what rb had the most rushing yards in 1953

Joe Perry rushed for the most yards by a running back in 1953, with 1,018 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Joe Perry J. Perry	1,018	1953	SF	12	192	5.3	84.8	10	191	19	10.1	15.9	3
2	Dan Towler D. Towler	879	1953	LA	12	152	5.8	73.3	7	125	11	11.4	10.4	1
3	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	705	1953	LA	12	97	7.3	58.8	4	260	17	15.3	21.7	2
4	Charlie Justice C. Justice	616	1953	WAS	12	115	5.4	51.3	2	434	22	19.7	36.2	2
5	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	527	1953	PIT	12	137	3.8	43.9	2	95	19	5.0	7.9	0
6	John Huzvar J. Huzvar	515	1953	BAL	12	119	4.3	42.9	4	55	6	9.2	4.6	1
7	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	503	1953	SF	12	112	4.5	41.9	3	474	30	15.8	39.5	2
8	Breezy Reid B. Reid	492	1953	GB	12	95	5.2	41.0	3	100	10	10.0	8.3	0
9	Bob Hoernschemeyer B. Hoernschemeyer	482	1953	DET	12	101	4.8	40.2	7	282	23	12.3	23.5	2
10	George Taliaferro G. Taliaferro	479	1953	BAL	11	102	4.7	43.5	2	346	20	17.3	31.5	2
11	Lynn Chandnois L. Chandnois	470	1953	PIT	12	123	3.8	39.2	3	412	43	9.6	34.3	0
12	Don Johnson D. Johnson	439	1953	PHI	12	83	5.3	36.6	5	227	12	18.9	18.9	2
13	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	433	1953	CHC	12	97	4.5	36.1	0	87	11	7.9	7.3	2
14	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	386	1953	CHC	12	106	3.6	32.2	4	210	21	10.0	17.5	1
15	Joe Arenas J. Arenas	380	1953	SF	12	72	5.3	31.7	6	113	10	11.3	9.4	1
16	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	352	1953	CLE	12	60	5.9	29.3	4	722	39	18.5	60.2	4
17	Tank Younger T. Younger	350	1953	LA	12	84	4.2	29.2	8	259	20	13.0	21.6	1
18	Jerry Williams J. Williams	345	1953	PHI	12	61	5.7	28.8	3	438	31	14.1	36.5	1
19	Chick Jagade C. Jagade	344	1953	CLE	12	86	4.0	28.7	4	193	20	9.7	16.1	0
20	Doak Walker D. Walker	337	1953	DET	12	66	5.1	28.1	2	502	30	16.7	41.8	3
21	Frank Ziegler F. Ziegler	320	1953	PHI	12	83	3.9	26.7	5	211	15	14.1	17.6	0
22	Billy Reynolds B. Reynolds	313	1953	CLE	12	72	4.3	26.1	3	120	9	13.3	10.0	0
23	Fred Morrison F. Morrison	307	1953	CHB	12	95	3.2	25.6	2	214	16	13.4	17.8	0
24	Fred Cone F. Cone	301	1953	GB	12	92	3.3	25.1	5	165	18	9.2	13.8	1
25	Sonny Grandelius S. Grandelius	278	1953	NYG	12	108	2.6	23.2	1	80	15	5.3	6.7	0

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