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A '''drop kick''' is a type of [[Kick (football)|kick]] in various codes of [[football]]. It involves a player intentionally dropping the ball onto the ground and then [[kick (football)|kicking]] it either (different sports have different definitions) 'as it rises from the first bounce' ([[Rugby union|rugby]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/definitions#laws_let4 |title=Law definitions &#124; World Rugby Laws }}</ref> or 'as, or immediately after, it touches the ground' ([[gridiron football]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-rulebook/# |title=2023 NFL Rulebook &#124; NFL Football Operations }}</ref>

Drop kicks are used as a method of restarting play and scoring points in [[rugby union]] and [[rugby league]]. Also, [[association football]] [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeepers]] often return the ball to play with drop kicks. The kick was once in wide use in both [[Australian rules football]] and [[gridiron football]], but it is rarely used anymore in either sport.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What happened to the drop kick?|url=https://www.afl.com.au/video/32505/myth-breakers-what-happened-to-the-drop-kick|access-date=2021-05-02|website=afl.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-01-01|title=Patriots' Flutie converts first drop kick since 1941|url=https://africa.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2277308|access-date=2021-05-02|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Rugby football ==
[[File:Pat O'Dea.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Pat O'Dea]]]]

=== Drop kick technique ===
{{See also|Drop goal}}
The drop kick technique in rugby codes is usually to hold the ball with one end pointing downwards in two hands above the kicking leg. The ball is dropped onto the ground in front of the kicking foot, which makes contact at the moment or fractionally after the ball touches the ground, called the ''half-volley''. The kicking foot usually makes contact with the ball slightly on the instep.<ref>[https://archive.today/20070623215626/http://www.coachingrugby.com/rugby/coaching/indskills/kicking/drop.htm "Kicking: The Drop Kick"], Archive.today. Retrieved 11 October 2007.</ref>

In a rugby union kick-off, or drop out, the kicker usually aims to kick the ball high but not a great distance, and so usually strikes the ball after it has started to bounce off the ground, so the contact is made close to the bottom of the ball.

=== Rugby league ===
In [[rugby league]], drop kicks are mandatory to restart play from the goal line (called a goal line drop-out) after the defending team is tackled or knocks on in the in-goal area or the defending team causes the ball to go dead or into [[Glossary of rugby league terms#touch in-goal|touch-in-goal]]. Drop kicks are also mandatory to restart play from the 20 metre line after an unsuccessful penalty goal attempt goes dead or into touch-in-goal and to score a [[drop goal]] (sometimes known as a field goal) in open play, which is worth one point.<ref name="league">{{cite book
|url=http://www.rlef.eu.com/rugby_laws_book2004.pdf
|title=The International Laws of the Game and Notes on the Laws
|chapter=Section 6: Scoring
|date=2004-03-11
|publisher=[[Rugby League International Federation]]
|access-date=2007-09-12
|page=14
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919201722/http://www.rlef.eu.com/rugby_laws_book2004.pdf
|archive-date=2007-09-19
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Drop kicks are optional for a penalty kick to score a penalty goal (this being done rarely, as place kicks are generally used) and when kicking for touch (the sideline) from a penalty, although the option of a punt kick is usually taken instead.

=== Rugby union ===
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In [[rugby union]], a drop kick is used for the kick-off and restarts and to score a [[drop goal]] (sometimes called a field goal). Originally, it was one of only two ways to score points, along with the [[place kick]].

Drop kicks are mandatory from the centre spot to start a half (a kick-off), from the centre spot to restart the game after points have been scored, to restart play from the 22-metre line (called a drop-out) after the ball is touched down or made dead in the in-goal area by the defending team when the attacking team kicked or took the ball into the in-goal area, and to score a drop goal (sometimes called a field goal) in open play, which is worth three points.<ref name="union">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.irb.com/mm/Document/LawsRegs/0/070110LGLAW09red_662.pdf
 |title       = Law 9: Method of Scoring
 |work        = Laws of the Game
 |publisher   = International Rugby Board
 |year        = 2007
 |access-date  = 2007-09-12
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071022213228/http://www.irb.com/mm/Document/LawsRegs/0/070110LGLAW09red_662.pdf
 |archive-date = 2007-10-22
}}</ref>

Drop kicks are optional for a conversion kick after a try has been scored.  As in rugby league this is done rarely, as place kicks are generally used.

