He kicked several while playing at Stamford High School, including one that beat Anson, 3-0, in a 1953 district game.

I never did miss one in a playoff game -- I kicked about 20 in the five playoff games my last two years ''.

It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players.

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.

Early football stars such as Jim Thorpe, Paddy Driscoll, and Al Bloodgood were skilled drop-kickers ; Driscoll in 1925 and Bloodgood in 1926 hold a tied NFL record of four drop kicked field goals in a single game.

During one game in the 1980s, Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Earl Winfield was unable to field a punt properly ; in frustration, he kicked the ball out of bounds.

Aged just twenty five, he had kicked 537 goals in only 98 VFL games in what was generally a fairly low scoring period for the game.

Geelong holds a number of league records including the longest winning streak in AFL / VFL history ( 23 games ); the most goals kicked in a single game ( on two occasions-37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 and 37. 11 ( 233 ) against Melbourne in 2011 ); the highest score recorded in a single game ( 37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 ; the highest-ever aggregate season total for points scored ( 3, 334 points in 1992 ); the record for restricting an opponent to the lowest ever score in a game ( St Kilda 0. 1 ( 1 ) in 1899 ); the most consecutive 100-point victories ( 3 games in a row, in 1989 ); the longest winning streak in interstate games ( 12 games ) and achieved the longest home ground winning streak in VFL / AFL history — 29 games straight at Simonds Stadium ( also known as Kardinia Park ).

One of the franchise's early bright moments came on November 8, 1970, when Tom Dempsey kicked an NFL record-breaking 63-yard field goal to defeat the Detroit Lions by a score of 19 – 17 in the final seconds of the game.

Two plays later, O ' Brien kicked the go ahead 32-yard field goal, giving Baltimore a 16-13 lead with 5 seconds left in the game.

Dallas halted the ensuing drive at the 20-yard line, but this time Gerela successfully kicked a 36-yard field goal to give Pittsburgh their first lead of the game, 12 – 10.

Wersching then kicked his fourth field goal to increase the 49ers lead to 26 – 14 with less than 2 minutes left in the game.

Five plays later, Lohmiller kicked his second field goal with 11: 36 left in the game to increase Washington's lead to 37 – 10.

The Oilers kicked a field goal late in the game to send it into overtime, but Odomes ' interception in the extra period set up kicker Steve Christie's game winning field goal to give the Bills the biggest comeback win in NFL history.

Murray then kicked a 20-yard field goal with 2: 50 left in the game, increasing the Cowboys lead to 30-13, and effectively ending any chance of a Bills comeback.

Del Greco then kicked 2 more field goals in the final period to put the game away.

* January 17 – The Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 16-13, in Super Bowl V. The game was plagued by a record combined 11 turnovers, and was not decided until Jim O ' Brien kicked a 32-yard field goal with five seconds remaining.

During this eight year period, Carey played 170 games, averaged 8 marks and 19 disposals per game and kicked 524 goals at 3. 1 per game.

In the qualifying final against Hawthorn, Carey kicked the last goal of the final quarter to level the score and force the game into extra time.

Few players in the game have ever dominated in the air or kicked as many goals from beyond the 50 meter arc as Carey in the 1990s.

`` Me neither '', others said, and soon the game broke up, the children going off in pairs, in larger groups and alone.

The Texas Aggies got a day off Monday -- a special gift from Coach Jim Myers for its conference victory last Saturday night, but Myers announced that halfback George Hargett, shaken up in the Tech game, would not play against Trinity Saturday.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

After the game, Phil was taking off his sweatshirt in the dressing room when Mike Deegan came in.

After the ceremony, the Diamondbacks won the game against the San Diego Padres 6 – 5 after a walk-off home run by Chris Young, who also led the game off with a home run in the Bottom of the First Inning.

As many of the New Englanders were originally from England game hunting was often a pastime from back home that paid off when they immigrated to the New World.

The 2005 video game adaptation features levels called Pelham, Tremont, and " Gunhill " ( a play off the name Gun Hill Road ).

In " A Village Sketch ," author Miss Mitford wrote: " Then comes a sun-burnt gipsy of six, beginning to grow tall and thin and to find the cares of the world gathering about her ; with a pitcher in one hand, a mop in the other, an old straw bonnet of ambiguous shape, half hiding her tangled hair ; a tattered stuff petticoat once green, hanging below an equally tattered cotton frock, once purple ; her longing eyes fixed on a game of baseball at the corner of the green till she reaches the cottage door, flings down the mop and pitcher and darts off to her companions quite regardless of the storm of scolding with which the mother follows her runaway steps.

in 2012, the playoffs were expanded again so that two wild card teams face off in a one game wild card round to determine which team advances to the division series, with the playoffs then continuing as it had before 2012 ( though with the possibilty of a fifth seed being in the playoffs and a fourth seed being out ) after the end of the wild card round.

Charlton, still only 19, was selected for the game, which saw United goalkeeper Ray Wood carried off with a broken cheekbone after a clash with Villa centre forward Peter McParland.

In the first end of the game the A players lead off with 2 bowls each, then the B players play 4 bowls each, before the A players complete the end with their final 2 bowls.

Video of a game of backgammon, showing movement around the board, entering from the bar, formation of primes, use of the doubling cube and bearing off

Radically different from the existing series, Capcom decided to spin off the game into its own series, Devil May Cry.

Trickery is ever present and expert capoeiristas never take their sights off their opponents in a Capoeira game.

In the NFC Championship game, the Panthers faced off against the Philadelphia Eagles.

This almost led to trouble in a 2011 Group game against Wisla Krakow, when Polish fans let off a flare and the roof appeared to be smoking.

After a down-to-the-wire Wild Card chase with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago and San Francisco ended the regular season tied, and thus squared off in a one game playoff at Wrigley Field in which third baseman Gary Gaetti hit the eventual game winning homer.

The game lasted 13 innings, and although the Padres got two runs off of a Scott Hairston home run in the top of the 13th inning to break a 6 – 6 tie, the Rockies came back in the bottom of the 13th by scoring three runs off of closer Trevor Hoffman to win 9 – 8.

Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes, playing in, made a miraculous over the shoulder diving catch after a long run, and doubled off Albert Pujols, who thought the ball would drop and was nearly at third base, to end the game.

Under coach Vince Lombardi the Packers dominated the 1960s, defeating the Cowboys in four regular-season meetings and two playoff games ; on January 1, 1967 the Packers held off a late Cowboys drive inside the ten yard line to win 34-27 on a game ending interception of a Meredith pass in the endzone.

In anticipation of PlayStation's launch Sony Interactive Studios America had made the decision to focus primarily on console titles under the banner 989 Studios while spinning off its sole computer title, EverQuest, which was ready to launch, to a new computer game division named Redeye ( renamed Verant Interactive ).

In Game 7, Craig Counsell's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth tied the game at 2, then, with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 11th, Edgar Rentería's soft liner glanced off the glove of Cleveland pitcher Charles Nagy and into center field to score Counsell and give the Marlins the win.