. American football kickers in the old days used to kick "straight on" and could only kick about 30 yards or so.
Tom Dempsy of the New Orleans Staints kicked a 63 yd field Goal- using the 'straight on' old way against the Detroit Lions in 1970. It is still the record. Lou 'The Toe' Groza of the Cleveland Browns kicked many 50+ FGs but was deadly from the short distances- more so then the most pro kickers today. 1600+ career points- the mosty points scored by a 'Brown.' NY Giant Pat Smmerall was a killer from 40 yds out. One of the last 'straight on kickers -Mark Moseley's of the Redskins- played after a soccer style kicker Charlie Gogolak of Hungary. His 45+ field goals made the 'skins' a pain in the butt to most NFL teams in his conference. Even I kicked FGs over 40 yds in HS 'straight on.'
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