=== Rugby sevens ===
The usage of drop kicks in [[rugby sevens]] is the same as in rugby union, except that drop kicks are used for all conversion attempts and for penalty kicks, both of which must be taken within 40 seconds of the try being scored or the award of the penalty.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Lexi |title=7 things to know about Rugby Sevens at the Summer Olympics |url=https://www.today.com/news/rugby-sevens-olympics-t101199 |access-date=12 March 2023 |work=TODAY.com |date=9 August 2016 |language=en |quote="in Sevens, drop-kicks replace place-kicks for all conversion attempts, and must happen within 40 seconds (instead of one minute)."}}</ref>  

==Gridiron football==
In both [[American football|American]] and [[Canadian football]], one method of scoring a [[Field goal (football)|field goal]], [[Fair catch kick|fair-catch kick]] (American <!--football-->only), or [[extra point]] is by drop-kicking the football through the goal, although the technique is very rarely used in modern play.<ref name="The NFL Rules for Drop Kicks">{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsrec.com/nfl-rules-drop-kick-6747197.html|publisher=SportsRec.com |title= NFL Rules for Drop Kicks |author=Jennifer Mueller |access-date= 2021-06-05 |date=2010-07-18}}</ref>

[[File:Zach Curlin.png|thumb|left|100px|[[Zach Curlin]] drop kicking]]

It contrasts with the [[Punt (gridiron football)|punt]], wherein the player kicks the ball without letting it hit the ground first, and the [[place kick]], wherein the player kicks a stationary ball off the ground: "from placement". A drop kick is significantly more difficult; as [[Jim Thorpe]] explained in 1926 when both kick types were common, "I regard the place kick as almost two to one safer than the drop kick in attempting a goal from the field."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2874126/the_ogden_standardexaminer/|author=Billy Evans|author-link=Billy Evans|date=December 3, 1926|page=19|access-date=July 24, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|title=Place Kick Is best Method For Point}} {{Open access}}</ref>

[[File:Brickleydropkick.png|thumb|250px|[[Charles Brickley]]'s drop kick, the sole score as [[1912 Harvard Crimson football team|Harvard]] defeats [[1912 Dartmouth football team|Dartmouth]] 3–0 in [[1912 college football season|1912]]]]

The drop kick was often used in early football as a [[trick play|surprise tactic]]. The ball was [[Snap (football)|snapped]] or [[Lateral pass|lateraled]] to a back, who faked a run or pass, then drop-kicked a field goal attempt. This method of scoring worked well in the 1920s and early 1930s, when the <!--foot-->ball was rounder at the ends, similar to a modern [[rugby ball]].

Early football stars<!-- such as--> Thorpe, [[Charles Brickley]], [[Frank Hudson (American football)|Frank Hudson]], [[Paddy Driscoll]], and [[Al Bloodgood]] were skilled drop-kickers; Driscoll in {{nfly|1925}} and Bloodgood in {{nfly|1926}} hold a tied NFL record of four drop kicked field goals in a single game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/release.jsp?release_id=1481 |title=Release » The last dropkick |publisher=Profootballhof.com |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref> Driscoll's 55-yard drop kick in {{nfly|1924}} stood as the unofficial record for [[field goal range]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/01-07-011.pdf |title=The Coffin Corner : Vol. No. 7 (1979) – A Closer Look: 50-yd DKs |publisher=Profootballresearchers.org |access-date=2013-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232951/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/01-07-011.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-04 }}</ref> until [[Bert Rechichar]] kicked a 56-yard field goal (by placekick) in {{nfly|1953}}.

The ball was made more pointed at the ends in {{nfly|1934}}; this change is generally credited to [[Shorty Ray]], a college football official at the time, and later the NFL's head of officiating.<ref name=BS>{{cite news|title=Pro Football To Honor Ray: Rules Advisor's Ideas Gave Game Needed Boost|author=Seymour Smith|newspaper=The Sun (Baltimore)|date=September 14, 1966|page=C4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7676652/pro_football_to_honor_ray/}}</ref> This made passing the ball easier, as was its intent, but made the drop kick almost immediately obsolete, as the more pointed ball did not bounce up from the ground reliably. The drop kick was supplanted by the place kick, which cannot be attempted out of a formation generally used as a running or passing set. While it remains in the rules, the drop kick is seldom seen, and as explained below, is rarely effective when attempted.

