most career kick return touchdowns before 1984

Before 1984, Travis Williams, Gale Sayers and Ollie Matson were tied for the most kick-return touchdowns, with 6 touchdowns.

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	NAME	KR TD	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Travis Williams T. Williams	6	62	102	2,801	27.5	45.2	13	213	16.4	3.4	1
2	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	6	68	91	2,781	30.6	40.9	27	391	14.5	5.8	2
3	Ollie Matson O. Matson	6	169	143	3,746	26.2	22.2	65	595	9.2	3.5	3
4	Timmy Brown T. Brown	5	108	184	4,781	26.0	44.3	71	639	9.0	5.9	1
5	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	5	148	102	2,690	26.4	18.2	69	699	10.1	4.7	3
6	Abe Woodson A. Woodson	5	116	193	5,538	28.7	47.7	123	956	7.8	8.2	2
7	Cecil Turner C. Turner	4	76	108	2,616	24.2	34.4	27	114	4.2	1.5	0
8	Raymond Clayborn R. Clayborn	3	103	57	1,538	27.0	14.9	0	0		0.0	0
9	Dave Williams D. Williams	3	66	88	2,019	22.9	30.6	1	60	60.0	0.9	0
10	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	3	141	66	1,760	26.7	12.5	71	707	10.0	5.0	0
11	Dave Hampton D. Hampton	3	93	113	2,923	25.9	31.4	0	0		0.0	0
12	Mercury Morris M. Morris	3	99	111	2,947	26.5	29.8	27	171	6.3	1.7	0
13	Ron Smith R. Smith	3	139	275	6,922	25.2	49.8	235	1,788	7.6	12.9	2
14	Charley Warner C. Warner	3	51	86	2,187	25.4	42.9	17	206	12.1	4.0	0
15	Lenny Lyles L. Lyles	3	149	81	2,161	26.7	14.5	0	0		0.0	0
16	Lynn Chandnois L. Chandnois	3	72	92	2,720	29.6	37.8	66	312	4.7	4.3	0
17	Vitamin Smith V. Smith	3	59	57	1,453	25.5	24.6	75	814	10.9	13.8	1
18	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	3	83	76	2,030	26.7	24.5	34	473	13.9	5.7	2
19	Carl Roaches C. Roaches	2	57	120	2,597	21.6	45.6	125	943	7.5	16.5	0
20	James Owens J. Owens	2	66	119	2,633	22.1	39.9	0	0		0.0	0
21	Eddie Payton E. Payton	2	65	156	3,676	23.6	56.6	156	1,387	8.9	21.3	1
22	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	2	104	121	2,902	24.0	27.9	225	2,802	12.5	26.9	6
23	Steve Odom S. Odom	2	81	194	4,451	22.9	55.0	73	595	8.2	7.3	1
24	Wally Francis W. Francis	2	132	84	2,077	24.7	15.7	0	0		0.0	0
25	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	2	81	121	3,087	25.5	38.1	84	936	11.1	11.6	1

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
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