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1949 AAFC Running Back Leaders

Every 1949 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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Joe Perry led all running backs in rushing yards in 1949, with 783. Joe Perry also led in yards per carry (6.81), rushing yards per game (71.2), receiving touchdowns (3) and yards from scrimmage (929).

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The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.

Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Joe Perry 783
  2. 2 Marion Motley 570
  3. 3 Ollie Cline 518
  4. 4 Hosea Rodgers 494
  5. 5 Bob Kennedy 490
  6. 6 George Taliaferro 472
  7. 7 Johnny Clement 388
  8. 8 Johnny Strzykalski 287
  9. 9 Lou Tomasetti 249
  10. 10 Norm Standlee 237

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Marion Motley 8
  2. 1 Joe Perry 8
  3. 3 Johnny Clement 5
  4. 3 Bob Kennedy 5
  5. 3 Hosea Rodgers 5
  6. 3 George Taliaferro 5
  7. 7 Norm Standlee 4
  8. 8 Ollie Cline 3
  9. 8 Johnny Strzykalski 3
  10. 10 Lou Tomasetti 2

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Yards per Carry

Y/A
  1. 1 Joe Perry 6.81
  2. 2 Marion Motley 5.04
  3. 3 George Taliaferro 4.97
  4. 4 Bob Kennedy 4.15
  5. 5 Ollie Cline 4.14
  6. 6 Hosea Rodgers 3.77
  7. 7 Johnny Clement 3.66

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Hosea Rodgers 131
  2. 2 Ollie Cline 125
  3. 3 Bob Kennedy 118
  4. 4 Joe Perry 115
  5. 5 Marion Motley 113
  6. 6 Johnny Clement 106
  7. 7 George Taliaferro 95
  8. 8 Johnny Strzykalski 66
  9. 9 Lu Gambino 56
  10. 10 Lou Tomasetti 54

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Rushing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 Joe Perry 71.2
  2. 2 Marion Motley 51.8
  3. 3 Ollie Cline 47.1
  4. 4 George Taliaferro 42.9
  5. 5 Hosea Rodgers 41.2
  6. 6 Bob Kennedy 40.8
  7. 7 Johnny Clement 32.3

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Receiving Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Marion Motley 191
  2. 2 Joe Perry 146
  3. 3 Bob Sweiger 126
  4. 4 Ollie Cline 110
  5. 5 Johnny Strzykalski 99
  6. 6 Hosea Rodgers 97
  7. 7 Bob Livingstone 80
  8. 8 Lu Gambino 67
  9. 9 Paul Page 62
  10. 10 Lou Tomasetti 56

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Receptions

REC
  1. 1 Ollie Cline 15
  2. 1 Marion Motley 15
  3. 3 Bob Sweiger 11
  4. 3 Joe Perry 11
  5. 5 Lu Gambino 10
  6. 6 Lou Tomasetti 9
  7. 7 Chick Jagade 8
  8. 8 Bob Kennedy 7
  9. 8 Hosea Rodgers 7
  10. 10 Johnny Strzykalski 6

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Receiving Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Joe Perry 3
  2. 2 Earl Howell 1
  3. 2 Bob Kennedy 1
  4. 2 Lou Tomasetti 1
  5. 2 George Taliaferro 1
  6. 2 Lu Gambino 1
  7. 2 Johnny Strzykalski 1

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Yards from Scrimmage

YScm
  1. 1 Joe Perry 929
  2. 2 Marion Motley 761
  3. 3 Ollie Cline 628
  4. 4 Hosea Rodgers 591
  5. 5 Bob Kennedy 545
  6. 6 George Taliaferro 514
  7. 7 Johnny Clement 388
  8. 8 Johnny Strzykalski 386
  9. 9 Lou Tomasetti 305
  10. 10 Lu Gambino 275

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