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Dirk Borgognone
Dirk Borgognone Borgognone had always kicked off a tee and was unpre-
No. N/A pared for the change. Frustrated, Borgognone left college
early to pursue an NFL career as a kickoff specialist.
Placekicker
Much like Ove Johansson, whose 69-yard field goal
Personal information in the NAIA in 1976 is the only field goal on record to
have bested Borgognone’s kick, Borgognone struggled to
birth:
Date of birth January 9, 1968 (1968-01-09)
make the National Football League. He spent many years
birth:
Place of birth Elko, Nevada bouncing between NFL training camps, mainly as a kick-
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 221 lb (100 kg) off specialist (the NFL had prohibited the use of kicking
tees for field goals and extra points for decades). He re-
Career information ceived unsuccessful tryouts from the Minnesota Vikings
College University of the Pacific
College: in 1990, the Atlanta Falcons in 1991, the Cleveland
Browns in 1992, and the Indianapolis Colts in 1993. Both
Undrafted in 1990
the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins gave him
Debuted in 1995 for the Green Bay Packers a tryout during the 1994 NFL season, but neither team
signed him.[3] He was picked up by the Green Bay Packers
Last played in 1995 for the Green Bay Packers
for the 1995 season and was on the roster for two games
before being cut. Borgognone became upset and after a
Career history poor tryout for the San Francisco 49ers in 1996, never
played professional football again. He briefly considered
• Green Bay Packers (1995)
a comeback in 1999 at the request of Ray Pelfrey, but,
Career highlights and awards despite feeling physically able to do so, decided against
making another run at the NFL.[2]
Stats at NFL.com Borgognone currently lives in Reno, and is a widower;
his wife, Nevada Highway Patrol officer Kara Kelly-Bor-
Dirk Ronald Borgognone (born January 9, 1968) is a re- gognone, was killed in a car accident while on duty in
tired former National Football League placekicker who March 2008. She was driving at high speed to the scene of
currently holds the record for the longest field goal ever a false report of a bomb. He has two children.[4]
kicked in the history of high school football, 68 yards.
Borgognone attended Reno High School, initially
playing as a soccer player. He soon switched to football
References
and was trained in a "straight-on" kicking style. On [1] Krider, Dave. Legends of HS Football: Dirk
September 27, 1985, he kicked the longest field goal in Borgognone. NFLHS.com. 2005.
high school football history, during a Reno High School [2] ^ Santoro, Joe (2005). For a moment in time, he was
game at Sparks High School. The kick measured 68 yards, The Kid Who Made The Kick. RGJ.com. Retrieved
and was longer than any that had ever been successfully 2010-12-23.
kicked in the NFL or the NCAA.[1] Borgognone was there- [3] Aldridge, David. Lohmiller’s Job Safe - for the
after relegated solely to kicks of over 50 yards after his Moment ; Redskins Try Out Three Kickers, Are
kick and missing all eight of his subsequent attempts, Impressed With None. The Washington Post. 28
not kicking a single successful field goal the rest of his September 1994.
high school career. He would convert three field goals [4] Ranson, Steve (6 March 2008). Thousands
in a subsequent all-star game, being named the game’s remember Kelly-Borgognone. Nevada Appeal.
MVP.[2] After high school, Borgognone attended Truckee Retrieved 21 March 2009.
Meadows Community College before transferring to the Persondata
University of the Pacific. Borgognone’s college career, Name Borgognone, Dirk
however, was derailed by a 1988 change to the NCAA rule
Alternative names
books that banned kicking off tees for field goal attempts.
This not only reduced the general range for field goals Short description American football placekicker
(the record off a tee was 67 yards, without, only 65), but Date of birth January 9, 1968
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