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SS kicker in preseason 1953

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:23 pm
by JohnTurney
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http://profootballdaly.com/a-soccer-sty ... s-in-1953/
A soccer-style kicker for the Giants in 1953!

I didn’t realize until just the other day, though, that another sidewinder — as they were called — had auditioned in the NFL 11 years earlier. His name was Paul Douglass, and he went to training camp with the Giants, who’d taken him in the 13th round of the 1951 draft. Is Douglass the first soccer-style kicker to don an NFL uniform, even if it was only in the preseason? As far as I know, yes. And trust me, I’ve done a lot of digging.