| 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 | 25 | CLE | 14 | 0 | 26 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 7 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 552 | ||
| 2 | Herm Wedemeyer | 24 | LAD | WB | 14 | 10 | 23 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 | 1187 | |
| 3 | Jim Cason | 21 | SFO | RH | 13 | 5 | 22 | 309 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 10 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 812 | |
| 4 | Billy Hillenbrand | 26 | BCL | LH | 14 | 13 | 18 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 16 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 2067 | |
| 5 | Chuck Fenenbock | 30 | CHR | LH | 13 | 5 | 17 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 14 | 311 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 765 | |
| 6 | Rex Bumgardner | 25 | BUF | 13 | 3 | 16 | 336 | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 9 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 629 | ||
| 7 | Bill Reinhard | 26 | LAD | 14 | 1 | 16 | 276 | 1 | 87 | 17.3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 448 | ||
| 8 | Monk Gafford | 28 | BDA | WB | 12 | 6 | 14 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 23 | 559 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 1014 | |
| 9 | Spec Sanders | 30 | NYY | TB | 13 | 9 | 13 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 9 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 1128 | |
| 10 | Johnny Strzykalski | 27 | SFO | RH | 14 | 13 | 13 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 9 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 1807 | AP-2 |
| 11 | Chet Mutryn | 27 | BUF | LH | 14 | 14 | 10 | 171 | 1 | 88 | 17.1 | 19 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 2288 | AP-2 |
| 12 | Tom Casey | 24 | NYY | 11 | 0 | 9 | 229 | 1 | 94 | 25.4 | 7 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 474 | ||
| 13 | Jake Leicht | 29 | BCL | 14 | 1 | 8 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 535 | ||
| 14 | Pete Layden | 29 | NYY | TB | 9 | 4 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 8 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 26.4 | 914 | |
| 15 | Eddie Prokop | 26 | CHR | RH | 9 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 15 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 892 | |
| 16 | Lee Tevis | 28 | BDA | FB | 14 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 91 | |
| 17 | Tom Colella | 30 | CLE | 13 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | |||
| 18 | Tommy James | 25 | CLE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | |||
| 19 | Ray Ramsey | 27 | BDA | WB | 11 | 6 | 5 | 82 | 1 | 70 | 16.4 | 10 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 724 | |
| 20 | Otto Schnellbacher | 25 | NYY | 14 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 | |||
| 21 | Aubrey Fowler | 28 | BCL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 87 | ||
| 22 | Forrest Hall | 27 | SFO | LH | 14 | 5 | 3 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 13 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 28.4 | 966 | |
| 23 | Verl Lillywhite | 22 | SFO | 14 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 406 | |||
| 24 | Bob Livingstone | 26 | CHR | LH | 13 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 23.4 | 649 | |
| 25 | Lin Sexton | 22 | LAD | 11 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 165 | ||
| 26 | Johnny Vardian | 27 | BCL | 12 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 139 | ||
| 27 | Alex Wizbicki | 27 | BUF | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |||
| 28 | Bill Boedeker | 24 | CLE | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 560 | ||
| 29 | Paul Crowe | 24 | SFO | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 182 | ||
| 30 | Elroy Hirsch | 25 | CHR | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 290 | ||
| 31 | Lew Mayne | 28 | BCL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 144 | ||
| 32 | Bob Perina | 27 | CHR | 13 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 167 | ||
| 33 | Bob Pfohl | 22 | BCL | RH | 14 | 14 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 17 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 1057 | |
| 34 | John Sylvester | 25 | BCL | 12 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| 35 | Buddy Young | 22 | NYY | FB | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 12 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 818 | |
| 36 | Harry Clarke | 32 | 2TM | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 13.5 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 17 | 24.0 | 240 | ||
| 36 | Harry Clarke | 32 | LAD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 74 | ||
| 36 | Harry Clarke | 32 | CHR | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 166 | ||
| 37 | Carl Allen | 28 | BDA | 13 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | |||
| 38 | Bob Bryant | 30 | SFO | LT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 39 | Bob Chappuis | 25 | BDA | TB | 13 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 373 | |
| 40 | Lamar Davis | 27 | BCL | LE | 14 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 885 | ||
| 41 | Al Dekdebrun | 27 | NYY | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 67 | ||
| 42 | Bill Gompers | 20 | BUF | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 365 | ||
| 43 | Otto Graham | 27 | CLE | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | AP-1 | |
| 44 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 23 | BDA | TB | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 888 | |
| 45 | Bob Kennedy | 27 | NYY | 14 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 196 | ||
| 46 | Chick Maggioli | 26 | BUF | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 95 | ||
| 47 | Bob Reinhard | 28 | LAD | LT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 149 | AP-1 |
| 48 | Harmon Rowe | 25 | NYY | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| 49 | Julie Rykovich | 25 | 2TM | 12 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 7 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 713 | ||
| 49 | Julie Rykovich | 25 | BUF | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 290 | |||
| 49 | Julie Rykovich | 25 | CHR | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 423 | ||
| 50 | Don Schneider | 25 | BUF | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 165 | ||
| 51 | Bob Smith | 23 | BUF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||
