Bill Gramatica
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 10, 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
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| College: | South Florida | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2001 / Round: 4 / Pick: 98 | ||||||||||||||
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| Field goals made/attempted: | 37/48 |
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| Field goal %: | 77.1% |
| Extra points made/attempted: | 60/61 |
| Extra points %: | 98.4% |
| Total points: | 171 |
| Longest field goal: | 50 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Guillermo C. "Bill" Gramática (born July 10, 1978) is an Argentine former American football placekicker of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft and last played for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League in 2006. He played college football at the University of South Florida. Gramática is perhaps best known for tearing a knee ligament in a celebratory leap with the Cardinals in 2001.
Gramática was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Laura and William Gramatica. Bill is the younger brother to fellow placekicker Martin Gramatica and older brother to Santiago Gramatica. Laura and William Gramatica decided to move their little family from Argentina to the LaBelle, Florida in 1983. Bill graduated from LaBelle High School in the small town of LaBelle, Florida, as did his two brothers.
He made a culturally defiant decision, along with his brothers Martin and Santiago, to leave Argentina to pursue a career kicking field goals in American football. Despite their lack of proven skill, the brothers collectively decided to venture off the path of a promising soccer career to begin the somewhat unpredictable, and sometimes dangerous life of professional NFL players.
“As a kid in Argentina, the first thing you get is a soccer ball and a jersey, and you play ALL the time, you love it so much, it’s a passion. My brother, Martin, was like a father to us; he gave up his childhood for us. I decided to pursue college football instead of soccer because of him. I wanted to be successful, and I wanted to follow in my brother’s footsteps and not disappoint him.”
Bill was the starting placekicker for Florida State in 1997 until being replaced by Sebastian Janikowski midway through the season, eventually leading to his transfer to the University of South Florida. At USF he was a 1998 All American award recipient. By the end of his college career, Bill had broken many field goal records at USF, including that for the longest field goal made (63 yards).
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