Fred Steinfort
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| Position | Placekicker | ||||||||||
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| Born | November 3, 1952 Wetter, West Germany | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Brighton (MA) | ||||||||||
| College | Boston College | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1976: 5th round, 146th overall pick | ||||||||||
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Friedrich W. "Fred" Steinfort (born November 3, 1952) is a German-American former professional football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for five different teams from (1976–1983). He played college football at Boston College.
Steinfort's family immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1965.[1]
When Steinfort won the Oakland Raiders' kicking job just before the start of the 1976 NFL season, he sent the NFL's current all-time leading scorer, George Blanda with 2,002 points, into retirement. In 1979, when he assumed the same role with the Denver Broncos, it was Jim Turner, at that time the NFL's third-leading scorer with 1,439 points that he displaced.[2]
Fred Steinfort played for five teams in seven seasons.[3]
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References
- ^ Izenberg, Jerry (September 5, 1976). "Blanda: After 26 years, he was just another body". Staten Island Advance. p. 72.
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com lists the leaders through 1979 as 1, George Blanda, 2002; 2, Lou Groza, 1608; and 3, Jim Turner, 1439. Six kickers had surpassed Blanda through 2017.
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/steinfre01.htm