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

• Former CU placekicker Katie Hnida, in an interview with Sports Illustrated, came forward to say she was repeatedly harassed and groped by teammates and was raped by a fellow player .
• Katie Hnida, a former University of Colorado placekicker and the first female football player in the school's history, got her own indoctrination in a disturbing way as a student .
• At 43, Fatsis (Word Freak) embeds himself with the Denver Broncos as a rookie placekicker.

• place-kicker

News & Articles

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• Report: Beckham received NFL interest
  David Beckham received an invitation from an NFL team to tryout as a placekicker, the London Mirror reported. The UK newspaper said the 38-year-old recent retiree was approached about a potential tryout before he left the LA Galaxy MLS franchise. "The offer came in and he politely said it wasn't right for him," a source told the Mirror. "Perhaps in the next few months he could change his mind ...
  June 19, 2013 - KSAT San Antonio

Quotes

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• Tom Coughlin in International Herald Tribune
  When you go into your first game of the year, and you're in the situation we're in from the standpoint of our placekicker, there isn't any question that in the back of your mind is the fact this is a veteran,coach Tom Coughlin said....
• Steve Spurrier in TheBigSpur.com (registration)
  Spencer Lanning kicked the ball very well tonight, so Spence is definitely our kicker. We've got full confidence in him,Spurrier said. "He's our placekicker and our punter. He's a dual threat. There's really not much competition on the...
• Eric Mangini in USA Today
  Josh did a great job considering the time he was here, the time he had to work with (snapper) Kenny (Amato) and (placekicker) Rob (Bironas). The way he held, he was a real pro about the whole thing, and punted very well, knew exactly what we needed... Jeff Fisher http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fisher&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHz8VY1Q7piuJuJotqYFEjR0J_1Sw SportingNews.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D277510&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHf3oYcZzxEjr-UmTc6v0VLZndaQg Sep 25, 2007 74938 101010 placement When you practice, anytime you practice, you try to shoot the unit from the sideline and then from the end zone behind them, so that you can see hand placement, fits, that type of thing," Mangini said. "That's how you watch practice every...