1961 AFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Houston Oilers

AP MVP: George Blanda

Passing Leader: George Blanda, 3330 Yds

Rushing Leader: Billy Cannon, 948 Yds

Receiving Leader: Charley Hennigan, 1746 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	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	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	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	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	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	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	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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