Word: placekicked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...going, scored a touchdown and kicked the extra point. Then, with only 45 seconds to play, the score 9-to-7 and the ball on the 16-yard line, Coach Ray Flaherty, realizing that a field goal was the Redskins' only hope, sent in Beau Russell to placekick. The ball sailed between the uprights-so most of the spectators thought. But Referee Bill Halloran thought otherwise, ruled the kick wide. To the tune of the worst booing ever heard in the historic old Polo Grounds, the Giants marched off with the Eastern championship and the right to play...
Hank Vander Eb, husky fullback, scored both touchdowns on short line smashes, with Ted Lyman providing the margin of victory in the form of two placekick conversions...