Kick & Punt Returns
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Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1 | Al Frazier | DEN | 26 | RHB | 14 | 14 | 18 | 231 | 1 | 55 | 12.8 | 18 | 504 | 1 | 90 | 28.0 | 1644 |
2 | Dick Christy | NYT | 26 | HB | 14 | 13 | 18 | 383 | 2 | 70 | 21.3 | 15 | 360 | 0 | 60 | 24.0 | 1444 |
3 | George Fleming | OAK | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 8.0 | 29 | 588 | 0 | 36 | 20.3 | 773 | |
4 | Billy Cannon*+ | HOU | 24 | HB | 14 | 13 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 7.8 | 18 | 439 | 0 | 47 | 24.4 | 2043 |
5 | Abner Haynes* | DTX | 24 | LHB | 14 | 12 | 19 | 196 | 0 | 44 | 10.3 | 8 | 270 | 1 | 88 | 33.8 | 1865 |
6 | Frank Jackson | DTX | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 24 | 645 | 0 | 53 | 26.9 | 1204 | |
7 | Fred Bruney* | BOS | 30 | RS | 14 | 12 | 23 | 109 | 0 | 11 | 4.7 | 129 | |||||
8 | Ron Burton | BOS | 25 | HB | 14 | 9 | 8 | 128 | 0 | 62 | 16.0 | 15 | 401 | 1 | 91 | 26.7 | 904 |
9 | Al Carmichael | DEN | 33 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 58 | 0 | 29 | 8.3 | 16 | 310 | 0 | 31 | 19.4 | 415 | |
10 | Clem Daniels | OAK | 24 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 24 | 6.8 | 13 | 276 | 0 | 41 | 21.2 | 614 | |
11 | Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 28 | FL | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 329 | 0 | 33 | 20.6 | 966 |
12 | Claude Gibson | SDG | 22 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 14 | 209 | 0 | 39 | 14.9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 5.7 | 269 |
13 | Larry Garron * | BOS | 24 | fb | 14 | 6 | 16 | 438 | 1 | 89 | 27.4 | 1168 | |||||
14 | Dave Grayson | DTX | 22 | rcb | 13 | 9 | 16 | 453 | 0 | 73 | 28.3 | 552 | |||||
15 | Claude King | HOU | 23 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 4.6 | 8 | 190 | 0 | 41 | 23.8 | 355 | |
16 | Mel West | 2TM | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 45 | 25.5 | 13 | 306 | 0 | 37 | 23.5 | 825 | |
17 | Dave Ames | 2TM | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 8.5 | 12 | 240 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 | 391 | |
18 | Dewey Bohling | 2TM | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 246 | 0 | 35 | 24.6 | 616 | |
19 | Bill Shockley | 2TM | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 12 | 261 | 0 | 37 | 21.8 | 303 | |
20 | Bo Roberson | SDG | 26 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 207 | 0 | 32 | 15.9 | 563 | ||||||
21 | Art Baker | BUF | 24 | FB | 14 | 9 | 12 | 281 | 0 | 36 | 23.4 | 852 | |||||
22 | Charley Fuller | OAK | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 25 | 13.0 | 8 | 155 | 0 | 33 | 19.4 | 618 | |
23 | Keith Lincoln | SDG | 22 | fb | 14 | 5 | 7 | 150 | 1 | 57 | 21.4 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 31 | 24.5 | 606 |
24 | Paul Lowe | SDG | 25 | HB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 240 | 0 | 35 | 24.0 | 1110 |
25 | Bob Renn | NYT | 27 | fl | 12 | 8 | 10 | 201 | 0 | 35 | 20.1 | 483 | |||||
26 | Jack Larscheid | OAK | 28 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 254 | 0 | 61 | 28.2 | 268 | ||||||
27 | Donnie Stone* | DEN | 24 | LHB | 14 | 12 | 9 | 215 | 0 | 76 | 23.9 | 1064 | |||||
28 | Glenn Bass | BUF | 22 | LE | 14 | 11 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | 848 | |||||
29 | Bob Brooks | NYT | 23 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 111 | 0 | 25 | 13.9 | 166 | ||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Richie Lucas | BUF | 23 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 126 | 0 | 23 | 18.0 | 210 | ||||||
31 | Bob Scarpitto | SDG | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 28 | 11.8 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 22 | 16.7 | 260 | |
32 | Alan Miller* | OAK | 24 | FB | 14 | 13 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 11.0 | 636 | |||||
33 | Curley Johnson | NYT | 26 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 21 | 16.8 | 119 | ||||||
34 | Gene Mingo | DEN | 23 | lhb | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 282 |
35 | Fred Brown | BUF | 23 | lhb | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 7.0 | 2 | 105 | 1 | 93 | 52.5 | 322 |
36 | Wray Carlton | BUF | 24 | fb | 14 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 23 | 15.0 | 564 | |||||
37 | Mike Dukes | HOU | 25 | RLB | 14 | 12 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 23 | 14.3 | 62 | |||||
38 | Charley Long | BOS | 23 | LT | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 6.0 | 24 | |||||
39 | Bob McNamara | DEN | 30 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 4.3 | 102 | |||||
40 | Jim Apple | NYT | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 30 | |
41 | Fred Bukaty | DEN | 25 | FB | 14 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 20 | 13.7 | 322 | |||||
42 | Roger Ellis | NYT | 23 | C | 14 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 8.3 | 25 | |||||