In Canadian football, there are no formal restrictions on the circumstances under which a drop or a place kick can be attempted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cfldb.ca/rulebook/ |title=The official playing rules for the Canadian Football League 2023 |publisher=cfldb.com |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref>

=== NFL ===
[[File:Eddie Mahan.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Eddie Mahan]] preparing to drop kick]]
Since 1941, the only successful drop kick for points in the NFL was by [[Doug Flutie]], the backup [[quarterback]] of the [[2005 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]], against the [[2005 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] on January 1, 2006, for an extra point after a touchdown. Flutie, 43 at the time, was given the opportunity to make a historic kick in what was his last play in the NFL. Flutie estimated he had "an 80 percent chance" of making the drop kick.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Ulman |first=Howard |url=http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060102/NEWS/601020380/1002/SPORTS |title=Dolphins Win Sixth Straight Despite Flutie's Drop Kick |publisher=TheLedger.com |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref>

The last successful drop kick before 2006 in the NFL was executed 64 years earlier in {{nfly|1941}}, on an [[Conversion (gridiron football)|extra point]] by [[Ray McLean]] of the [[1941 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]], against the [[1941 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] in the [[1941 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship Game]] at Chicago's [[Wrigley Field]] on December&nbsp;21. The last drop kick for a [[field goal]] was a nine-yarder by player-coach [[Dutch Clark]] of the [[1937 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]] in {{nfly|1937}} against the [[1937 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]] on September&nbsp;19.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Gonsalves|first=Rick|year=2000|title=The Lost Skill of Drop Kicking|url=http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/22-05-864.pdf|journal=The Coffin Corner|volume=22|issue=5|via=Professional Football Researchers Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2015/12/the-last-dropkick/ |title=Drop It Like Its Hot |website=Pro Football Hall of Fame |date=December 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name=clldlio>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zG5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ueMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4505%2C1770162 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Clark leads Lions |date=September 20, 1937 |page=9}}</ref><ref name=pltcb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9nJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ekADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3130%2C2946169 |work=Ludington Daily News |location=(Michigan) |agency=Associated Press |title=Packers lose to Chi Bears, 14-2 |date=September 20, 1937 |page=6}}</ref> The [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC) saw its last successful drop kick in [[All-America Football Conference#1948|1948]], when [[Joe Vetrano]] of the [[1948 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] drop kicked an extra point after a muffed snap in a 31–28 home loss to the undefeated [[1948 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] on November&nbsp;28.<ref name=bbump>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WpJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4246%2C6362040|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Browns bump 49ers to win West title, 31-28|date=November 29, 1948 |page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2006/01/29/a_get_rich_kick_scheme_fails/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+New+England+Patriots+news | work=The Boston Globe | title=A get-rich kick scheme fails | date=January 29, 2006 | first1=Ron | last1=Borges}}</ref>

