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[D-train]

I can't believe he was only 23 when he did it. For some reason I thought he was near the end of his career. He was only 73 yo. 50th anniversary will be this fall. His career % is only 61%. Not surprising the toe hackers went out of business..

Josh Lambo led the NFL last season making 33 of 34 for 97%. The worst kicker was Bret Maher who only made 20 of 30 for 67%.

I would have guessed he was in his 30s with a beer gut like that....
He was a straight on kicker so there were way more chances of a "slice" or an unintentional "hook". Soccer style kickers have an intentional, predictable amount of hook and very low chance of a slice..but having just half a foot would STILL improve a soccer style guy's "club head speed".

Good trivia question. Who was the last toe hacker in the NFL?

[Donn Beach]

Mark Moseley

[D-train]

Mark Moseley

Did you know or have to look it up? I had to look it up. Was Garo Yepremian the first soccer style kicker?

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/07/02/mark- ... e-they-now

[Donn Beach]

Charlie Gogolak?...came in the league about the same time I guess, or his brother

[Donn Beach]

Paul Hornung made 12 of 38 in 1966 for 31.6%

Imagine if a kicker did that today. Social media would lose its marbles....

Unbelievable that Vince Lombardi just kept running him out there after 25 missed FGs in a season.

back then it wasn't considered a full time job, teams had players from other positions do the kicking. They really didn't give a shit

[Donn Beach]

looking at his career, he was a two way player

at ND

In the 1956 season, he led his team offensively in passing, rushing, scoring, kickoff and punt returns, and punting. He also played defense and led his team in passes broken up and was second in interceptions and tackles made

[D-train]

Paul Hornung made 12 of 38 in 1966 for 31.6%

Imagine if a kicker did that today. Social media would lose its marbles....

Unbelievable that Vince Lombardi just kept running him out there after 25 missed FGs in a season.

back then it wasn't considered a full time job, teams had players from other positions do the kicking. They really didn't give a shit

I know but when you lose by 3 points and your kicker goes 0-5 you would think that might clue you in to change things up somehow. Not exactly any intense analytics required.

The first paragraph is pretty funny:

http://miamimigraine.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -ever.html

[Donn Beach]

guess Pete was the first

https://tv5.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/177 ... -years-ago

[Donn Beach]

Unbelievable that Vince Lombardi just kept running him out there after 25 missed FGs in a season.

back then it wasn't considered a full time job, teams had players from other positions do the kicking. They really didn't give a shit

I know but when you lose by 3 points and your kicker goes 0-5 you would think that might clue you in to change things up somehow. Not exactly any intense analytics required.

The first paragraph is pretty funny:

http://miamimigraine.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -ever.html

wonder if he did the kicking because he was Paul Horning, or was he actually the best kicker on the team

[Moe Gibbs]

Sometime in the 1960s I recall a kicker went 4 for 4..... or 4 for 5 and the announcers treated this like it was Earth Shattering news.....