Matt Bahr

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Date of birth:

July 6, 1956 (age 60)

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Height:

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight:

175 lb (79 kg)

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NFL Draft:

1979 / Round: 6 / Pick: 165

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Matt Bahr
Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-07-06) July 6, 1956 (age 60)
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1974–1977	Penn State
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978	Colorado Caribous	24	(0)
1978	Tulsa Roughnecks	2	(0)
1979	Pennsylvania Stoners	0	(0)
Total		26	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Matthew David Bahr (born July 6, 1956) is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League, and professional soccer player in the North American Soccer League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer. He is the son of National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Walter Bahr, and is the brother of NFL kicker Chris Bahr.

As a senior at Penn State, in 1978, Bahr was a consensus All-America selection. In 1978, he signed with the Colorado Caribous of the North American Soccer League, for whom he made 24 appearances and made three assists. The Caribous traded him to the Tulsa Roughnecks during the season, and he made two appearances. On March 27, 1979, he signed with the Pennsylvania Stoners of the second division American Soccer League.

In 1979, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 1979 NFL Draft. His brother Chris Bahr followed a similar career path. Over his career, which spanned from 1979 to 1995, he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots. After As a rookie, he won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. His longest tenure was with the Cleveland Browns where he played for 9 years and was cut during the 1990 preseason. In late September of that season he was picked up by the N.Y Giants after a repetitious injury to Raul Allegre. He is best remembered for his performance in the 1990 NFC Championship Game on January 20, 1991, as he set an NFC Championship Game record with five field goals (including a 42-yarder as time expired) to lift the Giants past the 49ers 15–13. He also kicked what would prove to be the decisive field goal in Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991, as the Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20–19, also recording a tackle on the opening kickoff.