Steve O'Neal
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Date of birth | February 4, 1946 |
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Place of birth | Hearne, Texas |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Punter Wide receiver |
College | Texas A&M |
NFL draft | 1969 / Round: 13 / Pick: 21 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1969 | New York Jets (AFL) |
1970-1972 | New York Jets |
1973 | New Orleans Saints |
Career stats | |
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Dr.Steve O'Neal (born February 4, 1946 in Hearne, Texas) is a former American football punter and a wide receiver. O'Neal is best known for kicking a 98 yard punt during the American Football League game between the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos on September 21, 1969. This punt set the record for the longest punt in American Football League and professional football history.[1] He has been a dentist practicing in Bryan, Texas for many years.
Professional football career
O'Neal was drafted in the 13th round, pick 21 of the 1969 Common Draft by the AFL's New York Jets.[2]
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Categories:
- 1946 births
- Living people
- People from Robertson County, Texas
- American football punters
- American football wide receivers
- Texas A&M Aggies football players
- New York Jets (AFL) players
- New York Jets players
- New Orleans Saints players
- American football punter stubs
- American football wide receiver, 1940s birth stubs