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Matt Bahr Date of birth: July 6, 1956 Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Career information Position(s): Kicker College: Penn State NFL Draft: 1979 / Round: 6 / Pick: 165 Organizations As player: 1978
1978
1979
1979-1980
1981
1981-1989
1990-1992
1993
1993-1995Colorado Caribous (soccer)
Tulsa Roughnecks (soccer)
Pennsylvania Stoners (soccer)
Pittsburgh Steelers
San Francisco 49ers
Cleveland Browns
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
New England PatriotsCareer highlights and awards Honors: *All-America (1978) Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com Matthew David Bahr (born July 6, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)[1] is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer. He is the son of National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Walter Bahr.
As a senior at Penn State, in 1978, Matt was a consensus All-America selection. In 1978, he signed with the Colorado Caribous of the North American Soccer League. The Caribous traded him to the Tulsa Roughnecks during the season. On March 27, 1979, he signed with the Pennsylvania Stoners of the second division American Soccer League. In May 1979, he heard that he had been drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 1979 NFL Draft.[2] His brother Chris followed a similar career path. Over his career, which spanned from 1979 to 1995, he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots.[1] As a rookie, he won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. He is best remembered for his performance in the 1990 NFC Championship Game on January 20, 1991, as he set an NFC Championship Game record with five field goals (including a 42-yarder as time expired) to lift the Giants past the 49ers 15-13. He also kicked what would prove to be the decisive field goal in Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991, as the Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20-19.
Bahr finished his 17 seasons with 300 of 415 field goals and 522 of 534 extra points. Overall, he scored a total of 1,422 points.
Between college and his NFL careers, Bahr also played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the Colorado Caribous and the Tulsa Roughnecks in 1978.
He appeared in the 1980 television movie, Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story.[3]
He is now a design engineer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
References
- ^ a b "Biography for Matt Bahr". The Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046957/bio. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ The Smallest Steeler of All
- ^ "Matt Bahr". The Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046957/. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
External links
- Bahr's stats
- NASL stats
- Works by or about Matt Bahr in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Sporting positions Preceded by
Roger RuzekPhiladelphia Eagles Starting Kickers
1993Succeeded by
Eddie MurrayPittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIV Champions 5 Craig Colquitt | 9 Matt Bahr | 12 Terry Bradshaw (MVP) | 15 Mike Kruczek | 20 Rocky Bleier | 23 Mike Wagner | 24 J. T. Thomas | 27 Greg Hawthorne | 29 Ron Johnson | 30 Larry Anderson | 31 Donnie Shell | 32 Franco Harris | 33 Anthony Anderson | 38 Sidney Thornton | 39 Rick Moser | 47 Mel Blount | 49 Dwayne Woodruff | 50 Tom Graves | 51 Loren Toews | 52 Mike Webster | 53 Dennis Winston | 54 Zack Valentine | 55 Jon Kolb | 56 Robin Cole | 57 Sam Davis | 58 Jack Lambert | 59 Jack Ham | 63 Thom Dornbrook | 64 Steve Furness | 65 Tom Beasley | 66 Ted Petersen | 67 Gary Dunn | 68 L. C. Greenwood | 72 Gerry Mullins | 75 Joe Greene | 76 John Banaszak | 77 Steve Courson | 78 Dwight White | 79 Larry Brown | 82 John Stallworth | 83 Theo Bell | 84 Randy Grossman | 86 Jim Smith | 88 Lynn Swann | 89 Bennie Cunningham
Head Coach: Chuck Noll
Coaches: Rollie Dotsch | Dick Hoak | Tom Moore | George Perles | Louis Riecke | Dick Walker | Woody WidenhoferCategories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- North American Soccer League players
- American soccer players
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer players
- American football placekickers
- Big 33 Football Classic alumni
- Cleveland Browns players
- Colorado Caribous players
- New England Patriots players
- New York Giants players
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- Pennsylvania Stoners players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- San Francisco 49ers players
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