1967 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Johnny Unitas

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Mel Farr

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Lem Barney

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3747 Yds

Rushing Leader: Leroy Kelly, 1205 Yds

Receiving Leader: Ben Hawkins, 1265 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	Ron Smith	ATL	24	le	13	7	20	92	0	26	4.6	39	976	1	99	25.0	1337
2	Doug Cunningham	SFO	22		14	0	27	249	0	57	9.2	31	826	0	94	26.6	1408
3	Rickie Harris	WAS	24	LCB	14	13	23	208	0	51	9.0	25	580	0	47	23.2	788
4	Bob Grim	MIN	22		13	2	25	101	0	81	4.0	22	493	0	46	22.4	722
5	Ben Davis	CLE	22		14	3	18	229	1	52	12.7	27	708	0	63	26.2	946
6	Alvin Haymond	BAL	25		8	2	26	155	0	32	6.0	13	326	0	48	25.1	514
7	Walter Roberts	NOR	25	FL	13	10	11	50	0	11	4.5	28	737	1	91	26.3	1199
8	Tom Watkins	DET	30	hb	13	5	15	57	0	18	3.8	20	411	0	44	20.6	928
9	Clarence Childs	NYG	29	lcb	14	12						29	603	0	48	20.8	603
10	Dick Gordon	CHI	23	LE	14	14	12	82	0	43	6.8	16	397	0	32	24.8	1008
11	John Love	WAS	23		13	3	11	-5	0	7	-0.5	17	422	1	96	24.8	665
12	Carl Ward	CLE	23		14	2	6	62	0	24	10.3	22	546	1	104	24.8	608
13	Bob Hayes*	DAL	25	LE	13	13	24	276	1	69	11.5	1	17	0	17	17.0	1291
14	Clint Jones	MIN	22		14	0						25	597	1	96	23.9	620
15	Philip Spiller	STL	22		14	1	15	124	0	33	8.3	10	219	0	41	21.9	356
16	Bobby Williams	STL	25		14	1						24	583	0	38	24.3	599
17	John Gilliam	NOR	22		13	2	7	13	0	8	1.9	16	481	1	94	30.1	799
18	Don Shy	PIT	22	hb	14	6	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	21	473	0	45	22.5	961
19	Irv Cross	RAM	28	RCB	14	12	17	136	0	39	8.0	4	134	0	50	33.5	270
20	Eddie Meador*	RAM	30	RS	14	14	21	131	0	22	6.2						234
21	Donny Anderson	GNB	24	lhb	14	5	9	98	0	43	10.9	11	226	0	40	20.5	1057
22	Walt Garrison	DAL	23		13	1						20	366	0	36	18.3	529
23	Aaron Martin	PHI	25	LCB	14	14	20	128	0	30	6.4						142
24	Tom Vaughn	DET	24	RS	14	11	4	7	0	12	1.8	16	446	0	60	27.9	453
25	Gale Sayers *+	CHI	24	HB	13	13	3	80	1	58	26.7	16	603	3	103	37.7	1689
26	Paul Martha	PIT	25	RS	14	11						18	403	0	32	22.4	444
27	Roy Shivers	STL	26		9	1	9	36	0	31	4.0	9	160	0	23	17.8	275
28	Travis Williams	GNB	21		14	1						18	739	4	104	41.1	1007
29	Dave Hathcock	NYG	24		6	0	3	7	0	7	2.3	14	315	0	38	22.5	322
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Wendell Tucker	RAM	24		7	0	6	40	0	11	6.7	11	242	0	37	22.0	282
31	Jim Bradshaw	PIT	28	LS	13	6	16	97	0	26	6.1						97
32	Lenny Moore	BAL	34		14	0						16	392	0	37	24.5	677
33	Charlie Bryant	STL	26		14	0						14	324	0	32	23.1	336
34	Mike Fitzgerald	3TM	26		10	1	2	4	0	4	2.0	12	240	0	30	20.0	244
35	Leroy Kelly*+	CLE	25	HB	14	14	9	59	0	32	6.6	5	131	0	32	26.2	1677
36	Timmy Brown	PHI	30		7	4						13	301	0	41	23.2	682
37	Willie Ellison	RAM	22		14	0						13	340	0	58	26.2	442
38	Bobby Thompson	DET	28		12	0	9	20	0	7	2.2	4	134	0	50	33.5	154
39	Willie Wood*+	GNB	31	RS	14	14	12	3	0	3	0.3	1	0	0	0	0.0	63
40	Craig Baynham	DAL	23		14	0						12	331	0	37	27.6	350
41	Rick Volk*	BAL	22	RS	14	14	11	88	0	24	8.0						233
42	Herb Adderley *	GNB	28	LCB	14	14						10	207	0	37	20.7	223
43	Cannonball Butler	PIT	24	HB	11	6						10	223	0	32	22.3	539
44	Ben Hawkins	PHI	23	FL	14	14						10	250	0	46	25.0	1515
45	Chuck Hughes	PHI	24		9	0	3	11	0	11	3.7	7	126	0	23	18.0	137
46	Randy Minniear	NYG	24		6	3	4	13	0	5	3.3	6	98	0	23	16.3	258
47	Bill Tucker	SFO	24		14	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	9	199	0	26	22.1	227
48	Lem Barney*	DET	22	LCB	14	14	4	14	0	6	3.5	5	87	0	25	17.4	328
49	Tom Brown	GNB	27	LS	14	14	9	40	0	12	4.4						91
50	Gary Lewis	SFO	25		13	1						9	190	0	33	21.1	750
51	Elijah Pitts	GNB	29	HB	8	8	9	16	0	10	1.8						473
52	Bob Shann	PHI	24		6	0	3	17	0	8	5.7	6	133	0	42	22.2	158
53	Clendon Thomas	PIT	32	rs	13	8	9	34	0	17	3.8						73
