04-05-2020, 03:09 PM
...from coronavirus.
Any football fan of a certain age will remember Tom Dempsey, whose career was largely encompassed by a single game-winning kick for a team with a 2-12 record that year (1970).
But what a kick. Sixty three yards, just clearing the crossbar.
Born with only half a kicking foot, and no right hand, Dempsey not only broke the record for the longest field goal, he shattered it, by seven yards - a record that stood for 4 decades.
RIP, Mr. Dempsey.
Any football fan of a certain age will remember Tom Dempsey, whose career was largely encompassed by a single game-winning kick for a team with a 2-12 record that year (1970).
But what a kick. Sixty three yards, just clearing the crossbar.
Born with only half a kicking foot, and no right hand, Dempsey not only broke the record for the longest field goal, he shattered it, by seven yards - a record that stood for 4 decades.
RIP, Mr. Dempsey.