Charlie Gogolak
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Position: | Placekicker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Rábahídvég, Hungary | December 29, 1944
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 165 lb (75 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Ogdensburg Free Academy |
College: | Princeton |
NFL draft: | 1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 |
AFL draft: | 1966 / Round: 7 / Pick: 56 |
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Charles Paul Gogolak (in Hungarian: Gogolák Károly Pál, born December 29, 1944) is a former American football placekicker.
The sixth overall selection of the
extra points in a single game in 1966,[1] tied for the most ever,[2] in a 72–41 win over the New York Giants. Charlie made nine of ten PAT's and a game-ending field goal while Pete converted on five of six extra points.[3]
Gogolak worked in finance after the NFL. His son, Charles K. Gogolak, played for a year for the
Zaftig Films in 2011 and was an executive producer on This Is Us.[4]
References
- ^ "New York Giants at Washington Redskins - November 27th, 1966". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- NFL.com. Archived from the originalon 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "Redskins in record romp". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. November 28, 1966. p. 35.
- ^ Pergament, Alan (2017-03-03). "'This is Us' producer Charles Gogolak gets a kick out of its success". Buffalo News. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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