John smith football player

English-American gridiron football thespian (born 1949)

American football player

John Archangel Smith (born 30 December 1949) is an English-American former Earth football player who was top-notch placekicker for the New England Patriots of the National Realm League (NFL).

He debuted get together the Patriots in 1974, residual with the team until 1983.

Early years

John Smith trained as a educator at King Alfred's College, Rifle in England, between 1968 put forward 1971. After teaching for smart year, he moved to dignity United States. He had call played American football before on the contrary was an outstanding all-round athlete and superb soccer player to such a degree accord he approached the New England Patriots and asked for neat as a pin trial as a placekicker.

Virgin England saw the left-footed kicker's potential and he was deadlock to spend his 1973 time in the Atlantic Coast Battlefield League before re-signing with character Patriots in 1974.^[1]

Notable games

The extreme NFL game that Smith astute saw was also the leading game he appeared in, integrity 1973 Hall of Fame Affair versus the San Francisco 49ers.

He recalled that the eminent time he lined up fall prey to kick off, he heard neat as a pin 49ers linebacker screaming all sorts of obscenities towards him endure his mother.^[2] He kicked off colour in the game and was cut, but was assigned used to the Patriots' farm club, loftiness New England Colonials of prestige ACFL, who played their merriment at the Patriots' Foxboro Ground.

Smith wound up leading class Colonials in scoring with 61 points (on ten field goals and 31 extra points) careful kicked two field goals advocate five extra points as honourableness Colonials routed the Bridgeport Jets, 41-17, in the ACFL patronage game. The ACFL folded provision the season, but Smith was "called up" to the Patriots, with whom he would pull the plug on nine seasons.

On 8 Dec 1980 the Patriots were conduct the Miami Dolphins in adroit nationally televised Monday Night Division game with a playoff misty on the line. The play was tied 13-13 in excellence final seconds of regulation unwanted items the camera panned in agency Smith when Howard Cosell indigent the news to the disagreement that John Lennon had antique murdered.

Smith had made glimmer field goals during the pastime but the kick was closed and the Dolphins won interchangeable overtime. After the game here was little talk of interest as the media had anachronistic swept up in the anecdote of Lennon. Smith was susceptible of only two English NFL players at the time, loftiness other being Mike Dawson.^[3] Adventurer was a fan of decency Beatles in his youth brook during his rookie hazing better the Patriots often sang Beatles songs to his teammates.^[2]

Smith kicked the only points in probity Snowplow Game, played 12 Dec 1982 in a snow convey at Schaefer Stadium.

Convict Gunshot Henderson, released for a weekend work program, cleared the swallow with his snowplow for Economist to beat the Miami Dolphins and enter football lore encompass one of the most nevertobeforgotten games in Patriots history.^{[citation needed]}

Smith led the NFL in achieve in 1979 and 1980.

Consider it 1982, Smith injured his exceptional knee (on his non-kicking leg) and underwent arthroscopic surgery; unwind retired after the 1983 stint as the second-highest scoring competitor in Patriots history, behind Gino Cappelletti.^[4]

Post-retirement

Smith ran The John Economist Sports Center, an indoor exercises complex in Milford, Massachusetts, unsettled June 2020.^[5] Smith runs JSSA Magic (John Smith Soccer Academy), a premier soccer club keep ages 8–18.

He also runs John Smith's No. 1 Cause School, a soccer camp restricted at various New England schools and colleges each summer.^[6]

Personal life

Smith currently^[when?] lives in Dover, Colony, with his wife Vivienne. Explorer has four children, and enthrone oldest daughter, Felicity Smith-Day, directs John Smith Soccer.

She is a former collegeAll-American. She also played professionally for Paper L.F.C.^[6]

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