nfl most kick return yards by a player 1966

Ron Smith had the most kick-return yards in 1966, with 1,013 yards.

	NAME	KR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Ron Smith R. Smith	1,013	1966	ATL	14	43	23.6	72.4	0	11	80	7.3	5.7	0
2	Kermit Alexander K. Alexander	984	1966	SF	14	37	26.6	70.3	0	30	198	6.6	14.1	1
3	Bobby Jancik B. Jancik	875	1966	HOU	14	34	25.7	62.5	0	10	62	6.2	4.4	0
4	Clarence Childs C. Childs	855	1966	NYG	14	34	25.1	61.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Charley Warner C. Warner	846	1966	BUF	14	33	25.6	60.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Roy Shivers R. Shivers	762	1966	STL	13	27	28.2	58.6	1	16	49	3.1	3.8	0
7	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	718	1966	CHI	14	23	31.2	51.3	2	6	44	7.3	3.1	0
8	Joe Auer J. Auer	698	1966	MIA	14	28	24.9	49.9	1	5	99	19.8	7.1	0
9	Emmitt Thomas E. Thomas	673	1966	KC	14	29	23.2	48.1	0	9	56	6.2	4.0	0
10	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	659	1966	NYJ	14	26	25.3	47.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Speedy Duncan S. Duncan	642	1966	SD	14	25	25.7	45.9	0	18	238	13.2	17.0	1
12	Pervis Atkins P. Atkins	608	1966	OAK	14	29	21.0	43.4	0	1	13	13.0	0.9	0
13	Tom Vaughn T. Vaughn	595	1966	DET	13	23	25.9	45.8	0	18	179	9.9	13.8	0
14	Timmy Brown T. Brown	562	1966	PHI	13	20	28.1	43.2	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
15	Ollie Matson O. Matson	544	1966	PHI	14	26	20.9	38.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Goldie Sellers G. Sellers	541	1966	DEN	14	19	28.5	38.6	2	6	49	8.2	3.5	0
17	Donny Anderson D. Anderson	533	1966	GB	14	23	23.2	38.1	0	6	124	20.7	8.9	1
18	Dick Gordon D. Gordon	521	1966	CHI	14	19	27.4	37.2	0	4	-5	-1.3	-0.4	0
19	Fred Mazurek F. Mazurek	505	1966	WAS	12	21	24.0	42.1	0	2	9	4.5	0.8	0
20	Sid Blanks S. Blanks	487	1966	HOU	14	21	23.2	34.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Mel Renfro M. Renfro	487	1966	DAL	11	19	25.6	44.3	1	21	123	5.9	11.2	0
22	Phil Harris P. Harris	480	1966	NYG	14	22	21.8	34.3	0	5	7	1.4	0.5	0
23	Gary Ballman G. Ballman	477	1966	PIT	13	20	23.9	36.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Cannonball Butler C. Butler	454	1966	PIT	14	17	26.7	32.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Walter Roberts W. Roberts	454	1966	CLE	14	20	22.7	32.4	0	11	42	3.8	3.0	0

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Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 9/20	CAR	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 9/24	ATL	@	GB	8:15 PM
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
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Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
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Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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