43 | Billy Atkins* | BUF | 27 | RS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 275 | |||||
44 | Walter Beach | BOS | 26 | RCB | 12 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 19.0 | 75 | |||||
45 | Bob Garner | OAK | RCB | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 19 | ||||||
46 | Sherrill Headrick*+ | DTX | 24 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 94 | |||||
47 | Paul Hynes | 2TM | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 22.5 | 45 | ||||||
48 | Ken Rice * | BUF | 22 | LT | 14 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | |||||
49 | Johnny Robinson | DTX | 23 | RHB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 805 | |||||
50 | Tom Saidock | NYT | 31 | RDT | 14 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 13.0 | 26 | |||||
51 | Dave Smith | HOU | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 409 | |
52 | Charley Tolar* | HOU | 24 | FB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 21.0 | 838 | |||||
53 | Ed Walsh | NYT | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | ||||||
54 | Doug Asad | OAK | 23 | TE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 602 | |||||
55 | George Blair* | SDG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | ||||||
56 | Tom Budrewicz | NYT | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
57 | Doug Cline | HOU | 23 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 48 | |||||
58 | Gene Cockrell | NYT | 27 | RT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
59 | Bob Coolbaugh | OAK | 22 | RHB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 450 | |||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Thurlow Cooper | NYT | 28 | RE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | |||||
61 | Monte Crockett | BUF | 23 | RE | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 325 | |||||
62 | Walt Cudzik | BOS | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
63 | Orlando Ferrante | SDG | 29 | LG | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
64 | Jerry Fields | NYT | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||||
65 | Jon Gilliam * | DTX | 23 | C | 14 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 17 | |||||
66 | Goose Gonsoulin* | DEN | 23 | RS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 110 | |||||
67 | Jack Hill | DEN | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 56 | ||||||
68 | Emil Karas* | SDG | 28 | LLB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 26 | |||||
69 | Walt Kowalczyk | OAK | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 55 | ||||||
70 | Jack Laraway | HOU | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 52 | ||||||
71 | Billy Lott | BOS | 27 | FB | 14 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 802 | |||||
72 | Don Maynard | NYT | 26 | FL | 14 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 638 | |||||
73 | Jerry Mays | DTX | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 20 | ||||||
74 | Bob McLeod* | HOU | 23 | RE | 14 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 185 | |||||
75 | Paul Miller | DTX | 31 | LDE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
76 | Ron Mix*+ | SDG | 23 | rt | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
77 | Gene Prebola | DEN | 23 | LE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 357 | |||||
78 | Billy Pricer | DTX | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 53 | ||||||
79 | Ray Ratkowski | BOS | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | ||||||
80 | Perry Richards | BUF | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 295 | ||||||
81 | Henry Schmidt | SDG | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | ||||||
82 | Gerhard Schwedes | BOS | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | ||||||
83 | Gene Selawski | SDG | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||
84 | Hal Smith | OAK | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | ||||||
85 | Thomas Stephens | BOS | 26 | RE | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 192 | |||||
86 | James Stinnette | DEN | 23 | rlb | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 112 | |||||
87 | Smokey Stover | DTX | 23 | RLB | 14 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 60 | |||||
88 | Vern Valdez | BUF | 26 | RCB | 13 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 84 | |||||
89 | Jim Wagstaff | BUF | 25 | LS | 14 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 60 | |||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
90 | Don Webb | BOS | 22 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 174 | ||||||
91 | Hogan Wharton | HOU | 26 | RG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
92 | Bob Zeman | SDG | 24 | LS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 101 |
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