Kick & Punt Returns
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Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1 | George Taliaferro* | 1951 | 24 | NYY | LH | 12 | 5 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 23 | 7.6 | 27 | 622 | 0 | 47 | 23.0 | 1324 |
2 | George Taliaferro | 1950 | 23 | NYY | LH | 12 | 12 | 9 | 129 | 0 | 27 | 14.3 | 25 | 473 | 0 | 34 | 18.9 | 1312 |
3 | Buddy Young | 1950 | 24 | NYY | RH | 12 | 12 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 20 | 536 | 0 | 50 | 26.8 | 1218 |
4 | Buddy Young | 1951 | 25 | NYY | LH | 12 | 9 | 12 | 231 | 1 | 79 | 19.3 | 14 | 427 | 1 | 90 | 30.5 | 1331 |
5 | Paul Shoults | 1949 | 24 | NYB | LH | 12 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3.4 | 14 | 271 | 0 | 26 | 19.4 | 573 |
6 | Joe Golding | 1949 | 28 | NYB | RH | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 5.4 | 13 | 289 | 0 | 55 | 22.2 | 699 |
7 | Jim Canady | 1949 | 23 | NYB | 7 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 9.0 | 10 | 233 | 0 | 40 | 23.3 | 478 | |
8 | Jim Wade | 1949 | 23 | NYB | 10 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 4.6 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 29 | 19.3 | 187 | |
9 | Sherman Howard | 1950 | 26 | NYY | HB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 240 | 1 | 89 | 30.0 | 892 |
10 | Al Pollard | 1951 | 23 | NYY | HB | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 5 | 138 | 0 | 45 | 27.6 | 192 |
11 | Phil Slosburg | 1949 | 23 | NYB | 3 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 8.0 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 27 | 24.5 | 262 | |
12 | Frank Nelson | 1949 | 26 | NYB | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4.7 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 17.3 | 102 | |
13 | Spec Sanders* | 1950 | 32 | NYY | S | 12 | 12 | 6 | 93 | 0 | 29 | 15.5 | 0 | 292 | ||||
14 | Bobbie Griffin | 1951 | 23 | NYY | DB | 12 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 27 | 11.5 | 0 | 73 | ||||
15 | Joe Osmanski | 1949 | 32 | NYB | FB | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 16 | 11.5 | 448 | ||||
16 | Dean Sensanbaugher | 1949 | 24 | NYB | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 29 | 27.0 | 126 | |
17 | Sisto Averno | 1951 | 26 | NYY | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 9.3 | 32 | ||||
18 | Nick Scollard | 1949 | 29 | NYB | RE | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 8.0 | 113 |
19 | Ed Smith | 1949 | 26 | NYB | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 7.3 | 0 | 52 | |||||
20 | Bennie Aldridge | 1950 | 24 | NYY | HB | 11 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 8.5 | 0 | 142 | ||||
21 | Barney Poole | 1950 | 27 | NYY | RDE | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 93 | ||||
22 | Jack Russell | 1950 | 31 | NYY | LDE/LE | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 193 | ||||
23 | Bennie Aldridge | 1951 | 25 | NYY | LDH | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 57 | ||||
24 | Tom Blake | 1949 | 22 | NYB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
25 | Bill Chipley | 1949 | 29 | NYB | LE | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 638 | ||||
26 | Duke Iverson | 1951 | 31 | NYY | LLB | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | ||||
27 | Harvey Johnson | 1951 | 32 | NYY | LLB | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | ||||
28 | Bob Kennedy | 1950 | 29 | NYY | LLB | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 26 | ||||
29 | Mike McCormack* | 1951 | 21 | NYY | RT | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Rk | Player | Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Paul Mitchell | 1951 | 31 | NYY | LT | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||||
31 | Frank Muehlheuser | 1949 | 23 | NYB | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 76 | |||||
32 | Bill O'Connor | 1951 | 25 | NYY | E | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 202 | ||||
33 | Wayne Siegert | 1951 | 22 | NYY | T | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 |
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