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• n  (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal

• Summerall, a former New York Giants place-kicker, smoothly handles the play-by-play and generously provides Professor Madden time to explain what just happened and why.
• He collected a great pass-catching end (Mac Speedie) from the University of Utah, a great punter ("Horse" Gillom) from Massillon (Ohio) High School, the best place-kicker in the .

• placekicker

News & Articles

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• BBAO: 'Kickalicious' passes test
  We're Black and Blue All Over: Some of you have asked how the Detroit Lions' unique camp leg fared during the offseason. Here's what we can tell you about Havard Rugland, a.k.a. "Kickalicious:" He apparently did well enough to earn a trip to training camp. Even that minor accomplishment wasn't a given for a place-kicker who rose to fame with a viral YouTube video of trick kicks. There is a big ...
  June 19, 2013 - ESPN Blogs

Quotes

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• Frank Hadden in BBC Sport
  It contains the best place-kicker in world rugby, two British Lions, one of whom is Scotland's most-capped player, two of our most-respected and exciting backs and arguably the player who made the biggest impact in the 2006 Autumn Tests,said...
• Mitch Berger in Metro Canada - Halifax
  In the Dec. 14 game, Walker "dove and tried to take out a knee (of Steelers place-kicker Jeff Reed)," Berger told me yesterday. "I went over there and he got up, turned around and spit right in my mouth. He got no penalty, nothing. I can't...
• Steve Kragthorpe in International Herald Tribune
  There's a lot of technicalities that go into being a good place-kicker and a good punter but at some point in time just go bang the dang thing and kick it through the post or just go kick it high and have guys run down and cover,Kragthorpe said.