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Tom Dempsey Dies: NFL Kicker Held Longest Field Goal Record For 43 Years, Was 73
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deadline.comBy Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-manager Tom Dempsey, who was born without toes on his right foot but because a lethal long-distance kicker in the NFL because of that, died Saturday from coronavirus complications.
He was 73 and his death was announced by the New Orleans Saints, his former team. Dempsey set the NFL record for longest field goal, hitting one from 63 yards out to help the New Orleans Saints beat the Detroit Lions in the final seconds.
His record was finally broken by one yard in 2014. Dempsey had Alzheimer’s disease and dementia since 2012 and was in hospice care when he died.
He tested positive on March 25 for coronavirus, and became one of 15 residents at the Lambeth House retirement home in New Orleans to die after
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