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Tom Dempsey, who played in the National Football League despite being born without toes on his kicking foot and made a record 63-yard field goal for the New Orleans Saints, died April 4. He was 73 ...
METAIRIE, La. – Tom Dempsey resigned himself long ago to the idea that he would one day see his NFL record-long field goal surpassed. Four decades since his 63-yard boot lifted the New Orleans ...
The Times-Picayune archiveA lunging Alex Karras of the Detroit Lions is too late to block Tom Dempseyas record 63-yard field goal that brought the New Orleans Saints a 19-17 victory at Tulane ...
Watch former New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey boot a 63-yard field goal to beat Detroit Lions in the 1970 season. Saints coach Sean Payton spends a year away from football coaching his son's ...
Tom Dempsey's 63-yard field goal is an NFL record that has stood uneclipsed for 40 years, but the former Saint considers himself more than a one-kick pony, Seth Wickersham writes.
There are 63 days left on the calendar until the New Orleans Saints kick off their 2024 regular season, which makes Tom Dempsey’s record-setting 63-yard field goal the Saints Play of the Day.
Tom Dempsey of New Orleans kicks a 63-yard field goal on Nov. 8, 1970, against the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium. With that last-minute score, the Saints won, 19-17.
Tom Dempsey's 63-yard field goal, kicked straight on with a congenitally defective stump of a foot, was one of those. After 43 years, the Denver Broncos' Matt Prater bested the record with a 64 ...
Tom Dempsey of New Orleans kicks a 63-yard field goal on Nov. 8, 1970, against the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium. With that last-minute score, the Saints won, 19-17.
All records — even his, Tom Dempsey always said — were made to be broken. ... Ashley, said Sunday that he would not be upset that the NFL-record 63-yard field goal he kicked Nov. 8, ...
Tom Dempsey is surprised his record 63-yard field goal has lasted 41 years without being broken. Jason Elam can’t believe nobody has beaten it since he tied the mark way back in 1998. And ...
Tom Dempsey resigned himself long ago to the idea that he would one day see his NFL record-long field goal surpassed. Four decades since his 63-yard boot lifted the New Orleans Saints to a 19-17 ...