1959 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Baltimore Colts

AP MVP: Johnny Unitas

AP Rookie of the Year: Boyd Dowler

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 2899 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1329 Yds

Receiving Leader: Raymond Berry, 959 Yds

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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	Billy Stacy	CRD	23	FS	12	12	29	281	2	74	9.7	12	280	0	34	23.3	675
2	Johnny Sample	BAL	23	DB	12	2	22	129	0	25	5.9	17	457	0	50	26.9	596
3	Eddie Dove	SFO	22	FS	12	12	22	126	0	62	5.7			0			132
4	Tommy McDonald*	PHI	25	FL	12	12	21	115	1	81	5.5	24	444	0	36	18.5	1395
5	Dick James	WAS	25	RH	12	9	21	95	0	26	4.5	23	503	0	38	21.9	1221
6	Yale Lary*	DET	29	RDH	10	10	21	43	0	12	2.0			0			99
7	Bill Butler	GNB	22	HB	11	0	18	163	1	61	9.1	21	472	0	34	22.5	682
8	Jon Arnett*	RAM	24	LH	12	11	17	184	1	71	10.8	14	320	0	42	22.9	1294
9	Bobby Mitchell	CLE	24	LH	12	12	17	177	1	78	10.4	11	236	0	31	21.5	1507
10	Bobby Joe Conrad	CRD	24	RH	12	12	16	133	1	69	8.3	18	388	0	33	21.6	991
11	Terry Barr	DET	24	RDH	11	9	16	102	0	24	6.4	9	224	0	33	24.9	592
12	Joe Morrison	NYG	22	HB	12	3	15	51	0	12	3.4	15	345	0	29	23.0	744
13	Art Powell	PHI	22	DB	12	0	15	124	1	58	8.3	14	379	0	95	27.1	520
14	Abe Woodson*+	SFO	25	RDH	12	12	15	143	0	65	9.5	13	382	1	105	29.4	545
15	Carl Taseff	BAL	31	LDH	12	12	15	104	0	25	6.9			0			179
16	Johnny Morris	CHI	24	LH	12	12	14	171	1	78	12.2	17	438	0	58	25.8	1118
17	Ollie Matson	RAM	29	FB	12	9	14	61	0	20	4.4	16	367	0	48	22.9	1421
18	Lew Carpenter	GNB	27	FB	12	6	13	150	0	51	11.5	1	24	0	24	24.0	543
19	Don Sutherin	2TM	23	DB	8	4	12	68	0	28	5.7	11	225	0	34	20.5	293
20	George Scott	NYG	22	HB	7	2	12	17	0	13	1.4	10	253	0	33	25.3	292
21	Richie Petitbon	CHI	21	SS	12	12	11	72	0	17	6.5	4	68	0	28	17.0	192
22	Lindon Crow*	NYG	26	RDH	12	12	11	66	0	22	6.0			0			120
23	Dean Derby*	PIT	24	LDH	12	12	9	16	0	10	1.8	2	32	0	22	16.0	175
24	Ken Konz	CLE	31	DB	12	3	9	34	0	11	3.8			0			69
25	Jimmy Patton*+	NYG	26	SS	11	11	8	23	0	14	2.9			0			36
26	Dick Haley	WAS	22	FS	12	11	7	15	0	7	2.1	17	346	0	31	20.4	441
27	Gary Lowe	DET	25	SS	12	12	6	8	0	8	1.3			0			147
28	Ron Hall	PIT	22	DB	9	1	5	23	0	7	4.6	1	22	0	22	22.0	45
29	Tom Tracy	PIT	25	LH/FB	12	12	4	5	0	5	1.3	7	145	0	27	20.7	1217
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Don Bishop	2TM	25	B	3	2	4	10	0	9	2.5			0			10
31	Bill Stits	2TM	28	DB-RDH	10	5	4	7	0	7	1.8			0			7
32	Ken Hall	CRD	24	HB	12	3	3	91	1	84	30.3	6	99	0	32	16.5	331
33	Jerry Norton*	CRD	28	SS	12	9	3	4	0	4	1.3	3	70	0	25	23.3	161
34	Clendon Thomas	RAM	24	DB	10	7	3	6	0	6	2.0	3	95	0	48	31.7	107
35	Dave Middleton	DET	26	LE	12	10	3	30	0	21	10.0			0			432
36	Perry Richards	CRD	25	RE	4	4	3	22	0	11	7.3			0			111
37	Jim Steffen	DET	23	DB	8	3	3	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
38	Bobby Luna	PIT	26	SS	12	11	2	13	0	8	6.5			0			111
39	Ray Mathews	PIT	30	FL	12	7	2	17	0	15	8.5			0			203
40	John Symank	GNB	24	DB	12	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	14	338	0	39	24.1	384
41	Howard Cassady	DET	25	LH	12	12	1	14	0	14	14.0	8	163	0	34	20.4	696
42	Don Burroughs	RAM	28	SS	10	6	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
43	Gary Glick	2TM	29	DB-RDH	11	9	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			44
44	Jimmy Hill	CRD	31	RDH	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			4
45	Eddie Meador	RAM	22	RDH	12	11	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			3
46	Johnny Olszewski	WAS	29	FB	10	4	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			494
47	Don Shinnick	BAL	24	RLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			70
48	Leo Sugar	CRD	30	LDE	12	12	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
49	Emlen Tunnell*	GNB	34	SS	12	12	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			23
