Nick Lowery

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Nick Lowery
Date of birth: May 27, 1956 (1956-05-27) (age 52)
Place of birth: Munich, Germany
Career information
Position(s): K
College: Dartmouth
Organizations
 As player:
1978
1980-1993
1994-1996
New England Patriots
Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls: 3
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Dominic Gerald Lowery (born May 27, 1956 in Munich, Germany) is a former American football placekicker for the New England Patriots (1978), the Kansas City Chiefs (1980-1993), and New York Jets (1994-1996). Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and is currently eighth on the National Football League's list of all-time scoring leaders.

Nick grew up in Washinton, DC and attended St. Albans School

He attended Dartmouth College.[1]

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Lowery was all-pro 7 times during his career, and set several NFL records during his career

  • most field goals all-time (384)
  • most accurate all-time (from 1984-1997 Lowery held the all-time accuracy mark for 10 of those 12 years)
  • most 50 yard field goals
  • most games with 2 or more yarders
  • Lowery also held the record for best PAT % since the goal posts were moved back 10 yards and PAT's became 20 yarders, not 10 yarders.

Lowery received the NFL Players Association's most prestigious humanitarian award, the Byron Whizzer White Award, in 1993.