most punt return yards 1941 to 1950

Between the 1941 and 1950 seasons, George McAfee gained the most punt-return yards, with 1,431 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player 1941 to 1950
NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,431
65
18
488
27.1
7.5
1
112
12.8
22.0
2
2Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1,309
66
67
1,495
22.3
22.7
1
94
13.9
19.8
3
3Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
925
49
34
818
24.1
16.7
1
84
11.0
18.9
1
4Ernie Steele
E. Steele
809
69
37
743
20.1
10.8
0
55
14.7
11.7
0
5Frank Seno
F. Seno
747
67
80
1,916
24.0
28.6
1
64
11.7
11.1
1
6Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
735
34
3
47
15.7
1.4
0
69
10.7
21.6
1
7Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
731
49
38
984
25.9
20.1
1
59
12.4
14.9
1
8Frank Reagan
F. Reagan
647
56
6
161
26.8
2.9
0
65
10.0
11.6
1
9Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
645
24
35
977
27.9
40.7
3
49
13.2
26.9
1
10Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
637
48
84
2,046
24.4
42.6
2
57
11.2
13.3
0
11Ray McLean
R. McLean
622
66
22
492
22.4
7.5
0
42
14.8
9.4
2
12Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
590
36
55
1,220
22.2
33.9
1
53
11.1
16.4
0
13Red Cochran
R. Cochran
583
36
25
462
18.5
12.8
0
33
17.7
16.2
2
14Dick Todd
D. Todd
581
58
20
436
21.8
7.5
0
44
13.2
10.0
1
15Bob Davis
B. Davis
579
41
27
515
19.1
12.6
0
56
10.3
14.1
0
16Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
568
47
57
1,241
21.8
26.4
0
36
15.8
12.1
2
17Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
555
12
26
600
23.1
50.0
0
29
19.1
46.3
2
18Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
552
66
38
909
23.9
13.8
1
44
12.5
8.4
1
19J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
522
33
2
31
15.5
0.9
0
42
12.4
15.8
0
20Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
509
92
69
1,573
22.8
17.1
0
45
11.3
5.5
0
21Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
473
73
76
2,030
26.7
27.8
3
34
13.9
6.5
2
22Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
461
28
27
683
25.3
24.4
0
41
11.2
16.5
0
23Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
449
22
15
342
22.8
15.5
0
32
14.0
20.4
1
24Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
447
71
14
351
25.1
4.9
0
37
12.1
6.3
0
25Bobby Gage
B. Gage
446
22
10
221
22.1
10.0
0
30
14.9
20.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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