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Pureifory also did some kicking off in 1973-74 for Marcol. You already mentioned him in your previous post. So I listed guys other than him. But yes, aware of that -- he had to most in 1975, 26 kickoffs ... 1 in 1974 and 12 in 1973 ... 7 touchbacks 39 kicks ... must have had a good leg. I mentioned...

should probably add Lou Groza --- literature of the day alke about his strong leg. I have seen him kick on films but never really tracked his kickoffs. I was just written about. In the 1960s though there is more data and it seems like not that many touchbacks as he got older. Also, touchbacks were ...

sometimes these experts miss the boat like the panel of people picking the Giants Top 100 Once had experience --Can't say who, but had to identify which HOF OLBers were not "edge" rushers -- for a HOF voter. But to not know what position Dave Wilcox, Chris Hanburger, Jack Ham, etc played a...

52 - David Diehl 60 - Jumbo Elliott I'd have ranked Elliott higher than Diehl. I know the "alls" and everything but Elliott played LT in era when it mattered and was super hard to get past some of the top 3-4 guys. Diehl more versatile --- I guess. But I always thought Elliott a pretty go...

51 - Ottis Anderson
52 - David Diehl
53 - Dave Jennings
54 - Steve Owen
55 - Tom Landry
56 - Mark Collins
57 - Ward Cuff
58 - Ray Wietecha
59 - Victor Cruz
60 - Jumbo Elliott

I thought it was weird that Stenerud and Yepremian were so low on the TB list. They seemed to have been able to make a lot of long FGs. With the line moved back there was a dropoff for everyone ... but also, maybe the strategy was to not get touchbacks and try and pin teams back. With vet coaches a...

should probably add Lou Groza --- literature of the day alke about his strong leg. I have seen him kick on films but never really tracked his kickoffs. I was just written about. In the 1960s though there is more data and it seems like not that many touchbacks as he got older. Also, touchbacks were g...

I remember that even in the 1970s, some teams had kickoff specialist (in 1974 Sergio Albert with the Cardinals) and even punter Ray Guy with the Raiders (In the Ghost to the Post playoff game at Baltimore, but he had a short kickoff that Marshall Johnson returned for a TD). Chris Gartner for the Br...

I remember that even in the 1970s, some teams had kickoff specialist (in 1974 Sergio Albert with the Cardinals) and even punter Ray Guy with the Raiders (In the Ghost to the Post playoff game at Baltimore, but he had a short kickoff that Marshall Johnson returned for a TD). Chris Gartner for the Br...

I remember that even in the 1970s, some teams had kickoff specialist (in 1974 Sergio Albert with the Cardinals) and even punter Ray Guy with the Raiders (In the Ghost to the Post playoff game at Baltimore, but he had a short kickoff that Marshall Johnson returned for a TD). Yes, Lonnie Perrin was a...