1963 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Chicago Bears

AP MVP: Y.A. Tittle

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 3481 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1863 Yds

Receiving Leader: Bobby Mitchell, 1436 Yds

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Kick & Punt Returns

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