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2. Dirk Borgognone - Wikipedia

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   Much like Ove Johansson, whose 69-yard field goal in the NAIA in 1976 is the only field goal on record to have bested Borgognone's high school kick, Borgognone struggled to make the National Football League. He spent years bouncing between NFL training camps, mainly as a kickoff specialist (the NFL had prohibited the use of kicking tees for ...

3. Conversion (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   The NFL (and most other professional leagues) has never allowed the use of tees for extra-point kick attempts, having always required kickers to kick off the ground for such attempts (and for field goals; a rare exception for a U.S.-based pro league to allow the usage of such tees for such attempts was the original USFL in the 1980s).

4. Lou Groza - Wikipedia

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   Louis Roy Groza (January 25, 1924 – November 29, 2000), nicknamed "the Toe", was an American professional football offensive tackle and placekicker while playing his entire career for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Groza was professional football's career kicking and ...

5. Comparison of American and Canadian football - Wikipedia

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   The NFL (and most other professional leagues) has never allowed the use of tees for extra-point kick attempts, having always required kickers to kick off the ground for such attempts (and for field goals; a rare exception for a U.S.-based pro league to allow the usage of such tees for such attempts was the original USFL in the 1980s).

6. Field goal - Wikipedia

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   The NFL (and most other professional leagues) has never allowed the use of tees for field goal kick attempts, having always required kickers to kick off the ground for such attempts (and for extra points; a rare exception for a U.S.-based pro league to allow the usage of such tees for such attempts was the original USFL in the 1980s).

7. List of gridiron football rules - Wikipedia

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   Canadian football distinguishes three ways of kicking the ball: Place kick Kicking a ball held on the ground by a teammate, or, on a kickoff (resuming play following a score), placed on a tee. Drop kick Kicking a ball after bouncing it on the ground. Although rarely used today, it has the same status in scoring as a place kick.

8. Tom Dempsey - Wikipedia

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   Stats at Pro Football Reference Thomas John Dempsey (January 12, 1947 – April 4, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints , Philadelphia Eagles , Los Angeles Rams , Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills .

9. Kickoff (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   If a kicking team player crosses the line at which the ball is placed before it is kicked, the receiving team has the option either to have the kicking team re-kick from 5 yards farther back, or have 5 yards added on to the end of the return. In high school football, the receiving team only has the option to make the kicking team re-kick.