Chris Gardocki

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Chris Gardocki
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Gardocki in 2006
No. 17
Position:Punter
Personal information
Born: (1970-02-07) February 7, 1970 (age 54)
Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school:Redan
(Redan, Georgia)
College:Clemson
NFL draft:1991 / Round: 3 / Pick: 78
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Punts:1,177
Punting yards:50,336
Punting average:42.8
Longest punt:72
Inside 20:322
Player stats at PFR

Christopher Allen Gardocki (born February 7, 1970) is an American former professional football punter who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Chicago Bears, the Indianapolis Colts, the Cleveland Browns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1991 to 2006. He won Super Bowl XL with the Steelers.

Early life

Gardocki played as the

punter for Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He declared for the NFL after his junior year at Clemson University
.

Professional career

Gardocki was selected in the third round of the

2007 NFL Draft
.

Gardocki is best remembered by some for an incident while playing for the Browns in a September 2000 game against the Steelers in

roughing the punter), Gardocki flipped the middle finger twice to Steelers head coach Bill Cowher. The incident, caught on live television, resulted in a $5,000 fine for Gardocki.[2]

Personal life

Chris' wife, Sally Gardocki, is a real estate attorney.[3] They have a son named Cole, born in 1995, and raised on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina[citation needed]. In 1997, Sally, an attorney and author, wrote a book titled "The Wives Room", which provided a behind-the-scenes look at the life of an NFL wife[citation needed]. Both donate time to several non-profit organizations including the Boys and Girls Club and the Taste of the NFL, and have regularly served turkey dinners to area residents during the holidays.

See also

  • List of most consecutive starts and games played by National Football League players

References

  1. ^ "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. ^ ESPN.com: Page 2 : Bird is the word
  3. ^ http://hiltonheadrealestateattorney.com/. Retrieved April 13, 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)