54	Charlie Brown	NOR	22		3	0	3	1	0	13	0.3	5	103	0	26	20.6	143
55	Tony Lorick	BAL	26	FB	14	9						8	212	0	37	26.5	837
56	Mel Renfro*	DAL	26	RS	9	9	3	-1	0	7	-0.3	5	112	0	30	22.4	177
57	Kermit Alexander	SFO	26	RCB	13	12	6	64	0	31	10.7	1	18	0	18	18.0	154
58	Tom Barrington	NOR	23		14	3						7	113	0	27	16.1	284
59	Perry Lee Dunn	ATL	26		14	1						7	128	0	39	18.3	302
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	T.J. Jackson	WAS	24		3	0						7	131	0	33	18.7	131
61	Brady Keys	2TM	31		14	6	7	7	0	8	1.0						45
62	Spider Lockhart	NYG	24	RS	12	10	7	54	0	19	7.7						92
63	Jerry Logan	BAL	26	LS	14	14	5	80	1	43	16.0	2	17	0	10	8.5	119
64	Don McCall	NOR	23		14	2						7	198	0	68	28.3	362
65	Bill Triplett	NYG	27		11	3						7	139	0	26	19.9	379
66	Clancy Williams	RAM	25	LCB	14	14						7	161	0	29	23.0	236
67	Harry Wilson	PHI	23		3	0						7	150	0	33	21.4	170
68	Al Dodd	CHI	22		6	0	3	8	0	6	2.7	3	34	0	24	11.3	42
69	Chuck Latourette	STL	22		14	0	6	21	0	17	3.5						44
70	Taft Reed	PHI	25		6	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	111	0	31	22.2	111
71	Lance Rentzel	DAL	24	FL	14	14	6	45	0	21	7.5						1041
72	Andy Russell	PIT	26	RLB	14	13						6	97	0	26	16.2	147
73	Willie Williams	NYG	25		6	1	6	28	0	7	4.7						72
74	Les Josephson *	RAM	25	HB	14	14						5	91	0	35	18.2	1291
75	Ralph Kurek	CHI	24	fb	14	5						5	81	0	25	16.2	223
76	Johnny Roland*	STL	24	HB	13	13	3	17	0	11	5.7	2	33	0	24	16.5	1195
77	Ed Sharockman	MIN	28	RCB	14	13	4	0	0	3	0.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	116
78	Les Shy	DAL	23		13	0						5	96	0	35	19.2	191
79	Jerry Simmons	2TM	25		14	7	3	0	0	0	0.0	2	38	0	22	19.0	350
80	Dave Lince	PHI	23		14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	46	0	22	15.3	46
81	Johnny Morris	CHI	32	FL	14	12	4	24	0	15	6.0						261
82	Dick Smith	WAS	23	lcb	10	4						4	120	0	34	30.0	120
83	Jim Stiger	RAM	26		5	0	4	9	0	5	2.3						15
84	Sims Stokes	DAL	23		3	0						4	92	0	35	23.0	92
85	Kelton Winston	RAM	28		9	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	3	65	0	24	21.7	77
86	Tommy Crutcher	GNB	26		14	1						3	48	0	23	16.0	48
87	John Douglas	NOR	22	LCB	14	13	2	15	0	12	7.5	1	17	0	17	17.0	51
88	Floyd Hudlow	ATL	24	LS	10	10	1	2	0	2	2.0	2	56	0	35	28.0	83
89	Jimmy Jordan	NOR	23		1	0						3	56	0	27	18.7	56
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Errol Linden	ATL	30	RT	14	14						3	37	0	18	12.3	37
91	Jim Lindsey	MIN	23		8	0						3	71	0	37	23.7	117
92	Ray Ogden	2TM	25		13	8						3	41	0	26	13.7	368
93	Mike Weger	DET	22		14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	27	0	23	13.5	27
94	Gary Ballman	PHI	27	LE	12	12						2	43	0	27	21.5	584
95	Charlie Brown	CHI	25		8	0						2	34	0	17	17.0	57
96	Willis Crenshaw	STL	26		14	1						2	14	0	9	7.0	193
97	Ron Goovert	DET	23		14	3						2	40	0	26	20.0	40
98	Wendell Harris	NYG	27	LS	14	12	2	0	0	0	0.0						0
99	Harry Jones	PHI	22		11	0						2	32	0	17	16.0	83
100	Homer Jones*	NYG	26	LE	14	14						2	38	0	24	19.0	1315
101	John Kelly	WAS	23		14	0						2	19	0	10	9.5	19
102	Joe Don Looney	WAS	25		4	3						2	42	0	22	21.0	80
103	Frank Nunley	SFO	22		14	3						2	0	0	0	0.0	7
104	Nick Rassas	ATL	23		5	3						2	51	0	27	25.5	51
105	Larry Stallings	STL	26	LLB	14	14						2	39	0	22	19.5	39
106	Wayne Swinford	SFO	24		5	0						2	51	0	32	25.5	51
107	Gerry Allen	WAS	26	HB	11	6						1	13	0	13	13.0	376
108	Mike Barnes	STL	23		3	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
109	Eppie Barney	CLE	23		14	1						1	11	0	11	11.0	14
110	Randy Beisler	PHI	23	ldt	14	8						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
111	Bill Briggs	WAS	24		14	4						1	1	0	1	1.0	1
112	Allen Brown	GNB	24		14	1						1	13	0	13	13.0	56
113	Fred Brown	PHI	24		13	3						1	17	0	17	17.0	46
114	John Burrell	WAS	27		10	3						1	2	0	2	2.0	92
