Kicking specialist
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title:
Kicking specialist
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A kicking specialist or kick specialist, sometimes referred to as a kicker, especially when referring to a placekicker, is a player on gridiron football special teams who performs punts, kickoffs, field goals and/or point after touchdowns. The special teams counterpart of a kicking specialist is a return specialist. Kicking specialists were exceptionally rare until the 1940s; for most of the history of American football, teams relied upon players who played another position to kick and punt. The
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American football position
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicking_specialist
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2023-11-04T11:23:11Z
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