| 1961 AFL Punt Returns
Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Jim Wagstaff, BUF | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | Vern Valdez, BUF | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | Mel West, BOS/NYT | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | Keith Lincoln, SD | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 1 | Dick Christy, NYT | 18 | 383 | 21.3 | 2 | Walter Beach, BOS | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | Ron Burton, BOS | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 0 | Billy Atkins, BUF | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | Dave Smith, HOU | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | Claude Gibson, SD | 14 | 209 | 14.9 | 0 | Charley Fuller, OAK | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | Al Frazier, DEN | 18 | 231 | 12.8 | 1 | Bob Zeman, SD | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | Bob Scarpitto, SD | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | Abner Haynes, DLT | 19 | 196 | 10.3 | 0 | Glenn Bass, BUF | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 0 | Don Maynard, NYT | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | Dave Ames, NYT/DEN | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | Al Carmichael, DEN | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 0 | George Fleming, OAK | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | Billy Lott, BOS | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Billy Cannon, HOU | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 0 | Fred Brown, BUF | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | Clem Daniels, OAK | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | Jim Apple, NYT | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | Fred Bruney, BOS | 23 | 109 | 4.7 | 0 | Claude King, HOU | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | Bob McNamara, DEN | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | Bill Shockley, NYT/BUF | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | Elbert Dubenion, BUF | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | Sherrill Headrick, DLT | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | Bob Garner, OAK | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | Johnny Robinson, DLT | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | Gene Cockrell, NYT | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Frank Jackson, DLT | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Hal Smith, OAK | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Gene Mingo, DEN | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
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