1951 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

Passing Leader: Bobby Layne, 2403 Yds

Rushing Leader: Eddie Price, 971 Yds

Receiving Leader: Elroy Hirsch, 1495 Yds

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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	Emlen Tunnell*+	NYG	26	LDH	12	12	34	489	3	81	14.4	6	227	1	100	37.8	797
2	Bill Dudley*	WAS	30	LH	12	12	22	172	0	27	7.8	11	248	0	37	22.5	1125
3	Joe Arenas	SFO	26	HB	12	0	21	272	0	51	13.0	21	542	0	49	25.8	1009
4	Don Paul	CRD	25	LH/RDH	12	12	19	143	0	23	7.5	15	424	0	57	28.3	1264
5	Al Pollard	2TM	23	HB	12	1	18	148	0	23	8.2	19	464	0	45	24.4	781
6	Jack Christiansen	DET	23	FS	12	12	18	343	4	89	19.1	11	270	0	45	24.5	718
7	Howard Hartley	PIT	27	RDH	12	12	18	156	0	35	8.7	1	14	0	14	14.0	239
8	Billy Grimes*	GNB	24	RH	12	11	16	100	0	26	6.3	23	582	0	47	25.3	975
9	Ray Mathews	PIT	22	WB	12	4	15	231	1	68	15.4	13	327	0	40	25.2	595
10	Glenn Davis	RAM	27	LHB	11	4	15	85	0	31	5.7	9	179	0	33	19.9	566
11	Ken Carpenter*	CLE	25	LH	11	11	14	173	0	49	12.4	9	196	0	48	21.8	954
12	Dan Sandifer	PHI	24	DB	12	1	14	137	0	26	9.8	8	147	0	40	18.4	461
13	Billy Stone	CHI	26	SS	12	12	14	120	0	58	8.6	5	108	0	30	21.6	691
14	J.R. Boone	CHI	26	HB	10	0	14	113	0	23	8.1			0			239
15	Cliff Lewis	CLE	28	S	12	12	14	48	0	11	3.4			0			84
16	Wilford White	CHI	23	HB	6	2	14	131	0	29	9.4			0			262
17	Jim Cason*	SFO	24	SS	12	12	13	115	0	20	8.8	10	196	0	41	19.6	471
18	Vitamin Smith	RAM	28	RH	12	9	12	139	0	37	11.6	15	274	0	36	18.3	834
19	Buddy Young	NYY	25	LH	12	9	12	231	1	79	19.3	14	427	1	90	30.5	1331
20	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	26	WB	12	8	12	55	0	20	4.6	12	390	0	55	32.5	1217
21	Bosh Pritchard	2TM	32	HB	11	3	11	147	1	81	13.4	7	120	0	21	17.1	399
22	George Taliaferro*	NYY	24	LH	12	5	9	68	0	23	7.6	27	622	0	47	23.0	1324
23	Dom Moselle	GNB	25	DB	12	1	9	80	0	17	8.9	20	547	0	44	27.4	883
24	Doak Walker*+	DET	24	LH	12	12	7	85	0	19	12.1	15	408	0	63	27.2	1270
25	Jack Dwyer	WAS	24	LDH	12	12	7	22	0	8	3.1	1	19	0	19	19.0	56
26	Billy Cross	CRD	22	HB	12	3	7	39	0	14	5.6			0			644
27	Otto Schnellbacher*+	NYG	28	FS	12	12	7	32	0	14	4.6			0			236
28	Harry Gilmer	WAS	25	QB	10	3	6	132	0	37	22.0			0			356
29	Don Doll*	DET	25	SS	12	12	5	39	0	14	7.8	9	220	0	35	24.4	259
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Tommy Kalmanir	RAM	25	HB	12	0	5	86	1	67	17.2	6	120	0	32	20.0	368
31	Clyde Scott	PHI	27	LHB	12	5	4	72	0	30	18.0	8	171	0	30	21.4	616
32	Jerry Williams	RAM	28	LH/LDH	10	10	4	22	0	11	5.5	6	133	0	28	22.2	363
33	Jerry Davis	CRD	27	DB	8	0	4	10	0	6	2.5			0			63
34	Bobbie Griffin	NYY	23	DB	12	6	4	46	0	27	11.5			0			73
35	Eddie Saenz	WAS	29	HB	2	0	2	6	0	6	3.0	9	145	0	24	16.1	168
36	Bob Hoernschemeyer*	DET	26	RH	11	11	2	16	0	11	8.0	3	78	0	41	26.0	1035
37	Russ Craft*	PHI	32	LDH	12	12	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	53	0	38	26.5	114
38	Jim Ostendarp	NYG	28	HB	2	0	2	57	0	45	28.5	1	15	0	15	15.0	87
39	Harper Davis	GNB	26	S	12	12	2	21	0	17	10.5			0			73
40	Neil Ferris	WAS	24	RDH	12	12	2	1	0	1	0.5			0			1
41	George Buksar	WAS	25	LB	11	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	56	0	18	14.0	76
42	Chuck Hunsinger	CHI	26	HB	12	3	1	7	0	7	7.0	4	66	0	35	16.5	501
43	Woodley Lewis	RAM	26	RDH	12	12	1	12	0	12	12.0	4	67	0	24	16.8	119