50	Vic Zucco	CHI	24	DB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
51	Lenny Lyles	SFO	23	HB	12	2			0			25	565	0	46	22.6	626
52	Ken Webb	DET	24	FB	12	3			0			16	352	0	45	22.0	775
53	Willie Galimore	CHI	24	HB	12	2			0			11	229	0	33	20.8	553
54	Leroy Bolden	CLE	27	HB	12	0			0			9	170	0	38	18.9	181
55	Mike Sommer	2TM	25	HB-LH	9	7			0			9	185	0	25	20.6	527
56	Tommy Wilson	RAM	27	HB	12	4			0			7	243	0	85	34.7	536
57	Jack Call	PIT	24	HB	4	0			0			6	146	0	33	24.3	155
58	Billy Pricer	BAL	25	FB	12	1			0			6	66	0	25	11.0	197
59	John David Crow*	CRD	24	LH	12	11			0			5	185	0	72	37.0	1179
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Nick Pietrosante	DET	22	FB	10	5			0			5	98	0	24	19.6	685
61	Jim Podoley	WAS	26	HB	11	5			0			5	126	0	28	25.2	491
62	Jim Brown*+	CLE	23	FB	12	12			0			4	88	0	29	22.0	1607
63	Phil King	NYG	23	FB	12	1			0			4	84	0	31	21.0	414
64	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	30	FB	12	0			0			4	37	0	19	9.3	73
65	Don McIlhenny	GNB	25	HB	12	5			0			3	50	0	24	16.7	376
66	Tom Barnett	PIT	22	RH	12	4			0			2	24	0	14	12.0	314
67	Joe Francis	GNB	23	QB	12	0			0			2	52	0	28	26.0	57
68	Matt Hazeltine	SFO	26	RLB	12	12			0			2	26	0	26	13.0	68
69	Hal Lewis	BAL	24	HB	12	0			0			2	31	0	23	15.5	87
70	Ray Nitschke	GNB	23	LB	12	1			0			2	13	0	10	6.5	23
71	Sonny Randle	CRD	23	SE	10	0			0			2	33	0	17	16.5	235
72	Bert Rechichar	BAL	29	LB	10	0			0			2	39	0	27	19.5	39
73	Roy Wilkins	RAM	26	RLB	12	12			0			2	29	0	17	14.5	29
74	Jerry Wilson	PHI	23	RDE	12	9			0			2	4	0	4	2.0	4
75	Rosey Brown*+	NYG	27	LT	12	12			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	18
76	Bobby Cross	CRD	28	LT	11	5			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
77	Milt Davis	BAL	30	RDH	11	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	119
78	Jerry DeLucca	PHI	23	LT	12	9			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
79	Paul Dickson	RAM	22	T	10	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
80	Art Gob	WAS	22	RDE	11	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
81	Ken Gray	CRD	23	RG	12	12			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
82	Mal Hammack	CRD	26	FB	12	7	0	17	1	17		1	0	0	0	0.0	323
83	Alex Hawkins	BAL	22	HB	11	1			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	69
84	Rudy Hayes	PIT	24	LB	12	1			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	38
85	Bill Herchman	SFO	26	DT	12	1			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	7
86	Dan Lewis	DET	23	RH	11	9			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	283
87	Ken MacAfee	2TM	30	E	11	3			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	99
88	Jim Martin	DET	35	RLB	12	8			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	33
89	John Nocera	PHI	25	LB	12	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Chuck Noll	CLE	27	G	12	3			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	25
91	Ken Panfil*	CRD	29	RT	12	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
92	Jack Patera	CRD	26	MLB	12	4			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	21
93	Sherman Plunkett	BAL	26	T	12	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
94	Mike Rabold	DET	22	G	12	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
95	Will Renfro	WAS	27	RDT	11	11			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
96	Bill Roehnelt	CHI	23	LB	12	3			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
97	Ken Russell	DET	24	T	4	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
98	Ben Scotti	WAS	22	LDH	11	8			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
99	Pat Summerall	NYG	29	K	12	0			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	35
100	John Tracey	CRD	26	RE	8	8			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	272

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