115	John Campbell	PIT	29	LLB	14	13						1	25	0	25	25.0	77
116	Claude Crabb	RAM	27		14	1	1	0	0	0	0.0						23
117	Bobby Crespino	NYG	29		14	1						1	7	0	7	7.0	132
118	Norman Davis	BAL	22		14	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
119	Earl Denny	MIN	22		13	0						1	18	0	18	18.0	19
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Ron East	DAL	24		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
121	Bobby Felts	DET	25		14	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0						65
122	Pat Fischer	STL	27	LCB	14	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	108
123	Tucker Frederickson	NYG	24	FB	10	8						1	19	0	19	19.0	483
124	Goose Gonsoulin	SFO	29	rs	14	8	1	0	0	0	0.0						9
125	Jim Gray	PHI	26		3	0						1	30	0	30	30.0	30
126	Charlie Harraway	CLE	23		14	0	1	7	0	7	7.0						-7
127	Doug Hart	GNB	28		14	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
128	John Hilton	PIT	25	TE	13	13						1	0	0	0	0.0	358
129	Randy Jackson	CHI	23	LT	14	13						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
130	Roy Jefferson	PIT	24	FL	13	11	1	10	0	10	10.0						458
131	Ike Kelley	PHI	23		14	3						1	0	0	0	0.0	18
132	Dave Kopay	SFO	25		8	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	53
133	Ernie Koy*	NYG	25	HB	14	13						1	18	0	18	18.0	934
134	Doug Kriewald	CHI	22		2	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
135	Rudy Kuechenberg	CHI	24		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
136	Obert Logan	NOR	26	RS	13	13						1	0	0	0	0.0	21
137	Bob Lurtsema	NYG	25	RDT	14	10						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
138	Jim Mankins	ATL	23		11	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	30
139	Jerry Marion	PIT	23		7	0	1	2	0	2	2.0						18
140	Bill Martin	ATL	25	te	14	5						1	0	0	0	0.0	182
141	Tom Matte	BAL	28	HB	14	14						1	14	0	14	14.0	1146
142	Ray May	PIT	22		14	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
143	Ray McDonald	WAS	23	fb	12	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	283
144	Ron Medved	PHI	23		8	3						1	7	0	7	7.0	30
145	Elijah Nevett	NOR	23		2	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
146	Bobby Post	NYG	23		5	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
147	Nate Ramsey	PHI	26	RS	14	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
148	Dave Robinson*+	GNB	26	LLB	14	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	16
149	George Rose	NOR	25		13	2						1	21	0	21	21.0	36
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
150	Bill Sandeman	2TM	25		13	5						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
151	Joe Scarpati	PHI	24	LS	14	13	1	2	0	2	2.0						101
152	Rick Sortun	STL	25	rg	13	5						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
153	Terry Stoepel	CHI	22	te	6	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	6
154	Charlie Stukes	BAL	24		14	3						1	19	0	19	19.0	32
155	Jerry Sturm	NOR	31		7	3						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
156	Don Talbert	ATL	28	LT	12	11						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
157	Pete Tatman	MIN	22		5	0						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
158	Joe Taylor	CHI	28		14	2						1	8	0	8	8.0	35
159	Phil Vandersea	NOR	24		8	2						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
160	Arunas Vasys	PHI	24		9	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
161	Clyde Williams	STL	27		9	2	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
162	Bob Windsor	SFO	25	te	14	6						1	21	0	21	21.0	284
163	Bo Wood	ATL	22		14	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
164	George Youngblood	2TM	22		12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
165	Jerry Zawadzkas	DET	21		2	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0

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