| 52 | George Strohmeyer | 24 | BDA | C | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | AP-2 | |
| 53 | Doyle Tackett | 25 | BDA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 54 | Joe Aguirre | 30 | LAD | LE | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 609 | ||
| 55 | Graham Armstrong | 30 | BUF | LT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||
| 56 | Hub Bechtol | 22 | BCL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 29 | ||||
| 57 | Jim Camp | 24 | BDA | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 167 | |||
| 58 | Eddie Carr | 25 | SFO | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 321 | |||
| 59 | Lloyd Cheatham | 29 | NYY | BB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 95 | ||
| 60 | Walt Clay | 24 | LAD | FB | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 492 | ||
| 61 | Paul Cleary | 26 | NYY | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 45 | |||
| 62 | Ollie Cline | 23 | CLE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 184 | |||
| 63 | Mickey Colmer | 30 | BDA | FB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 | 1239 | ||
| 64 | Bob Cowan | 25 | CLE | RH | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 417 | ||
| 65 | Bill Daley | 29 | NYY | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 221 | |||
| 66 | Spiro Dellerba | 25 | BCL | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 30 | |||
| 67 | Glenn Dobbs | 28 | LAD | TB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 620 | ||
| 68 | Jeff Durkota | 25 | LAD | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 294 | |||
| 69 | Dan Edwards | 22 | BDA | RE | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 197 | ||
| 70 | Len Eshmont | 31 | SFO | LH | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 542 | ||
| 71 | Len Ford | 22 | LAD | RE | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 622 | ||
| 72 | Lu Gambino | 25 | BCL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 279 | |||
| 73 | Dub Garrett | 23 | BCL | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||
| 74 | Horace Gillom | 27 | CLE | RE | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 305 | ||
| 75 | Mike Graham | 25 | LAD | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 236 | |||
| 76 | Amos Harris | 27 | BDA | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||
| 77 | Bob Jensen | 23 | CHR | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 286 | |||
| 78 | Dub Jones | 24 | CLE | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 303 | |||
| 79 | Bill Kellagher | 28 | CHR | FB | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 151 | ||
| 80 | John Kerns | 25 | BUF | RT | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | ||
| 81 | John Kimbrough | 30 | LAD | FB | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 374 | ||
| 82 | Fay King | 26 | CHR | RE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 658 | ||
| 83 | Ray Kuffel | 27 | CHR | LE | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 381 | ||
| 84 | Vic Kulbitski | 27 | BUF | FB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 207 | ||
| 85 | Dante Lavelli | 25 | CLE | RE | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 472 | ||
| 86 | Hugo Marcolini | 25 | BDA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 82 | |||
| 87 | Jim Mello | 28 | CHR | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 311 | |||
| 88 | Bus Mertes | 29 | BCL | FB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 751 | ||
| 89 | Max Morris | 23 | BDA | LE | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 386 | ||
| 90 | Marion Motley | 28 | CLE | FB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 1493 | AP-1 | |
| 91 | Johnny Naumu | 29 | LAD | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 | 131 | |||
| 92 | Bill O'Connor | 22 | BUF | RE | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 | ||
| 93 | Dick Ottele | 22 | LAD | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 58 | |||
| 94 | Ara Parseghian | 25 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 263 | |||
| 95 | Joe Perry | 21 | SFO | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 145 | 1 | 87 | 36.3 | 810 | |||
| 96 | Floyd Simmons | 23 | CHR | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 258 | |||
| 97 | Mac Speedie | 28 | CLE | LE | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 836 | AP-1 | |
| 98 | Norm Standlee | 29 | SFO | FB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 293 | ||
| 99 | Bob Steuber | 27 | BUF | RH | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 574 | ||
| 100 | Bob Sullivan | 24 | BDA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 21 | |||
| 101 | Bob Sullivan | 25 | SFO | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 225 | |||
| 102 | Nick Susoeff | 27 | SFO | LE | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 249 | ||
| 103 | Bob Sweiger | 29 | NYY | WB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 136 | ||
| 104 | Lowell Tew | 21 | NYY | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 267 | |||
| 105 | Lou Tomasetti | 32 | BUF | FB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 943 | ||
| 106 | Joe Vetrano | 30 | SFO | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 | 143 | |||
| 107 | Morrie Warren | 25 | BDA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 37 | |||
| 108 | Windell Williams | 25 | BCL | RE | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 380 | ||
| League Average | 13.7 | 21.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 25 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Tom Colella | 30 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Billy Hillenbrand | 26 | BCL | LH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 115 | |
| 4 | Jake Leicht | 29 | BCL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 96 | ||
| 5 | George Terlep | 25 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Dub Jones | 24 | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 46.0 | 81 | |||
| 7 | Marion Motley | 28 | CLE | FB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 166 | ||
| 8 | Chet Mutryn | 27 | BUF | LH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 31 | ||
| 9 | Don Schneider | 25 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 27 | 16.5 | 37 | |||
| League Average | 9.2 | 19.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Bold season totals indicate player led league.
Black Ink appears for stats with a leaderboard.

We're Social...for Statheads
Site Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 6:06AM
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.