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re: RIP Tom Dempsey dead of Covid virus
Posted on 4/5/20 at 7:39 am to geauxpurple
Posted on 4/5/20 at 7:39 am to geauxpurple
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but I was in the stadium when he kicked his field goal.
Same here. I still have memories of everyone going crazy around us when it went through. RIP.
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Posted on 4/5/20 at 7:58 am to Tiger Ryno
Guess he got caught flat footed
Posted on 4/5/20 at 8:00 am to Paul Allen
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I thought there was an article like 2 days ago saying he was ok
He recovered from the virus. Maybe gave him some complications.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 8:08 am to dbeck
Actually, he has had pre exiting conditions for years which is why he is in Lambeth House. He was not well prior to this outbreak.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 8:08 am to rt3
This is certainly not a shot at the late Mr Dempsey RIP but his kick would be ruled 62 yards nowadays. It was spotted in front of the 38 yard line. Not sure if it was a mistake at the time or the stat rules were different.
This post was edited on 4/5/20 at 8:09 am
Posted on 4/5/20 at 8:22 am to Tiger Ryno
I think he still has the record, but Jason Elam of the Broncos tied it a few years ago.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 8:28 am to fr33manator
Fr33, your grandfather died from covid-19? My condolences.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 8:38 am to Tiger Ryno
Even though we only got 3 Channels,the Saints were on every Sunday in AL.
Tom Dempsey,Archie Manning.I was a big Archie Manning fan.
Tom Dempsey,Archie Manning.I was a big Archie Manning fan.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:00 am to Kafka
That receiver was questionably inbounds right before the kick
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:04 am to contraryman
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He was born without toes or fingers on his right feet and hand.
There was actually a push by some NFL owners at the time to outlaw blunt toed kicking shoes because of Dempsey.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:18 am to rt3
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the thin air of Denver was a factor in 3 of the 4 official 63+ yd FGs hit since Dempsey set the record
If I remember right, there was even a little controversy with Dempsey's kick because of the squared off shoe (and I think it may have had a steel plate inside the squared off front, but I'm not sure of that part).
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:25 am to Tiger Ryno
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partially amputated foot.
It was a birth defect baw...
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:27 am to Tiger Ryno
I always wondered if that foot gave him an edge.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:28 am to Methuselah
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If I remember right, there was even a little controversy with Dempsey's kick because of the squared off shoe (and I think it may have had a steel plate inside the squared off front, but I'm not sure of that part).
Tex Schramm, Cowboys owner at the time, was the asshat that started that bull shite...
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:31 am to rt3
quote:Dempsey's kick was good from below sea level.
the thin air of Denver was a factor in 3 of the 4 official 63+ yd FGs hit since Dempsey set the record
He deserves an asterisk by his stat for that.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 9:57 am to LSUBFA83
Yup. Fought them in Korea but the dirty commie bastards got him in the end
Posted on 4/5/20 at 10:02 am to Tiger Ryno
He was in poor health and had dementia. Saying Corona killed him is a stretch. It may have been the straw that broke the camels back, but he wasn't doing great prior to testing positive.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 4/5/20 at 10:16 am to fr33manator
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Yup. Fought them in Korea but the dirty commie bastards got him in the end
My pawpaw fought in Korea too.
Was yours from louisiana?
Posted on 4/5/20 at 10:25 am to terriblegreen
Alex Karras (Mongo) on the kick: LINK
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We were waiting for the punting team to come out and the darndest thing happened. The only person to come on the field was a stubby looking fellow with an odd type helmet.
I haven’t seen a helmet like this since the banana-peel helmet of the Knute Rockne days. I’m not quite sure, and I hate to say this if it isn’t true; but on top of the helmet was a beanie-shaped thing with a propeller on it, and the propeller was going in the opposite direction propellers should go. It was the darnedest thing I’ve ever seen.
I asked the referee if this was the new punter. No, he was their field goal kicker. He was going to try and kick a 63-yard field goal. That was the funniest thing I’d heard in my life, and about five guys on our team who heard this went into convulsions laughing and had to leave the field as did three of theirs.
I flipped with the fellow on the outside to see if I could play there, as I wanted to look over the little halfbacks who look like frogs on kicking teams. I wanted to watch this funny, funny sight a guy trying to kick a 63-yard field goal. It was the darnedest thing I’d ever heard.
I never will forget the laugh. We laughed for about 62 yards
Posted on 4/5/20 at 10:26 am to Tiger Ryno
Awful
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