most punt return yards 1942 to 1952

Between the 1942 and 1952 seasons, Emlen Tunnell had the most punt-return yards, with 1,635 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player 1942 to 1952
NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
1,635
58
24
638
26.6
11.0
1
133
12.3
28.2
4
2Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1,481
78
78
1,743
22.3
22.3
1
116
12.8
19.0
3
3George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,273
54
11
265
24.1
4.9
0
107
11.9
23.6
1
4Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
1,072
60
41
938
22.9
15.6
1
95
11.3
17.9
2
5Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
834
36
67
1,604
23.9
44.6
0
63
13.2
23.2
2
6Ernie Steele
E. Steele
809
69
37
743
20.1
10.8
0
55
14.7
11.7
0
7Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
784
48
55
1,409
25.6
29.4
3
63
12.4
16.3
1
8Frank Seno
F. Seno
747
67
80
1,916
24.0
28.6
1
64
11.7
11.1
1
9Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
732
60
63
1,367
21.7
22.8
1
69
10.6
12.2
0
10J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
701
55
2
31
15.5
0.6
0
67
10.5
12.7
0
11Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
665
23
27
679
25.1
29.5
0
33
20.2
28.9
6
12Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
643
50
93
2,191
23.6
43.8
2
59
10.9
12.9
0
13Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
628
24
27
694
25.7
28.9
0
41
15.3
26.2
3
14Red Cochran
R. Cochran
583
36
25
462
18.5
12.8
0
33
17.7
16.2
2
15Bob Davis
B. Davis
579
41
27
515
19.1
12.6
0
56
10.3
14.1
0
16Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
579
38
32
879
27.5
23.1
1
45
12.9
15.2
0
17Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
568
70
57
1,241
21.8
17.7
0
36
15.8
8.1
2
18Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
552
66
38
909
23.9
13.8
1
44
12.5
8.4
1
19Frank Reagan
F. Reagan
534
63
4
111
27.8
1.8
0
59
9.1
8.5
1
20Ray McLean
R. McLean
523
56
20
461
23.1
8.2
0
39
13.4
9.3
1
21Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
487
107
71
1,626
22.9
15.2
0
42
11.6
4.6
0
22Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
473
83
76
2,030
26.7
24.5
3
34
13.9
5.7
2
23Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
461
28
27
683
25.3
24.4
0
41
11.2
16.5
0
24Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
449
22
15
342
22.8
15.5
0
32
14.0
20.4
1
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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