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 | Tom Watkins | DET | 26 | hb | 13 | 4 | 32 | 399 | 1 | 90 | 12.5 | 21 | 447 | 0 | 33 | 21.3 | 1437 |
2 | Jerry Logan | BAL | 22 | ls | 14 | 4 | 28 | 279 | 0 | 38 | 10.0 | 8 | 170 | 0 | 31 | 21.3 | 464 |
3 | Bill Butler | MIN | 26 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 220 | 1 | 60 | 10.5 | 33 | 713 | 0 | 35 | 21.6 | 1020 | |
4 | Willie Wood | GNB | 27 | RS | 14 | 14 | 19 | 169 | 0 | 41 | 8.9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 256 |
5 | Eddie Dove | 2TM | 26 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 198 | 0 | 83 | 11.6 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 18.7 | 329 | |
6 | Alex Hawkins | BAL | 26 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 156 | 0 | 50 | 9.2 | 195 | ||||||
7 | Timmy Brown* | PHI | 26 | HB | 14 | 14 | 16 | 152 | 0 | 22 | 9.5 | 33 | 945 | 1 | 100 | 28.6 | 2428 |
8 | Dick James | WAS | 29 | HB | 14 | 9 | 16 | 214 | 0 | 39 | 13.4 | 30 | 830 | 0 | 48 | 27.7 | 1751 |
9 | Johnny Morris | CHI | 28 | FL | 13 | 12 | 16 | 164 | 0 | 42 | 10.3 | 879 | |||||
10 | Carver Shannon | RAM | 25 | RS | 14 | 6 | 15 | 132 | 0 | 29 | 8.8 | 28 | 823 | 1 | 99 | 29.4 | 962 |
11 | Jim Stiger | DAL | 22 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 141 | 0 | 45 | 10.1 | 18 | 432 | 0 | 66 | 24.0 | 844 | |
12 | Abe Woodson* | SFO | 29 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 13 | 95 | 0 | 51 | 7.3 | 29 | 935 | 3 | 103 | 32.2 | 1091 |
13 | Brady Keys | PIT | 27 | RCB | 11 | 10 | 13 | 198 | 0 | 82 | 15.2 | 9 | 219 | 0 | 58 | 24.3 | 417 |
14 | Hugh McElhenny | NYG | 35 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 13 | 5.7 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 51 | 22.7 | 476 | |
15 | Pervis Atkins | RAM | 28 | FL | 14 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 19 | 429 | 0 | 35 | 22.6 | 650 |
16 | Rosey Taylor*+ | CHI | 26 | RS | 14 | 14 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 118 | 0 | 29 | 19.7 | 370 |
17 | Dick Haley | PIT | 26 | LS | 14 | 13 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 12 | 4.9 | 124 | |||||
18 | Larry Ferguson | DET | 23 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 108 | 0 | 25 | 9.8 | 9 | 231 | 0 | 49 | 25.7 | 370 | |
19 | Billy Gambrell | STL | 22 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 111 | 0 | 49 | 10.1 | 174 | ||||||
20 | Ted Dean | PHI | 25 | FB | 14 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 | 16 | 425 | 0 | 79 | 26.6 | 875 |
21 | Tom Hall | DET | 23 | rs | 14 | 6 | 10 | 107 | 0 | 32 | 10.7 | 6 | 143 | 0 | 29 | 23.8 | 324 |
22 | Bobby Reed | MIN | 24 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 26 | 10.1 | 13 | 367 | 0 | 51 | 28.2 | 683 | |
23 | Jim Shofner | CLE | 28 | RCB | 12 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 4.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 |
24 | Pat Fischer | STL | 23 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 2.8 | 194 | |||||
25 | Jim Shorter | CLE | 24 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 134 | 0 | 52 | 19.1 | 9 | 219 | 0 | 49 | 24.3 | 353 | |
26 | Dick Pesonen | NYG | 25 | rs | 14 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 6.7 | 8 | 197 | 0 | 30 | 24.6 | 245 |
27 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 25 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 20 | 8.6 | 326 | ||||||
28 | Ernie Green | CLE | 25 | HB | 14 | 12 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 55 | 13.2 | 18 | 394 | 0 | 34 | 21.9 | 1310 |
29 | Clendon Thomas* | PIT | 28 | RS | 13 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 4.0 | 12 | 286 | 0 | 41 | 23.8 | 432 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Bobby Mitchell* | WAS | 28 | FL | 14 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 28 | 8.2 | 9 | 343 | 1 | 92 | 38.1 | 1852 |
31 | Jim Steffen | WAS | 27 | LS | 13 | 13 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 45 | 16.6 | 3 | 84 | 0 | 30 | 28.0 | 307 |
32 | Willie Richardson | BAL | 24 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 19 | 8.6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 263 | |
33 | Dale Messer | SFO | 26 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | 4 | ||||||
34 | Jerry Overton | DAL | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 6.4 | 32 | ||||||
35 | Bob Paremore | STL | 24 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 5.8 | 12 | 292 | 0 | 39 | 24.3 | 512 | |
36 | Tommy Mason*+ | MIN | 24 | HB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 15.8 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 21 | 20.3 | 1252 |
37 | Allan Webb | NYG | 30 | LS | 7 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 23 | 15.0 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 20.7 | 141 |
