1954 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

Passing Leader: Norm Van Brocklin, 2637 Yds

Rushing Leader: Joe Perry, 1049 Yds

Receiving Leader: Bob Boyd, 1212 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	Chet Hanulak	CLE	21	HB	12	3	27	92	0	43	3.4	9	213	0	30	23.7	681
2	Billy Reynolds	CLE	23	RH	12	6	25	138	0	39	5.5	14	413	0	51	29.5	807
3	Veryl Switzer	GNB	22	HB	12	3	24	306	1	93	12.8	20	500	0	88	25.0	1031
4	Joe Arenas	SFO	29	RDH	12	12	23	117	0	23	5.1	16	362	0	41	22.6	598
5	Jack Christiansen*+	DET	26	SS	11	11	23	225	1	61	9.8	5	102	0	27	20.4	411
6	Jerry Williams	PHI	31	LHB	11	7	23	153	0	25	6.7			0			1004
7	Woodley Lewis	RAM	29	HB	12	3	22	82	0	16	3.7	34	836	1	88	24.6	1009
8	Les Goble	CRD	22	HB	12	2	22	51	0	18	2.3	27	749	2	94	27.7	844
9	Emlen Tunnell*	NYG	29	SS	12	12	21	70	0	12	3.3	5	98	0	25	19.6	276
10	Jerry Norton	PHI	23	FS	12	12	21	89	0	18	4.2			0			196
11	Johnny Lattner*	PIT	22	RH	12	11	17	73	0	15	4.3	16	413	0	50	25.8	1028
12	Herb Johnson	NYG	26	HB	11	3	16	164	1	48	10.3	10	251	0	41	25.1	672
13	Buddy Young*	BAL	28	RH	10	8	14	60	0	16	4.3	13	308	0	30	23.7	951
14	Billy Stone	CHI	29	LH	12	11	14	40	0	12	2.9	8	215	0	35	26.9	956
15	Joe Scudero	WAS	24	SS	12	10	14	53	0	25	3.8	3	70	0	24	23.3	200
16	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	24	LH	12	8	11	100	1	59	9.1	17	449	1	91	26.4	1666
17	McNeil Moore	CHI	21	SS	12	12	11	80	0	34	7.3	8	156	0	24	19.5	317
18	Al Carmichael	GNB	26	RH	10	8	9	43	0	14	4.8	20	531	0	49	26.6	955
19	Jug Girard	DET	27	RE	12	3	9	22	0	14	2.4	12	248	0	34	20.7	727
20	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	29	HB	11	1	8	12	0	6	1.5	13	256	0	34	19.7	591
21	Hugh McElhenny	SFO	26	RH	6	6	8	78	0	32	9.8	8	210	0	51	26.3	969
22	Carl Taseff	BAL	26	LDH	12	11	8	52	0	13	6.5	7	167	0	35	23.9	621
23	Frank Gifford*	NYG	24	LH	9	9	8	12	0	8	1.5	1	29	0	29	29.0	563
24	Tom McCormick	RAM	24	HB	9	1	7	8	0	6	1.1	3	49	0	22	16.3	288
25	Ken Konz	CLE	26	SS	12	4	7	37	0	13	5.3	2	53	0	28	26.5	223
26	Ray Gene Smith	CHI	26	RDH	7	7	7	43	0	12	6.1	2	38	0	26	19.0	81
27	Buford Long	NYG	23	RH	12	4	6	54	0	21	9.0	10	237	0	36	23.7	575
28	Will Sherman	RAM	27	FS	12	12	6	89	0	50	14.8	6	130	0	38	21.7	289
29	Jimmy Lesane	2TM	24	DB	7	2	6	13	0	11	2.2	4	91	0	26	22.8	104
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Jack Dwyer	RAM	27	SS	11	11	6	18	0	7	3.0	3	65	0	33	21.7	173
31	Bert Rechichar	BAL	24	FS	12	7	6	22	0	9	3.7	3	26	0	12	8.7	80
32	Charley Trippi	CRD	33	HB	12	5	6	57	0	15	9.5	1	17	0	17	17.0	278
33	George Taliaferro	BAL	27	LH	11	9	5	34	0	18	6.8	7	134	0	24	19.1	447
34	Joe Johnson	GNB	25	HB	12	1	5	38	0	9	7.6	4	91	0	28	22.8	232
35	Dale Atkeson	WAS	24	FB	10	5	4	29	0	18	7.3	24	623	1	99	26.0	903
36	Doak Walker*+	DET	27	LH	12	12	4	117	1	70	29.3	8	172	0	33	21.5	1093
37	George Rosso	WAS	24	FS	12	12	4	15	0	10	3.8			0			24
38	Billy Wells*	WAS	23	RH	12	12	3	24	0	16	8.0	17	319	0	45	18.8	1154
39	Billy Tidwell	SFO	24	HB	10	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	10	287	0	65	28.7	288
40	Burrell Shields	PIT	25	FS	6	6	3	0	0	0	0.0	9	183	0	34	20.3	241
41	Ray Mathews	PIT	25	LH	12	12	2	6	0	6	3.0	4	88	0	31	22.0	988
42	Chuck Bednarik*+	PHI	29	RLB/C	12	12	2	26	0	24	13.0	3	40	0	21	13.3	75
43	Lloyd Lowe	CHI	26	DB	1	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0.0	4