Still rarely but more commonly, kickers have attempted drop kicks from kick-offs or free kicks, especially in the case of onside kicks. [[2011 New England Patriots season|Patriots]] kicker [[Stephen Gostkowski]] took an onside drop kick on a free kick against the [[2011 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] on October 30, {{nfly|2011}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33071567 |title=Polamalu punch vs. Patriots was illegal |publisher=CBSSports.com |access-date=2013-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000814/http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33071567 |archive-date=2013-10-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=England |first=New |url=http://musketfire.com/2011/10/30/patriots-steelers-studs-duds/ |title=Patriots-Steelers Studs & Duds – Musket Fire – A New England Patriots Fan Site – News, Blogs, Opinion and more |newspaper=Musket Fire |date=2011-10-30 |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref> [[2018 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] punter [[Michael Dickson (American football)|Michael Dickson]], an Australian punter who considered himself more adept at drop kicking than place kicking, has drop kicked both kick-offs and onside kick-offs when called on to serve as back-up kicker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/12/26/seahawks-comfortable-with-michael-dickson-drop-kicking-pats-or-fgs/|title = Seahawks comfortable with Michael Dickson drop-kicking PATs or FG|website=Profootballtalk.nbcsports.comS|date = 27 December 2018}}</ref> In 2019, [[2019 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]' kicker [[Justin Tucker]] drop-kicked a short, high kick-off against the [[2019 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] with 2:01 left in the fourth quarter to force a fair catch and prevent the Chiefs from [[running out the clock]]; it was later confirmed that this kick was illegal, as Tucker had kicked the ball not immediately after it bounced, but rather after it had bounced and reached the apex of its rebound.<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Breech|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-bans-ravens-crazy-kickoff-dropkick-after-watching-baltimore-use-it-just-one-time/|title=NFL bans Ravens' crazy kickoff dropkick after watching Baltimore use it just one time|work=CBS Sports|date=October 10, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref>

=== NCAA ===
The last successful drop kick extra point in the NCAA was by Jason Millgan of [[Hartwick College]] on December 11, 1998, [[St. Lawrence University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVi6LBcTLOw | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205223739/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVi6LBcTLOw| archive-date=2013-12-05 | url-status=dead|title=Hartwick College ESPN Drop Kick Field Goal |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref> [[Frosty Peters]] of [[Montana State College]] made 17 drop kicks in one game in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.msubobcats.com/sports/2012/7/26/GEN_0726122140.aspx |title=BOBCAT ATHLETIC TRADITIONS |access-date=August 9, 2016 |publisher=msubobcats.com |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809215242/http://www.msubobcats.com/sports/2012/7/26/GEN_0726122140.aspx |archive-date=August 9, 2016 }}</ref>

=== Arena football ===
In the former [[Arena Football League]], a drop-kicked extra point was worth two points, rather than one point, while a drop-kicked field goal counted for four points rather than three, a rule that has survived into [[Arena Football One]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225033049/http://www.arenafootball.com/about/afl-rules.html Rules of the Game]}}</ref> The last conversion of a drop kick in the AFL was by Geoff Boyer of the [[Pittsburgh Power]] on June 16, 2012; it was the first successful conversion in the AFL since 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thealbanyjournal.com/2011/06/a-drop-kick-into-history/ |title=A drop kick into history|first=Tom |last=Knighton|website=Thealbanyjournal.com|date=June 23, 2011}}</ref> 
In 2022, [[Salina Liberty]] kicker Jimmy Allen successfully converted three drop kick PAT attempts against the [[Topeka Tropics]] in a [[Champions Indoor Football]] game.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Champions Indoor Football|url=https://cif.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2021-22/players/jimmyallenvu8d?view=gamelog&pos=pts}}</ref> Allen also converted a drop kick PAT playing for the Iowa Barnstormers in the [[Indoor Football League]] during a game against the Colorado Crush during a 2016 game.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://goifl.com/boxscore.aspx?id=ZFozhBpRGwrsYlUeG3xE1Hn95ESa6qIFhCkFwTqzTR9OinoGaQzCYUDu3digJMm7QtOLA8qf0N8BudxbpDhOXa7aXIIR4y6tDmMoqwTgJR%2BGmVcMwd%2BW8pKB%2FiTzo0jJAFIb58J0JrYy1Df522fLZ6pBu%2BJPgo1bt6qvwpc7mRepiOWewgqSJ0AYK8RDJr36zgUHuatNC%2FJ%2BG12yTL%2BKWA%3D%3D&path=football}}</ref> 