38 | Bernie Parrish* | CLE | 27 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 10.3 | 31 | |||||
39 | Billy Martin | CHI | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 38 | 31.0 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 26 | 24.8 | 161 | |
40 | Dick Compton | DET | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 5.5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 88 | |
41 | Mike Gaechter | DAL | 23 | LS | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 142 | |||||
42 | Lenny Moore | BAL | 30 | le | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 431 | |||||
43 | Johnny Sample | WAS | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 42 | 22.5 | 45 | ||||||
44 | Bobby Smith | RAM | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 31 | |||||
45 | Jon Arnett | RAM | 28 | HB | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 12 | 279 | 0 | 34 | 23.3 | 613 |
46 | Jerry Hill | BAL | 24 | fb | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 16.0 | 776 |
47 | Billy Ray Barnes | WAS | 28 | lhb | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 630 | |||||
48 | Dick Bass* | RAM | 26 | FB | 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 879 | |||||
49 | Howard Cassady | DET | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||||||
50 | Bobby Joe Conrad+ | STL | 28 | FL | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 968 | |||||
51 | Chuck Howley | DAL | 27 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | |||||
52 | Karl Kassulke | MIN | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | ||||||
53 | Bruce Maher | DET | 26 | LS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
54 | Pettis Norman | DAL | 24 | le | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 341 | |||||
55 | Billy Stacy | STL | 27 | rcb | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | |||||
56 | Kermit Alexander | SFO | 22 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 24 | 638 | 0 | 48 | 26.6 | 710 | |||||
57 | Gary Ballman | PIT | 23 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 698 | 1 | 93 | 31.7 | 1249 | ||||||
58 | Herb Adderley*+ | GNB | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 20 | 597 | 1 | 98 | 29.9 | 683 | |||||
59 | Amos Bullocks | DAL | 24 | hb | 14 | 6 | 19 | 453 | 0 | 56 | 23.8 | 864 | |||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Earl Gros | GNB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 430 | 0 | 51 | 25.3 | 652 | ||||||
61 | Tom Matte | BAL | 24 | HB | 14 | 13 | 16 | 331 | 0 | 34 | 20.7 | 1338 | |||||
62 | Charlie Scales | CLE | 25 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 432 | 0 | 50 | 27.0 | 442 | ||||||
63 | Jerry Stovall | STL | 22 | LS | 14 | 14 | 15 | 419 | 0 | 55 | 27.9 | 451 | |||||
64 | Charlie Killett | NYG | 23 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 332 | 0 | 54 | 23.7 | 368 | ||||||
65 | Bill Triplett | STL | 23 | HB | 13 | 12 | 14 | 229 | 0 | 27 | 16.4 | 1277 | |||||
66 | Frank Budd | WAS | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 252 | 0 | 36 | 25.2 | 358 | ||||||
67 | John Mackey* | BAL | 22 | TE | 14 | 14 | 9 | 271 | 0 | 41 | 30.1 | 1000 | |||||
68 | Amos Marsh | DAL | 24 | FB | 14 | 9 | 9 | 167 | 0 | 31 | 18.6 | 874 | |||||
69 | Wendell Harris | BAL | 23 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 198 | 0 | 41 | 24.8 | 198 | ||||||
70 | Ronnie Bull | CHI | 23 | HB | 13 | 9 | 7 | 105 | 0 | 26 | 15.0 | 641 | |||||
71 | Ed Sharockman | MIN | 24 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 139 | 0 | 28 | 19.9 | 232 | |||||
72 | Jim Cunningham | WAS | 24 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 96 | 0 | 24 | 16.0 | 215 | ||||||
73 | Lew Carpenter | GNB | 31 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 24 | 15.0 | 95 | ||||||
74 | Johnny Counts | NYG | 24 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 0 | 31 | 21.4 | 107 | ||||||
75 | Leroy Jackson | WAS | 24 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 30 | 22.6 | 143 | ||||||
76 | Theron Sapp | 2TM | 28 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 23 | 11.6 | 546 | ||||||
77 | Tom Franckhauser | MIN | 26 | rs | 14 | 7 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 26 | 23.5 | 153 | |||||
78 | Mal Hammack | STL | 30 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 21 | 15.0 | 91 | ||||||
79 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 26 | fb | 14 | 7 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 23 | 18.8 | 927 | |||||
80 | Bill Thornton | STL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 25 | 17.5 | 200 | ||||||
81 | Jim Vollenweider | SFO | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 23 | 18.8 | 225 | ||||||
82 | Bill Brown | MIN | 25 | FB | 14 | 13 | 3 | 105 | 1 | 78 | 35.0 | 659 | |||||
