American Football Kicking Hall of Fame explained
The American Football Kicking Hall of Fame was created in 2008 to recognize individuals who have excelled as kickers, to educate the public on the historic contributions of the kicking game and to promote the advancement of kickers (placekickers or punters) in American football.
The American Football Kicking Hall of Fame features two categories – athletes and contributors. Athletes are individuals who have played football and kicked at an elite level. Contributors can be a coach or any other individual who has greatly contributed to the success of kicking in American football.
Thirty people have been inducted into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame. Of them, six are also in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, some of whom were inducted into the latter for non-kicking achievements.
The annual induction ceremony is during the Augusta (Ga.) Sports Council's All-Area Football Banquet in January.
Inductees
Year | Inductees | | NFL Team(s)/Accomplishments |
|---|
| 2008 | | Cleveland Browns (1946–59) |
| | Washington Redskins (1937–52), New York Titans (1960–61), Houston Oilers (1964) |
| | Kansas City Chiefs (1967–79), Minnesota Vikings (1984–85), Green Bay Packers (1980–83) |
| | NFL 1920s All-Decade Team, Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| | Chicago Bears (1949), Baltimore Colts (1950), Houston Oilers (1960–66), Oakland Raiders (1967–75) |
| 2009 | | Oakland Raiders (1973–86), NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, NFL 1970s All-Decade Team |
| | Buffalo Bills (1964–65), New York Giants (1966–74) |
| | Philadelphia Eagles (1945), Pittsburgh Steelers (1945), New York Giants (1949, 1954–57), Los Angeles Rams (1953), Green Bay Packers (1961), Oakland Raiders (1962), San Diego Chargers (1964) |
| 2010 | | New Orleans Saints (1969–70), Philadelphia Eagles (1971–74), Los Angeles Rams (1975–76), Houston Oilers (1977), Buffalo Bills (1978–79) |
| | NFL 1950s All-Decade Team, Detroit Lions |
| 2011 | | Detroit Lions (1950–55), Heisman Trophy (1948), Maxwell Award (1947) |
| LeRoy Mills | Instructor |
| | Former NFL coach, Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 2012 | | Chicago Bears (1985–95), Arizona Cardinals (1996–97) |
| | Kansas City Chiefs (1963–77), New England Patriots (1978) |
| 2013 | Fred Mitchell | Chicago Tribune sports columnist |
| | New York Jets (1969–72), New Orleans Saints (1973) |
| | Miami Dolphins (1983–92), Washington Redskins (1993–94), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995), Houston/Tennessee Oilers (1996–97), San Francisco 49ers (1998) |
| 2014 | | San Francisco 49ers (1959–69) |
| | Philadelphia Eagles (1970), Houston Oilers (1971–72), Washington Redskins (1974–86), Cleveland Browns (1986) |
| 2015 | | New Orleans Saints (1982–94), Atlanta Falcons (1995–2000), New York Giants (2001), Kansas City Chiefs (2002–03), Minnesota Vikings (2004), Atlanta Falcons (2006–07) |
| | Edmonton Eskimos (1961–63), Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1963), Minnesota Vikings (1964–67), Pittsburgh Steelers (1968–77) |
| 2016 | | Wisconsin–Madison (1898–99), Notre Dame (1900-01) Coach, Missouri (1902) Coach |
| 2017 | | Canton Bulldogs (1921–22), Cleveland Indians (1923) |
| | Notre Dame (1917–20) |
| 2018 | | Chicago Tigers (1920-25), Chicago Bears (1926-29) |
| | Ironton Tanks (1929–30), Detroit Lions (1931–36) |
| 2019 | | |
| 2020 | | Cleveland Browns (1947-56) |
| 2021 | | | |
References
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Notes and References
- HawkeyeSports.com "Former Iowa All-American Roby into Hall of Fame", Jan. 10, 2013.
- Augusta Chronicle "Butler goes into American Football Kicking Hall of Fame", Feb. 3, 2012.
- Wittenburg University Athletics "Football Kicking Hall Of Fame Inducts Fred Mitchell '69", Jan. 23, 2013.
