most punt return yards 1944 to 1953

Between the 1944 and 1953 seasons, Emlen Tunnell gained the most punt-return yards, with 1,858 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player 1944 to 1953
NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
1,858
70
41
1,117
27.2
16.0
1
171
10.9
26.5
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
1,244
79
67
1,445
21.6
18.3
0
104
12.0
15.7
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
814
59
57
1,453
25.5
24.6
3
75
10.9
13.8
1
7Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
807
82
65
1,440
22.2
17.6
0
57
14.2
9.8
2
8Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
767
64
63
1,367
21.7
21.4
1
72
10.7
12.0
0
9Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
756
36
37
955
25.8
26.5
0
57
13.3
21.0
3
10J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
725
63
2
31
15.5
0.5
0
72
10.1
11.5
0
11Frank Seno
F. Seno
720
57
77
1,855
24.1
32.5
1
62
11.6
12.6
1
12Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
687
35
37
862
23.3
24.6
0
41
16.8
19.6
6
13Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
643
50
93
2,191
23.6
43.8
2
59
10.9
12.9
0
14Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
630
48
54
1,289
23.9
26.9
0
56
11.3
13.1
3
15Red Cochran
R. Cochran
583
36
25
462
18.5
12.8
0
33
17.7
16.2
2
16Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
552
66
38
909
23.9
13.8
1
44
12.5
8.4
1
17Johnny Williams
J. Williams
538
24
29
710
24.5
29.6
0
42
12.8
22.4
2
18Frank Reagan
F. Reagan
534
63
4
111
27.8
1.8
0
59
9.1
8.5
1
19Don Paul
D. Paul
519
41
50
1,277
25.5
31.1
0
65
8.0
12.7
1
20Bob Davis
B. Davis
495
31
18
375
20.8
12.1
0
46
10.8
16.0
0
21Ernie Steele
E. Steele
473
49
20
367
18.4
7.5
0
34
13.9
9.7
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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