Dale Livingston
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| Position: | Kicker/Punter | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 12, 1945 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Plymouth, Michigan | ||||||||
| Date of death: | January 5, 2009 (aged 63) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Green Bay, Wisconsin | ||||||||
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| College: | Western Michigan University | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1968 / Round: 3 / Pick: 83 | ||||||||
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| Field goals: | 28/54 (51.9%) |
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| Extra points: | 30/41 (95.1%) |
| Punts/yards: | 146/6004 (41.1 yds/punt) |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Dale Roger Livingston (March 12, 1945 in Plymouth, Michigan – January 5, 2009) was an American football kicker and punter who became the starting kicker/punter on the Cincinnati Bengals first team in 1968.
Livingston played college football at Western Michigan University. His kicking career had an unlikely start. In 1965 Livingston, pulled from a physical education class, impressed coach Bill Doolittle during an impromptu tryout at Waldo Stadium as Livingston immediately connected on a series of 30- and 40-yard field goals and 50-yard punts.
He played on the Broncos' 1966 Mid-American Conference championship team. A successful onside kick and late field goal by Livingston against Ohio University in 1966 gave WMU a share of its first MAC title.
Livingston had an 86-yard punt against Kent State that is tied for the longest punt in Broncos history. During his WMU career, he averaged 39.9 yards per punt, including 43.3 in one season that ranks second all-time for the Broncos.
He was selected to play in the North-South All Star Game in 1967 and was named Second-Team All-American.
Livingston was selected by the expansion Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft. He became the first kicker in Bengals history, and was also the team's punter.
On September 6, 1968, in the Bengals first-ever regular-season game, he kicked the first extra point in Bengals history after a touchdown run by Paul Robinson to give the Bengals 7-0 lead over the San Diego Chargers. In the second quarter, he kicked the team's first-ever field goal, a 22-yarder in the second quarter to tie the game 10-10. The Chargers would go on to win 29-10.
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