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1936 NFL Running Back Leaders

Every 1936 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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Tuffy Leemans led all running backs in rushing yards in 1936, with 830. Dutch Clark led in rushing touchdowns (7) and yards per carry (5.11). Dale Burnett led in receiving yards (246) and receptions (16).

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

Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Tuffy Leemans 830
  2. 2 Ace Gutowsky 827
  3. 3 Dutch Clark 628
  4. 4 Cliff Battles 614
  5. 5 George Grosvenor 612
  6. 6 Bronko Nagurski 529
  7. 7 Bobby Wilson 505
  8. 8 Clarke Hinkle 476
  9. 9 Kink Richards 421
  10. 10 Swede Hanson 359

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Dutch Clark 7
  2. 2 Ace Gutowsky 6
  3. 3 Clarke Hinkle 5
  4. 3 Cliff Battles 5
  5. 5 Jack Manders 4
  6. 5 George Grosvenor 4
  7. 7 Bobby Wilson 3
  8. 7 Bronko Nagurski 3
  9. 7 George Sauer 3
  10. 10 Bull Karcis 2

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Yards per Carry

Y/A
  1. 1 Dutch Clark 5.11
  2. 2 Bobby Wilson 4.86
  3. 3 Clarke Hinkle 4.76
  4. 4 Bronko Nagurski 4.34
  5. 5 Ace Gutowsky 4.33
  6. 6 Tuffy Leemans 4.03
  7. 7 Kink Richards 3.69
  8. 8 George Grosvenor 3.60
  9. 9 Cliff Battles 3.49
  10. 10 George Sauer 3.24

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Tuffy Leemans 206
  2. 2 Ace Gutowsky 191
  3. 3 Cliff Battles 176
  4. 4 George Grosvenor 170
  5. 5 Dutch Clark 123
  6. 6 Bronko Nagurski 122
  7. 7 Swede Hanson 119
  8. 8 Kink Richards 114
  9. 9 Stumpy Thomason 109
  10. 10 Warren Heller 106

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Rushing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 Tuffy Leemans 69.2
  2. 2 Ace Gutowsky 68.9
  3. 3 George Grosvenor 61.2
  4. 4 Cliff Battles 55.8
  5. 5 Dutch Clark 52.3
  6. 6 Bronko Nagurski 48.1
  7. 7 Bobby Wilson 42.1
  8. 8 Clarke Hinkle 39.7
  9. 9 Kink Richards 38.3
  10. 10 George Sauer 33.9

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Receiving Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Dale Burnett 246
  2. 2 Bob Monnett 169
  3. 3 Art Strutt 166
  4. 4 Warren Heller 160
  5. 5 Johnny McNally 147
  6. 6 Kink Richards 146
  7. 7 Al Nichelini 133
  8. 8 Ed Justice 132
  9. 8 Joe Laws 132
  10. 10 Paul Miller 113

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Receptions

REC
  1. 1 Dale Burnett 16
  2. 2 Bob Monnett 13
  3. 3 Warren Heller 12
  4. 4 Art Strutt 11
  5. 5 Joe Laws 10
  6. 6 Al Nichelini 9
  7. 7 Ed Justice 8
  8. 7 Bull Karcis 8
  9. 7 Paul Miller 8
  10. 7 Jimmy Lawrence 8

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Receiving Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Dale Burnett 3
  2. 1 Warren Heller 3
  3. 3 Paul Miller 2
  4. 3 Riley Smith 2
  5. 3 Joe Laws 2
  6. 3 Johnny McNally 2
  7. 7 Tilly Manton 1
  8. 7 Bobby Wilson 1
  9. 7 Cliff Battles 1
  10. 7 Frank Christensen 1

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Yards from Scrimmage

YScm
  1. 1 Ace Gutowsky 857
  2. 2 Tuffy Leemans 852
  3. 3 Cliff Battles 717
  4. 4 Dutch Clark 633
  5. 5 George Grosvenor 618
  6. 6 Kink Richards 567
  7. 7 Bronko Nagurski 541
  8. 8 Bobby Wilson 517
  9. 9 Warren Heller 492
  10. 10 Clarke Hinkle 476

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