44	Don Phelps	CLE	27	HB	4	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	3	66	0	25	22.0	134
45	Carl Taseff	CLE	23	HB	9	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	3	56	0	20	18.7	129
46	Leo Nomellini*+	SFO	27	RT/LDT	12	12	1	20	1	20	20.0	2	27	0	16	13.5	47
47	Tom Landry	NYG	27	SS	12	10	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0.0	130
48	Bennie Aldridge	NYY	25	LDH	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			57
49	Jack Butler	PIT	24	FS	12	10	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			144
50	Jim Finks	PIT	24	SS	12	12	1	20	0	13	20.0			0			93
51	Jug Girard	GNB	24	P	12	0	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			274
52	Bud Grant	PHI	24	LDE	12	11	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			9
53	Bob Nussbaumer	GNB	27	HB	4	0	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			3
54	Bill Wightkin	CHI	24	LDE	11	11	1	3	1	3	3.0			0			50
55	Emil Sitko	CRD	28	HB	11	1			0			17	429	0	41	25.2	640
56	Brad Rowland	CHI	23	RDH	12	6			0			15	350	0	48	23.3	398
57	Harry Dowda	WAS	29	HB	12	0			0			13	341	0	39	26.2	506
58	Fred Morrison	CHI	25	FB	12	3			0			13	353	0	86	27.2	446
59	Kyle Rote	NYG	23	HB	5	5			0			6	185	0	39	30.8	361
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Joe Scott	NYG	25	RH	12	11			0			6	154	0	36	25.7	877
61	Walt Michaels	GNB	22	MLB	12	12			0			5	86	0	26	17.2	86
62	Bobby Walston	PHI	23	LE	12	12			0			5	57	0	17	11.4	569
63	Gene Brito	WAS	26	RE	12	12			0			4	39	0	14	9.8	352
64	Tony Canadeo	GNB	32	LH	12	12			0			4	101	0	48	25.3	458
65	Sisto Averno	NYY	26	G	12	0			0			3	28	0	16	9.3	32
66	Rex Bumgardner	CLE	28	HB	10	0			0			3	75	0	33	25.0	262
67	Ollie Cline	DET	26	FB	12	0			0			3	48	0	22	16.0	63
68	Fred Davis	CHI	32	LDT	12	11			0			3	26	0	16	8.7	26
69	Bill McPeak	PIT	25	RDE	12	12			0			3	10	0	8	3.3	10
70	Pete Pihos*	PHI	28	RE/RDE	12	12			0			3	40	0	20	13.3	606
71	Elmer Angsman	CRD	26	RH	12	12			0			2	51	0	29	25.5	626
72	Tom Bienemann	CRD	23	DB	12	0			0			2	34	0	18	17.0	47
73	George Blanda	CHI	24	QB	12	0			0			2	19	0	17	9.5	32
74	Emerson Cole	CLE	24	FB	12	2			0			2	28	0	20	14.0	310
75	Joe Geri*	PIT	27	TB	12	12			0			2	108	0	86	54.0	421
76	Horace Gillom	CLE	30	P	12	3			0			2	25	0	15	12.5	227
77	Forrest Griffith	NYG	23	LH	10	7			0			2	28	0	27	14.0	159
78	Bob Hendren	WAS	28	RDE	12	12			0			2	21	0	11	10.5	21
79	Chick Jagade	CLE	25	FB	11	0			0			2	36	0	19	18.0	66
80	Paul Lipscomb*	WAS	28	RT/RDT	12	12			0			2	27	0	14	13.5	27
81	John Martinkovic	GNB	24	DE	12	1			0			2	34	0	31	17.0	44
82	John Panelli	CRD	25	LLB	12	6			0			2	57	0	37	28.5	100
83	Fran Rogel	PIT	24	FB	12	3			0			2	9	0	9	4.5	453
84	Ab Wimberly	GNB	25	RDE	12	12			0			2	4	0	3	2.0	14
85	Bruno Banducci	SFO	30	RG	12	12			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	3
86	Walt Barnes	PHI	33	LG/RG	12	10			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
87	Bobby Collier	RAM	22	T	11	0			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
88	Ray Collins*	SFO	24	LT	12	12			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	6
89	Rip Collins	GNB	25	DB	7	2			0			1	40	0	40	40.0	49
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Fred Cone	GNB	25	FB	12	7			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	525
91	George Connor*+	CHI	26	LT/LLB	12	12			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	30
