which quarterback has the most passing yards before 1952

Before 1952, Sid Luckman had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 14,050 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	14,050	117	881	1,693	52.0	8.3	120.1	132	128	74.5	7.8	7.6
2	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	13,355	86	994	1,733	57.4	7.7	155.3	105	109	76.0	6.1	6.3
3	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	10,240	88	723	1,396	51.8	7.3	116.4	90	100	67.4	6.4	7.2
4	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	9,654	67	641	1,295	49.5	7.5	144.1	83	104	62.3	6.4	8.0
5	Paul Christman P. Christman	7,294	61	504	1,140	44.2	6.4	119.6	58	76	54.8	5.1	6.7
6	Bobby Layne B. Layne	6,754	47	475	1,019	46.6	6.6	143.7	54	61	61.3	5.3	6.0
7	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	6,295	45	404	808	50.0	7.8	139.9	41	54	65.3	5.1	6.7
8	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	5,256	60	395	853	46.3	6.2	87.6	51	68	53.1	6.0	8.0
9	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	4,735	62	293	680	43.1	7.0	76.4	44	65	49.0	6.5	9.6
10	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	4,415	35	301	626	48.1	7.1	126.1	35	49	57.6	5.6	7.8
11	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	4,387	32	259	485	53.4	9.0	137.1	37	27	86.5	7.6	5.6
12	Otto Graham O. Graham	4,148	24	284	518	54.8	8.0	172.8	31	36	72.1	6.0	6.9
13	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	3,366	72	156	409	38.1	8.2	46.8	34	38	57.2	8.3	9.3
14	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	2,961	32	197	388	50.8	7.6	92.5	25	37	58.1	6.4	9.5
15	Frankie Albert F. Albert	2,883	24	245	472	51.9	6.1	120.1	19	33	55.1	4.0	7.0
16	Tobin Rote T. Rote	2,771	24	189	480	39.4	5.8	115.5	22	44	36.0	4.6	9.2
17	Y.A. Tittle	2,692	24	224	429	52.2	6.3	112.2	16	28	57.0	3.7	6.5
18	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	2,591	18	171	361	47.4	7.2	143.9	24	30	59.0	6.6	8.3
19	Fred Enke F. Enke	2,567	48	187	425	44.0	6.0	53.5	22	30	51.8	5.2	7.1
20	Jack Jacobs J. Jacobs	2,530	38	196	447	43.8	5.7	66.6	21	41	39.6	4.7	9.2
21	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	2,278	39	190	388	49.0	5.9	58.4	20	22	60.9	5.2	5.7
22	Adrian Burk A. Burk	2,127	24	135	337	40.1	6.3	88.6	20	35	42.0	5.9	10.4
23	Harry Gilmer H. Gilmer	1,886	23	114	278	41.0	6.8	82.0	12	27	39.3	4.3	9.7
24	Bob Celeri B. Celeri	1,797	11	102	238	42.9	7.6	163.4	12	15	59.8	5.0	6.3
25	Frank Tripucka F. Tripucka	1,797	19	126	282	44.7	6.4	94.6	15	22	51.1	5.3	7.8

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