
| 38 | Bill Reinhard | 25 | LAD | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |||
| 39 | Ted Scalissi | 26 | CHR | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 | 301 | ||
| 40 | Wally Yonamine | 22 | SFO | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 7 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 290 | ||
| 41 | Al Akins | 26 | BDA | / | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 5 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 359 | |
| 42 | Bruce Alford | 26 | NYY | RE | 13 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 79 | 45.0 | 423 | AP-1 |
| 43 | Bruno Banducci | 26 | SFO | RG | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 46 | AP-1 |
| 44 | Eddie Carr | 24 | SFO | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 204 | ||
| 45 | Gerry Conlee | 33 | SFO | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 46 | Bill Daley | 28 | CHR | FB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 711 | |
| 47 | Lamar Davis | 26 | BCL | 13 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 618 | ||
| 48 | Jim Dewar | 25 | CLE | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 141 | ||
| 49 | Len Eshmont | 30 | SFO | LH | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 9 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 936 | |
| 50 | Garland Gregory | 28 | SFO | LG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| 51 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 22 | 2TM | TB | 14 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 746 | |
| 51 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 22 | CHR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 17 | |||
| 51 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 22 | BDA | TB | 12 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 729 | ||
| 52 | Vic Kulbitski | 26 | BUF | FB | 13 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 412 | |
| 53 | Walt McDonald | 27 | BDA | BB | 12 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||
| 54 | Bob Nowaskey | 29 | LAD | 14 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | |||
| 55 | Bert Piggott | 27 | LAD | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 360 | ||
| 56 | Ollie Poole | 25 | NYY | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| 57 | Frankie Sinkwich | 27 | BCL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 5 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 23.6 | 344 | ||
| 58 | George Terlep | 24 | BUF | 11 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
| 59 | Ray Terrell | 28 | BCL | RH | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 9 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 275 | |
| 60 | Rupe Thornton | 29 | SFO | 14 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| 61 | Tony Adamle | 23 | CLE | / | 14 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 200 | ||
| 62 | Frankie Albert | 27 | SFO | QB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 202 | AP-2 | |
| 63 | Lee Artoe | 30 | LAD | RT | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||
| 64 | Al Baldwin | 24 | BUF | LE | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 564 | ||
| 65 | Hub Bechtol | 21 | BCL | LE | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 186 | ||
| 66 | Mickey Colmer | 29 | BDA | FB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 845 | ||
| 67 | Al Coppage | 31 | BUF | RE | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 254 | ||
| 68 | Bob Cowan | 24 | CLE | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 296 | |||
| 69 | Lou Daukas | 26 | BDA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | |||
| 70 | Van Davis | 26 | NYY | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 188 | |||
| 71 | Spiro Dellerba | 24 | CLE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 224 | |||
| 72 | Bob Dove | 26 | CHR | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 77 | |||
| 73 | Jack Durishan | 25 | NYY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||
| 74 | Barry French | 25 | BCL | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||
| 75 | John Galvin | 27 | BCL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 34 | |||
| 76 | Frank Gatski | 28 | CLE | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | |||
| 77 | Visco Grgich | 24 | SFO | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | |||
| 78 | Elmore Harris | 25 | BDA | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 327 | |||
| 79 | Harry Hopp | 29 | LAD | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 140 | |||
| 80 | Saxon Judd | 28 | BDA | RE | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 209 | ||
| 81 | John Kimbrough | 29 | LAD | FB | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 939 | ||
| 82 | Chet Kozel | 28 | BUF | LT | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||
| 83 | John Kuzman | 32 | CHR | LT | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||
| 84 | Pat Lahey | 28 | CHR | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 166 | |||
| 85 | Dante Lavelli | 24 | CLE | RE | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 809 | ||
| 86 | Bill Lund | 23 | CLE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 288 | |||
| 87 | Elmer Madar | 27 | BCL | RE | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 67 | ||
| 88 | Lew Mayne | 27 | CLE | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 | 415 | |||
| 89 | Harley McCollum | 31 | CHR | RT | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||
| 90 | Bob Mitchell | 25 | LAD | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 19.8 | 264 | |||
| 91 | Max Morris | 22 | CHR | LE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 252 | ||
| 92 | Marion Motley | 27 | CLE | FB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 24.8 | 1332 | AP-2 | |
| 93 | Charlie O'Rourke | 30 | LAD | QB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 79 | ||
| 94 | Dewey Proctor | 27 | NYY | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 66 | |||
| 95 | Bob Reinhard | 27 | LAD | FB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 226 | ||
| 96 | Harmon Rowe | 24 | NYY | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 35 | |||
| 97 | Jack Russell | 28 | NYY | LE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 467 | ||
| 98 | Bill Schroeder | 24 | CHR | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 304 | |||
| 99 | Norm Standlee | 28 | SFO | FB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 631 | ||
| 100 | Bob Sweiger | 28 | NYY | WB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 215 | ||
| 101 | Lou Tomasetti | 31 | BUF | FB | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 569 | ||
| 102 | Buzz Trebotich | 27 | BCL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 13 | |||
| 103 | John Woudenberg | 29 | SFO | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | AP-2 | |
| 104 | John Yonakor | 26 | CLE | RE | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95 | ||
| League Average | 13.4 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
| 1 | Cliff Lewis | 24 | CLE | QB | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||
| 2 | Buddy Young | 21 | NYY | FB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 25.5 | 149 | |
| 3 | Marion Motley | 27 | CLE | FB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | ||
| 4 | Eddie Prokop | 25 | NYY | FB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| 5 | Ermal Allen | 29 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Tom Colella | 29 | CLE | LH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 42 | ||
| 7 | Spec Sanders | 29 | NYY | TB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 72 | ||
| League Average | 5.9 | 21.8 | ||||||||||||||||
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