Steve Videtich (born November 4, 1971) was the general manager of the

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. He used to be a

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for the Blaze. He has played for the

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, the New Jersey Red Dogs/New Jersey Gladiators/Las Vegas Gladiators, the Milwaukee Mustangs, and the Columbus Destroyers. He is married to his wife Carolyn and has two children, Tessa and Emelia.

Professional

2008

Videtich was released March 5 after missing a game-winning

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against the

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2007

Videtich played in all 16 games for the Blaze where he connected on 10-of-19 field goal attempts and 113-of-127 PATs.

2006

Videtich joined the Blaze for their inaugural season. During the season, Videtich became the all-time leader in kicking points with 1,381 career points, while setting two new expansion marks for PATs attempted (113) and made (106).

2004-2005

Videtich played for the Columbus Destroyers where he connected on 14-of-28 field goal attempts and 92-of-99 extra point attempts, including one by

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(which was worth two points as per AFL rules). Videtich ranked third in the league among kickers with 134 points scored that season. He is one of only two kickers ( Brian Mitchell being the other) to have ever scored points with the drop kick in the AFL.

2001-2003

While playing for the New Jersey/Las Vegas Gladiators, Videtich was named Second-Team All-Arena in 2003.

2000

He played one season for the Milwaukee Mustangs.

1997-1999

Videtich played two seasons for the New Jersey Red Dogs. In 1997, Videtich was named Kicker of Year for setting a league record by converting 60 consecutive extra-point attempts; a streak that extended into the 1998 season; the streak would reach 62 before being snapped.

1996

Videtich began his career in the AFL with the Florida Bobcats. He also went to training camp with the

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of the

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in 1996.

College

Videtich played

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for North Carolina State and was one of the nation’s most accurate kickers over his last two collegiate seasons (1993–1994), connecting on 28-of-31 field goals. He finished his collegiate career second in the Wolfpack record books in field goal percentage. Videtich was named Second-Team All-American at NC State in 1994 and his team was All-

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in ’93 and ’94.

High school years

Videtich attended

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and was a student and a

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, and

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Personal

Videtich is regarded as one of the AFL’s top kickers. Videtich was a three sport athlete at

in Thomasville, North Carolina, and holds three school records. He was a four-time soccer MVP in high school on a team coached by his father, Tom. He majored in

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. Videtich and his wife, Carolyn, have two children: Tessa and Emelia. When Videtich’s isn’t playing football, he enjoys

ing and watching college football.

Awards

*Kicker of the Year - 1997, 2002 *First-Team All-Arena -

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*Second-Team All-Arena -

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Videtich, Steve 1971 births Living people American football placekickers NC State Wolfpack football players Florida Bobcats players New Jersey Red Dogs players Milwaukee Mustangs (1994–2001) players New Jersey Gladiators players Las Vegas Gladiators players Columbus Destroyers players Utah Blaze players Players of American football from Winston-Salem, North Carolina