In 2018, [[Maine Mammoths]] kicker Henry Nell converted a drop kick as a PAT against the [[Massachusetts Pirates]] in the [[National Arena League]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Garven|first=Rich|url=https://www.telegram.com/news/20180513/massachusetts-pirates-savor-ot-win-over-maine-mammoths|title=Massachusetts Pirates savor OT win over Maine Mammoths|newspaper=[[Telegram & Gazette]]|date=May 13, 2018|access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Nell went on to kick six drop-kicked PATs for AF1's [[Albany Firebirds (2024)|Albany Firebirds]] in [[2025 Arena Football One season|2025]], against the [[Corpus Christi Tritons]]; the Tritons, playing with a decimated roster of mostly [[replacement player]]s, were on the losing end of an exceptionally lopsided match, allowing Nell to experiment with the drop kick. Nell declined a seventh opportunity to drop kick a PAT, instead using a one-point placekick to round the Firebirds' point total to an even 100 points.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shindler |first=Adam |date=April 25, 2025 |title=Albany Firebirds put up 100 points in decimation of Corpus Christi Tritons |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/albany-firebirds-score-100-points-win-corpus-20287021.php |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=Times Union}}</ref> Nell had learned the drop kick as a professional rugby union player in his native South Africa and came to the United States after having a vision of himself playing the American game, despite not knowing what the game was.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shinder |first=Adam |title=Albany Firebirds kicker Nell talks journey from rugby in South Africa to arena football in the United States |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/albany-firebirds-nell-talks-journey-south-africa-20250170.php |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250409141118/https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/albany-firebirds-nell-talks-journey-south-africa-20250170.php |archive-date=2025-04-09 |access-date=2025-05-25 |work=Times Union |language=en}}</ref>

== Australian rules football ==
Once the preferred method of conveying the ball over long distances, the drop kick has been superseded by the [[Punt (Australian football)#Drop punt|drop punt]] as a more accurate means of delivering the ball to a fellow player.<ref>{{cite news|title=Future direction of an evolving art form|first=Andrew|last=Faulkner|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=11 June 2011|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/opinion/future-direction-of-an-evolving-art-form/story-e6frg7t6-1226073279442}}</ref> Drop kicks were last regularly used in the 1970s, and by that time mostly for [[kick-in|kicking in after a behind]] and very rarely in general play.<ref name="dropkick">{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Age]]|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=The kick that got the boot|date=20 July 2003|access-date=4 October 2020|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-kick-that-got-the-boot-20030720-gdw2rc.html}}</ref> AFL historian and statistician [[Col Hutchinson|Col Hutchison]] believes that [[Sam Newman]] was the last player to kick a [[Set shot|set-shot]] goal with a drop kick, in [[1980 VFL season|1980]], although goals in general play from a drop kick do occur on rare occasions, including subsequent goals by players such as [[Alastair Lynch]] and [[Darren Bewick]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What happened to the drop kick? |url=https://www.afl.com.au/video/32505/myth-breakers-what-happened-to-the-drop-kick |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=afl.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

Hutchison says drop kicks were phased out of the game by [[Norm Smith]] in defence due to their risky nature; [[Ron Barassi]], a player Smith coached, took this onboard for his own coaching career, banning it for all but [[Barry Cable]], who, according to Hutchison, was a "magnificent disposer of the ball". Similarly, in 1971, under [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] coach [[Fos Williams]], Williams had a rule that nobody playing in his side could do a drop kick. However, according to teammate [[Brian Cunningham (footballer)|Brian Cunningham]], after [[Russell Ebert]] kicked a couple of goals in a game with a drop kick, Williams acknowledged Ebert's skill and made a special dispensation for him—and him alone.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=SA football icon Russell Ebert now a Hall of Fame Legend |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/776056/sa-football-icon-russell-ebert-now-a-hall-of-fame-legend |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=afl.com.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSAdelaide/videos/869578387049803/ |title=Remembering Russell, a 7NEWS special: Celebrating football legend Russell Ebert's life {{!}} Remembering Russell: 7NEWS Adelaide pays tribute to one of South Australian sport's greatest names and a man who, off the field, inspired us to help... {{!}} By 7NEWS Adelaide {{!}} Facebook |language=en |access-date=2024-09-20 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Drop goal]]
* [[Grubber kick]]
* [[Bomb (kick)|Bomb kick]]
* [[Glossary of American football]]
* [[Dropped-ball]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/31/sports/15-years-ago-doug-flutie-did-something-nfl-hadnt-seen-six-decades-it-was-perfect-capper-an-unorthodox-career/ |title=The inside story of Doug Flutie's NFL drop kick, 15 years ago Friday |first=Christopher |last=Price |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |url-access=limited |date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=January 1, 2021}}

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