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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

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

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