83 | Tom Gilburg | BAL | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 9.7 | 29 | ||||||
84 | Louis Guy | NYG | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 25 | 14.7 | 44 | ||||||
85 | Gary Henson | PHI | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7.0 | 21 | ||||||
86 | J.W. Lockett | BAL | 26 | FB | 12 | 10 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 17.3 | 483 | |||||
87 | Ollie Matson | DET | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 30 | 20.3 | 101 | ||||||
88 | Nick Ryder | DET | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 11.0 | 56 | ||||||
89 | Nat Whitmyer | RAM | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 30 | 26.7 | 107 | ||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
90 | Tom Woodeshick | PHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 31 | 24.0 | 87 | ||||||
91 | Charlie Bivins | CHI | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 166 | ||||||
92 | Lee Calland | MIN | 22 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 22.5 | 45 | |||||
93 | Rick Casares | CHI | 32 | FB | 10 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 9.0 | 389 | |||||
94 | Bill Cooper | SFO | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | ||||||
95 | Charlie Cowan | RAM | 25 | LG | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
96 | Bobby Franklin | CLE | 27 | rcb | 14 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 16.5 | 49 | |||||
97 | Glenn Glass | PIT | 23 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 29 | 23.0 | 75 | |||||
98 | Wendell Hayes | DAL | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 25 | 24.0 | 48 | ||||||
99 | Joe Marconi* | CHI | 29 | fb | 14 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 796 | |||||
100 | Marlin McKeever | RAM | 23 | MLB | 13 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 160 | |||||
101 | Gordie Smith | MIN | 24 | te | 14 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 12.0 | 203 | |||||
102 | Ralph Smith | PHI | 25 | le | 14 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 81 | |||||
103 | Bob St. Clair | SFO | 32 | RT | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | |||||
104 | Larry Benz | CLE | 22 | LS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | |||||
105 | Dick Bielski | BAL | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
106 | Larry Bowie | MIN | 24 | RG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
107 | Lee Roy Caffey | PHI | 22 | LLB | 14 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 93 | |||||
108 | John Campbell | MIN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
109 | Ernie Clark | DET | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | ||||||
110 | Lou Cordileone | PIT | 26 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | |||||
111 | Roy Curry | PIT | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 58 | ||||||
112 | Marv Fleming | GNB | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 132 | ||||||
113 | Willie Galimore | CHI | 28 | hb | 13 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 471 | |||||
114 | Irv Goode | STL | 23 | LT | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
115 | Ken Gray* | STL | 27 | RG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
116 | Alvin Hall | RAM | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
117 | John Johnson | CHI | 22 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||||||
118 | Jerry Kramer*+ | GNB | 27 | RG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
119 | Frank Mestnik | GNB | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | ||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
120 | John Morrow* | CLE | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
121 | Merlin Olsen* | RAM | 23 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
122 | Jim Parker*+ | BAL | 29 | LG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
123 | Art Perkins | RAM | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 146 | ||||||
124 | Mike Pyle* | CHI | 24 | C | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
125 | Tom Redmond | STL | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
126 | Ron Snidow | WAS | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
127 | Monty Stickles | SFO | 25 | TE | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 152 | |||||
128 | Sam Tidmore | CLE | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | ||||||
129 | Larry Vargo | DET | 24 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 50 | ||||||
130 | Ken Webb | CLE | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 72 | ||||||
131 | Ben Wilson | RAM | 24 | fb | 13 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 584 |
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