Pete Gogolak
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| Position: | Kicker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 18, 1942 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Ogdensburg (NY) | ||||||||
| College: | Cornell | ||||||||
| AFL draft: |
1964 / Round: 12 / Pick: 92 (undrafted by the NFL) |
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| Field goals: | 173/294 (.588) |
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| Extra points: | 344/354 (.972) |
| Points: | 863 |
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Peter Kornel Gogolak (English /ˈɡoʊɡəlæk/; Hungarian: Gogolák Péter Kornél; born April 18, 1942 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former American football placekicker in the American Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Bills and in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants.
Gogolak is widely considered the chief figure behind the game's adoption of soccer style placekicking. In 1966, after playing two seasons for the AFL's Bills, he joined the NFL's Giants in May after playing out his option, sparking the "war between the leagues" and effectively expediting the subsequent AFL–NFL merger agreement in June. He is distinguished as being the first Hungarian to play in the National Football League.
In 2010, the New York Giants announced that Gogolak would be included in the team's new Ring of Honor to be displayed at all home games in their new stadium.
The son of a physician, Gogolak came to the United States with his family as a teen, following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and settled in upstate New York. He played college football in the Ivy League at Cornell University, where he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society and was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
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