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Classic Sports Card of The Day

25 Nov

1966 Philadelphia football card of former NFL kicker and punter Don Chandler, who played 12 seasons in the league, 9 with the New York Giants and the last 3 with the Green Bay Packers. Chandler has the distinction of having played in the NFL’s first 2 overtime games, with the Giants in the famous 1958 championship game against the Colts, and for the Packers, again versus the Colts, in a Western Conference playoff game. In that game, he was involved in a play that changed the game, as his fourth quarter field goal that tied the game appeared to sail wide right of the uprights. That kick directly resulted in the NFL raising the height of the goalpost uprights to their current height. Chandler was named the punter on the NFL’s All Decade team of the 1960s, and helped the Packers win the first 2 Super Bowls. He passed away in 2011.

 

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