44	Pete Schabarum	SFO	25	LDH	12	7	2	10	0	10	5.0	1	34	0	34	34.0	202
45	Paul Cameron*	PIT	22	SS	12	12	2	19	0	19	9.5			0			137
46	Skeet Quinlan*	RAM	26	LH	11	10	1	4	0	4	4.0	4	69	0	23	17.3	887
47	Ralph Felton	WAS	22	LLB	12	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	18	0	13	9.0	37
48	Ken Gorgal	CLE	25	SS	11	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	11	0	11	11.0	64
49	John Hoffman	CHI	29	RE	12	10	1	5	0	5	5.0	1	23	0	23	23.0	560
50	Don Kindt	CHI	29	DB	12	3	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	10	0	10	10.0	131
51	Don Paul	CLE	28	RDH	12	12	1	57	0	57	57.0	1	31	0	31	31.0	130
52	Roy Barni	PHI	27	SS	10	10	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			2
53	Gus Cifelli	2TM	28	T	12	1	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
54	Bobby Dillon+	GNB	24	S	12	12	1	7	0	7	7.0			0			118
55	Don Doll	RAM	28	RDH	12	11	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			51
56	Ed Hughes	RAM	27	DB	11	4	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			24
57	Jim Psaltis	GNB	27	LDH/RCB	11	8	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
58	Herb Rich	NYG	26	FS	11	6	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			63
59	Joe Schmidt*+	DET	22	LLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			13
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Ed Sharkey	PHI	27	LB	12	1	1	5	0	5	5.0			0			9
61	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	25	RHB	10	5			0			17	387	0	33	22.8	629
62	Rob Goode*	WAS	27	FB	12	8			0			16	284	0	31	17.8	784
63	Chick Jagade*	CHI	28	FB	11	10			0			11	195	0	34	17.7	865
64	Royce Womble	BAL	23	LH	12	6			0			9	170	0	27	18.9	682
65	Toy Ledbetter	PHI	27	LH	12	7			0			8	175	0	38	21.9	608
66	Dom Moselle	PHI	28	RH	12	6			0			7	149	0	27	21.3	505
67	Bill Bowman	DET	23	FB	12	12			0			6	178	1	100	29.7	863
68	Don Johnson	PHI	23	HB	6	0			0			6	152	0	34	25.3	188
69	Paul Barry	CRD	28	HB	12	1			0			5	80	0	20	16.0	265
70	Bob Hoernschemeyer	DET	29	RH	11	6			0			4	73	0	20	18.3	468
71	Leon Campbell	CHI	27	FB	6	2			0			3	77	0	33	25.7	115
72	Chet Ostrowski	WAS	24	RDE	12	11			0			3	9	0	8	3.0	14
73	Pete Perini	CHI	26	FB	12	0			0			3	44	0	22	14.7	111
74	Ed Sprinkle*	CHI	31	RDE	12	12			0			3	8	0	7	2.7	14
75	Lew Carpenter	DET	22	RH	11	5			0			2	46	0	25	23.0	667
76	George Connor	CHI	29	RLB	9	9			0			2	32	0	18	16.0	44
77	Tom Dahms	RAM	27	T	12	2			0			2	23	0	15	11.5	23
78	Leo Elter	PIT	25	FB	11	0			0			2	32	0	16	16.0	102
79	Howie Ferguson	GNB	24	FB	12	10			0			2	31	0	22	15.5	705
80	John Henry Johnson*	SFO	25	LH	12	11			0			2	25	0	19	12.5	889
81	Bill Pellington	BAL	27	LLB	12	12			0			2	26	0	14	13.0	26
82	Jimmy Sears	CRD	23	DB	1	1			0			2	38	0	22	19.0	38
83	Lum Snyder*	PHI	24	RT	12	12			0			2	18	0	12	9.0	18
84	Billy Anderson	CHI	25	HB	7	1			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	23
85	Maurice Bassett	CLE	23	FB	12	10			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	813
86	Bill Bredde	CRD	22	HB	12	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	164
87	Buddy Brown	GNB	29	RG	12	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
88	Tom Calvin	PIT	28	HB	6	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	91
89	Fred Cone	GNB	28	FB	12	2			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	59
