most punt return yards 1942 to 1951

Between the 1942 and 1951 seasons, Bill Dudley gained the most punt-return yards, with 1,481 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player 1942 to 1951
NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1,481
78
78
1,743
22.3
22.3
1
116
12.8
19.0
3
2George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,273
54
11
265
24.1
4.9
0
107
11.9
23.6
1
3Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
1,224
46
9
274
30.4
6.0
1
103
11.9
26.6
4
4Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
1,072
60
41
938
22.9
15.6
1
95
11.3
17.9
2
5Ernie Steele
E. Steele
809
69
37
743
20.1
10.8
0
55
14.7
11.7
0
6Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
784
36
50
1,251
25.0
34.8
3
61
12.9
21.8
1
7Frank Seno
F. Seno
747
67
80
1,916
24.0
28.6
1
64
11.7
11.1
1
8Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
727
48
63
1,367
21.7
28.5
1
67
10.9
15.1
0
9Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
655
24
49
1,182
24.1
49.3
0
45
14.6
27.3
2
10Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
643
50
93
2,191
23.6
43.8
2
59
10.9
12.9
0
11J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
635
43
2
31
15.5
0.7
0
56
11.3
14.8
0
12Red Cochran
R. Cochran
583
36
25
462
18.5
12.8
0
33
17.7
16.2
2
13Bob Davis
B. Davis
579
41
27
515
19.1
12.6
0
56
10.3
14.1
0
14Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
579
38
32
879
27.5
23.1
1
45
12.9
15.2
0
15Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
568
59
57
1,241
21.8
21.0
0
36
15.8
9.6
2
16Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
552
66
38
909
23.9
13.8
1
44
12.5
8.4
1
17Frank Reagan
F. Reagan
534
63
4
111
27.8
1.8
0
59
9.1
8.5
1
18Ray McLean
R. McLean
523
56
20
461
23.1
8.2
0
39
13.4
9.3
1
19Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
483
95
69
1,564
22.7
16.5
0
41
11.8
5.1
0
20Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
473
83
76
2,030
26.7
24.5
3
34
13.9
5.7
2
21Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
461
28
27
683
25.3
24.4
0
41
11.2
16.5
0
22Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
449
22
15
342
22.8
15.5
0
32
14.0
20.4
1
23Bobby Gage
B. Gage
446
22
10
221
22.1
10.0
0
30
14.9
20.3
0
24Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
437
60
12
305
25.4
5.1
0
36
12.1
7.3
0
25Walt Slater
W. Slater
435
11
22
480
21.8
43.6
0
28
15.5
39.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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