Friedrich W. "Fred" Steinfort (born November 3, 1952) is a former

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in the

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(NFL) who played for five different teams from (

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). He played

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. Steinfort's family immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1965. When Steinfort won the

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' kicking job just before the start of the 1976 NFL season, he sent the NFL's current all-time leading scorer,

George Blanda George Frederick Blanda (September 17, 1927 – September 27, 2010) was an American professional American football, football quarterback and placekicker who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Blanda ...

with 2,002 points, into retirement. In 1979, when he assumed the same role with the

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, it was Jim Turner, at that time the NFL's third-leading scorer with 1,439 points that he displaced. Pro-Football-Reference.com lists the leaders through 1979 as 1, George Blanda, 2002; 2, Lou Groza, 1608; and 3, Jim Turner, 1439. Six kickers had surpassed Blanda through 2017.

External links

Boston College Eagles bio

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1953 births Living people German players of American football American football placekickers Boston College Eagles football players Oakland Raiders players Atlanta Falcons players Denver Broncos players Buffalo Bills players New England Patriots players Brighton High School (Brighton, Massachusetts) alumni {{Amfoot-kicker-stub American people of German descent German emigrants to the United States