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German gridiron football player (born 1952)

American football player

Fred Steinfort

No. 4, 1, 19, 5

Position:

Placekicker

Personal information

Born:

(1952-11-03) November 3, 1952 (age 72)
Wetter, West Germany

Height:

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Weight:

180 lb (82 kg)

Career information

High school:

Brighton (MA)

College:

Boston College

NFL draft:

1976 / round: 5 / pick: 146

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Super Bowl champion (XI)
PFW Golden Toe Award (1980)

Career NFL statistics

Field goals made:	63
Field goals attempted:	114
Field goal %:	55.3
Longest field goal:	57
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Friedrich W. "Fred" Steinfort (born November 3, 1952) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for five different teams from (1976–1983). He played college football at Boston College.

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.

External links

Boston College Eagles bio

References

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.

v t e Oakland Raiders 1976 NFL draft selections
Charles Philyaw Jeb Blount Rik Bonness Herb McMath Fred Steinfort Clarence Chapman Jerome Dove Terry Kunz Dwight Lewis Rick Jennings Cedric Brown Craig Crnick Mark Young Calvin Young Carl Hargrave Doug Hogan Buddy Tate Nate Beasley

v t e Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI champions
4 Fred Steinfort 8 Ray Guy 11 David Humm 12 Ken Stabler 14 Errol Mann 15 Mike Rae 20 Neal Colzie 21 Cliff Branch 24 Willie Brown 25 Fred Biletnikoff (MVP) 26 Skip Thomas 28 Clarence Davis 29 Hubert Ginn 30 Mark van Eeghen 31 Carl Garrett 32 Jack Tatum 33 Rick Jennings 34 Terry Kunz 36 Manfred Moore 39 Willie Hall 40 Pete Banaszak 41 Phil Villapiano 43 George Atkinson 44 Marv Hubbard 46 Warren Bankston 47 Charlie Phillips 49 Mike Siani 50 Dave Dalby 51 Rodrigo Barnes 52 Floyd Rice 54 Rik Bonness 58 Monte Johnson 60 Otis Sistrunk 61 Herb McMath 63 Gene Upshaw 64 George Buehler 66 Steve Sylvester 70 Henry Lawrence 72 John Matuszak 74 Dave Rowe 75 John Vella 77 Charles Philyaw 78 Art Shell 79 Dan Medlin 81 Morris Bradshaw 83 Ted Hendricks 87 Dave Casper 89 Ted Kwalick
Head coach: John Madden
Coaches: Tom Dahms Lew Erber Tom Flores Joe Scannella Don Shinnick Oliver Spencer Bob Zeman

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