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Chuck Drazenovich	WAS	27	LLB	12	6			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	43
91	Bill Forester	GNB	22	MG	12	12			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	39
92	Johnny Hatley	CRD	24	LG	12	11			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
93	Doug Hogland	SFO	23	LT	12	12			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
94	John Huzvar	BAL	25	FB	8	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	29
95	Vic Janowicz	WAS	24	LDH	10	10			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	30
96	Jack Jennings	CRD	28	RT	12	12			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	10
97	Don Joyce	BAL	25	RDE	12	12			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
98	George Kennard	NYG	26	RG	12	9			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
99	Emmett King	CRD	21	FB	12	12			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	229
100	Bob Langas	BAL	24	DE	5	2			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	18
101	Gene Lipscomb	RAM	23	RDT	11	11			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	6
102	Gil Mains	DET	25	LDT	12	6			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	11
103	Carlton Massey	CLE	24	LDE	11	9			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	10
104	Bucky McElroy	CHI	25	HB	1	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	21
105	Chuck McMillan	BAL	23	DB	6	0			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	5
106	Ed Meadows	CHI	22	LB	12	3			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
107	Fred Morrison	CLE	28	FB	12	2			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	323
108	Johnny Olszewski	CRD	24	RH	11	11			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	506
109	Duane Putnam*	RAM	26	LG	11	11			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
110	George Radosevich	BAL	26	C	10	4			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
111	Ray Renfro	CLE	25	LH	7	7			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	403
112	Jim Ricca	WAS	27	RDT/RT/MG	12	10			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	34
113	Charley Robinson	BAL	29	MG	6	3			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
114	Andy Robustelli	RAM	29	RDE	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	49
115	Bill Roffler	PHI	24	DB	3	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
116	Harley Sewell	DET	23	LG	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	24
117	Don Stevens	PHI	26	HB	4	1			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	6
118	Leo Sugar	CRD	25	LDE	12	12			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	12
119	Bill Svoboda	NYG	26	LLB	11	11			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	51
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Bob Toneff	SFO	24	RLB	10	6			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	25
121	Charlie Toogood	RAM	27	RT	12	10			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	14
122	Bob Topp	NYG	22	E	6	0			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	100
123	Zollie Toth	BAL	30	FB	12	11			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	367
124	Walt Yowarsky	WAS	26	LDE	11	10			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13

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