Horst Muhlmann

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Horst Muhlmann
Date of birth January 2, 1940(1940-01-02)
Place of birth Dortmund, Germany
Date of death November 17, 1991 (aged 51)
Position(s) Kicker
College None
Jersey Number 16
Stats
Statistics
Teams
1969
1970-1974
1975-1977
AFL Cincinnati Bengals
NFL Cincinnati Bengals
NFL Philadelphia Eagles

Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann (January 2, 1940November 17, 1991) was a former professional football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals from 19691974 and the Philadelphia Eagles from 19751977.

Muhlmann was born in Dortmund, Germany. After high school, he worked as a bricklayer and part-time soccer player. He played as a goalkeeper for Schalke 04 from 1962 to 1966,[1] including the first ever Bundesliga (German soccer's top league) season in 1963-1964. In 1968, he played soccer in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the Kansas City Spurs.

His professional career in American football began in 1969 with the Cincinnati Bengals when he was 29 years old. Muhlmann quickly established a reputation as one of the longest kickers in the game. On September 4, 1971, in a pre-season encounter with the Green Bay Packers, he launched each of his six kickoffs over the crossbar into the endzone denying the Packers a single kickoff return yard. Muhlmann was the first kicker since the AFL-NFL merger to connect on field goals of 50 yards or more in 3 consecutive games. This record has only been matched by three other players: Tom Dempsey (1971), Chris Bahr (1981) and Jason Elam (1996). Muhlmann held the Bengals team record for consecutive extra points (101) until it was broken by Doug Pelfrey in 1997. Muhlmann still holds or shares several Bengals regular season[2] and post season[3] individual kicking records.

Muhlmann was a concessionaire at Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium. The Horst Muhlmann Bars are located in the North and South endzones on the Plaza level.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fussballdaten: Horst Mühlmann.
  2. ^ Bengals Individual Records (Regular Season). Retrieved on 22 September 2007.
  3. ^ Bengals postseason individual records. Retrieved on 22 September 2007.

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