Chris Bahr
| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 3, 1953 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | State College, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Neshaminy High School | ||||||||
| College: | Penn State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51 | ||||||||
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| Player stats at PFR | |||||||||
| Field Goals: | 241/381 |
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| Field Goal %: | 63.3 |
| Long Field Goal: | 55 |
| Extra Points: | 490/519 |
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| Full name | Christopher Kurt Bahr | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1974 | Penn State Nittany Lions | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975 | Philadelphia Atoms | 22 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Chris Bahr (born February 3, 1953) is a former professional American football and soccer player. He was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) and played midfielder in the North American Soccer League.
Attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
Bahr attended Penn State, where he was named an All-American three times for soccer and once for football. He led the Nittany Lions in scoring in 1975, including four field goals over 50 yards. He averaged 39 yards in punts. Bahr graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and later earned a Juris Doctor at Southwestern University School of Law, attending school part-time while still playing with the Raiders.
Bahr was the first round draft pick of the Philadelphia Atoms in the 1975 North American Soccer League draft. As a rookie midfielder, he made an immediate impression, tying an NASL scoring record for goals by a native-born American by netting 11, including two 2-goal games and four game winners. Bahr also netted the first sudden death goal in Atoms history against the New York Cosmos in front of 20,124 at Veterans Stadium. He was named the 1975 NASL Rookie of the Year. Bahr played 22 games for the Atoms, scoring 11 goals before departing for the NFL.
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