Ben Agajanian

Ben Agajanian

Infobox Pro Football player


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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1919|8|28|mf=y
Birthplace= Santa Ana, California
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College=New Mexico
Position=Kicker
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years=1945
1945
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1961
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1964
teams=NFL Philadelphia Eagles
NFL Pittsburgh Steelers
AAFC Los Angeles Dons
NFL New York Giants
NFL Los Angeles Rams
NFL New York Giants
AFL Los Angeles Chargers
AFL Dallas Texans
NFL Green Bay Packers
AFL Oakland Raiders
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Benjamin James Agajanian "The Toeless Wonder" (born August 28, 1919 in Santa Ana, California) is a former Armenian-American football player. A placekicker, he played college football at the University of New Mexico, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers in 1960, 1961, and 1964. He also played for the Dallas Texans in 1961 and the Oakland Raiders in 1962. He was one of only two players (the other was Hardy Brown) who played in the All-America Football Conference, the American Football League, and the National Football League.

Agajanian had four toes of his kicking foot crushed off in a work accident during college, but overcame the injury to become pro football's first kicking specialist, booting field goals for 14 different professional teams in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, including the 1956 World Champion New York Giants. After retiring from the field, he was the Dallas Cowboys kicking coach for 20 years.

ee also

*History of the New York Giants (1925-1978)
*Other American Football League players

External links

*cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/27/sports/sp-dwyre27 |title= Kicking pioneer makes his case |accessdate=2008-08-26 |last=Dwyer |first=Bill |coauthors= |date=2007-10-27 |work= Los Angeles Times|publisher=


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