Curt Knight
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| Position | Placekicker | ||||||||
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| Born | April 14, 1943 Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | March 23, 2022 (aged 78) | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Mineral Wells (Mineral Wells, Texas) | ||||||||
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| NFL draft | 1966: undrafted | ||||||||
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Luther Curtis Knight Jr. (April 14, 1943 - March 23, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a placekicker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1973. He played college football for the Coast Guard Bears and is their only player to ever play in the NFL. Knight was an early adopter of the soccer style kick, having played soccer in high school and college, but switched to straight-on kicking in the NFL.