most average yards per punt return by a player with 1 return in a season from 1941 to 1949

Between the 1941 and 1949 seasons, Jim Canady had the most yards per punt return with 1+ return in a season, with 37.0 per return in his rookie season in 1948.

Interpreted as:

most average yards per punt return by a player with 1 or more return in a season from 1941 to 1949

	NAME	AVG	RET	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Jim Canady J. Canady	37.0	1	1948	CHB	3	45	15.0	0	8	2.7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	37	12.3	0
2	Jim Gillette J. Gillette	31.0	7	1946	BOS	11	305	27.7	2	99	9.0	1	96	8.7	1	43	3.9	0	62	5.6	0
3	Joe Domnanovich J. Domnanovich	29.0	5	1948	BOS	12	36	3.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	29	2.4	0
4	Fred Gehrke F. Gehrke	28.0	8	1947	LA	11	464	42.2	1	304	27.6	0	19	1.7	0	29	2.6	0	112	10.2	1
5	Bill Paschal B. Paschal	26.3	32	1948	BOS	12	929	77.4	5	249	20.8	1	93	7.8	4	498	41.5	0	79	6.6	0
6	Pete Pihos P. Pihos	26.0	3	1947	PHI	12	431	35.9	8	0	0.0	0	382	31.8	7	17	1.4	0	26	2.2	1
7	Gil Bouley G. Bouley	24.0	4	1947	LA	12	65	5.4	1	0	0.0	0	15	1.3	0	0	0.0	0	24	2.0	0
8	Frank Maznicki F. Maznicki	24.0	12	1947	BOS	12	320	26.7	2	77	6.4	0	76	6.3	0	0	0.0	0	48	4.0	0
9	George McAfee G. McAfee	24.0	8	1946	CHB	3	328	109.3	3	53	17.7	0	137	45.7	3	96	32.0	0	24	8.0	0
10	Jim Keane J. Keane	23.0	1	1946	CHB	11	354	32.2	3	0	0.0	0	331	30.1	3	0	0.0	0	23	2.1	0
11	Clyde Scott C. Scott	22.8	9	1949	PHI	8	503	62.9	3	195	24.4	1	148	18.5	1	54	6.8	0	114	14.3	1
12	Corwin Clatt C. Clatt	22.0	6	1949	CHC	12	61	5.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	22	1.8	0
13	Bruce Smith B. Smith	22.0	4	1947	GB	10	421	42.1	2	288	28.8	1	50	5.0	1	61	6.1	0	22	2.2	0
14	Don Currivan D. Currivan	22.0	3	1946	BOS	11	298	27.1	4	0	0.0	0	262	23.8	4	14	1.3	0	22	2.0	0
15	Chuck DeShane C. DeShane	21.4	10	1945	DET	9	224	24.9	2	0	0.0	0	29	3.2	0	0	0.0	0	107	11.9	1
16	Marshall Goldberg M. Goldberg	21.0	2	1947	CHC	12	228	19.0	0	155	12.9	0	52	4.3	0	0	0.0	0	21	1.8	0
17	Red Cochran R. Cochran	20.9	35	1949	CHC	12	944	78.7	4	87	7.3	1	107	8.9	1	410	34.2	0	314	26.2	2
18	Jerry Davis J. Davis	20.9	36	1948	CHC	11	895	81.4	2	77	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	437	39.7	0	334	30.4	2
19	Hank Soar H. Soar	20.8	8	1946	NYG	11	130	11.8	0	3	0.3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	83	7.5	0
20	Howard Hartley H. Hartley	20.5	12	1948	WAS	12	235	19.6	1	40	3.3	1	10	0.8	0	64	5.3	0	41	3.4	0
21	Mickey Sanzotta M. Sanzotta	20.5	4	1946	DET	10	172	17.2	0	72	7.2	0	19	1.9	0	40	4.0	0	41	4.1	0
22	Andy Tomasic A. Tomasic	20.0	1	1946	PIT	4	20	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	20	5.0	0
23	Joel Mason J. Mason	20.0	3	1945	GB	10	35	3.5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	15	1.5	0	20	2.0	0
24	Jack Wilson J. Wilson	19.8	13	1946	LA	9	426	47.3	1	120	13.3	0	30	3.3	1	145	16.1	0	99	11.0	0
25	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	19.4	29	1948	CHC	12	1,485	123.8	10	690	57.5	6	228	19.0	2	354	29.5	0	213	17.8	2

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