92	Tex Coulter*	NYG	27	LT	12	12			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
93	Gerry Cowhig	PHI	30	RLB	11	9			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	37
94	Carl Elliott	GNB	24	RE	12	8			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	331
95	Bill Fischer*	CRD	24	LT	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
96	Barry French	DET	29	G	12	0			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	3
97	Bob Gaudio	CLE	26	RG	12	11			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
98	Abe Gibron	CLE	26	LG	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	3
99	Wayne Hansen	CHI	23	RDT	12	12			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	23
100	Pat Harder	DET	29	FB	12	11			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	587
101	Jerry Hennessy	CRD	25	DE	12	1			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
102	Dick Hoerner	RAM	29	FB	12	10			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	693
103	Duke Iverson	NYY	31	LLB	9	7			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
104	Bob Jackson	NYG	30	FB	12	2			0			1	27	0	27	27.0	36
105	Jack Jennings	CRD	25	RT	11	11			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
106	Harvey Johnson	NYY	32	LLB	12	5			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
107	Bucko Kilroy	PHI	30	RT	12	12			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	19
108	Mike McCormack*	NYY	21	RT	12	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
109	Paul Mitchell	NYY	31	LT	12	11			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
110	Art Murakowski	DET	26	DB	12	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
111	Bill Murray	NYG	25	RG	12	8			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	-4
112	Bill O'Connor	NYY	25	E	12	2			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	202
113	Joe Perry	SFO	24	FB	11	11			0			1	32	0	32	32.0	876
114	John Prchlik	DET	26	RDT	12	12			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
115	Knox Ramsey	CRD	25	RG	10	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
116	Gene Schroeder	CHI	22	RE/FS	12	12			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	545
117	Wash Serini	CHI	29	RG	12	9			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
118	Don Shula	CLE	21	RDH	12	6			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	29
119	Herb Siegert	WAS	27	LG	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Wayne Siegert	NYY	22	T	4	0			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
121	Don Simensen	RAM	25	LT	12	11			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
122	Bishop Strickland	SFO	24	FB	9	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	179
123	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	30	LG	12	7			0			1	37	0	37	37.0	62
124	Bob Summerhays	GNB	24	RLB	12	12			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	133
125	Bill Svoboda	CRD	23	FS	12	5			0			1	29	0	29	29.0	35
126	Dan Towler*	RAM	23	FB	12	5			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	1121
127	Billy Wilson	SFO	24	RE	9	8			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	268
128	Frank Wydo	PIT	27	RT	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0

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