most punt return yards 1943 to 1952

Between the 1943 and 1952 seasons, Emlen Tunnell gained the most punt-return yards, with 1,635 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player 1943 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
2George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,273
54
11
265
24.1
4.9
0
107
11.9
23.6
1
3Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1,210
67
67
1,445
21.6
21.6
0
96
12.6
18.1
3
4Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
965
53
37
780
21.1
14.7
0
84
11.5
18.2
2
5Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
834
36
67
1,604
23.9
44.6
0
63
13.2
23.2
2
6Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
784
48
55
1,409
25.6
29.4
3
63
12.4
16.3
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
732
60
63
1,367
21.7
22.8
1
69
10.6
12.2
0
9J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
701
55
2
31
15.5
0.6
0
67
10.5
12.7
0
10Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
665
23
27
679
25.1
29.5
0
33
20.2
28.9
6
11Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
643
50
93
2,191
23.6
43.8
2
59
10.9
12.9
0
12Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
628
24
27
694
25.7
28.9
0
41
15.3
26.2
3
13Ernie Steele
E. Steele
625
59
31
603
19.5
10.2
0
46
13.6
10.6
0
14Red Cochran
R. Cochran
583
36
25
462
18.5
12.8
0
33
17.7
16.2
2
15Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
568
70
57
1,241
21.8
17.7
0
36
15.8
8.1
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
18Bob Davis
B. Davis
495
31
18
375
20.8
12.1
0
46
10.8
16.0
0
19Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
473
83
76
2,030
26.7
24.5
3
34
13.9
5.7
2
20Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
461
28
27
683
25.3
24.4
0
41
11.2
16.5
0
21Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
449
22
15
342
22.8
15.5
0
32
14.0
20.4
1
22Bobby Gage
B. Gage
446
22
10
221
22.1
10.0
0
30
14.9
20.3
0
23Walt Slater
W. Slater
435
11
22
480
21.8
43.6
0
28
15.5
39.5
0
24Don Paul
D. Paul
434
29
46
1,171
25.5
40.4
0
47
9.2
15.0
1
25Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
411
96
65
1,489
22.9
15.5
0
35
11.7
4.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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