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Cappelletti's '63-64 seasons get their due. In undertaking the daunting task of ranking each placekicker in each season from 1960-2007 to form a top-50 list, Chase Stuart of ProFootballReference.com has Gino Cappelletti on the list twice. At this time next year, it will be interesting to see where Stephen Gostkowski's 2008 season might rank.

Way to go Chase.

 

[dirty_martini]

Seen on Boston.com Cappelletti's '63-64 seasons get their due. In undertaking the daunting task of ranking each placekicker in each season from 1960-2007 to form a top-50 list, Chase Stuart of ProFootballReference.com has Gino Cappelletti on the list twice. At this time next year, it will be interesting to see where Stephen Gostkowski's 2008 season might rank.Way to go Chase.

 

[Adebisi]

I tried to bring this to his attention the other day, but he ignored me.

 

[Chase Stuart]

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Cappelletti's '63-64 seasons get their due. In undertaking the daunting task of ranking each placekicker in each season from 1960-2007 to form a top-50 list, Chase Stuart of ProFootballReference.com has Gino Cappelletti on the list twice. At this time next year, it will be interesting to see where Stephen Gostkowski's 2008 season might rank.

Way to go Chase.

I tried to bring this to his attention the other day, but he ignored me. :(

Thanks, guys.I actually have written about Cappelletti's MVP season before, in an article about AP MVP winners:

The Duke, as he was known, played quarterback at Minnesota and just about everything else in the pros. He played QB in the Ontario Rugby Football League out of college, then was drafted by the Army, and then played in the CFL. In a sign of how desperate for talent the AFL was, Cappelletti was signed by the Boston Patriots in their inaugural season … to play cornerback and kick field goals. He played as a WR and kicker for the rest of his career. In 1964 he set a career high with 865 receiving yards, but that still ranked just 9th in the AFL.

So why did he win the award? Because the Duke had a dominant season at kicker, with his ‘64 rating as one of the five best kicker seasons in the ’60s. He made every XP, was 8/16 from 40-49 yards (league average was 37%), and was the class of the AFL. If nothing else, he convinced the Broncos that he was the best player in the league. In the first game against Denver, he converted on all six attempts in a blowout victory. In the rematch against the Broncos, Cappelletti caught a 25 yard TD pass and kicked a 51 yard FG, leading the Pats to a 12-7 victory. In NFL history, only two players (Paul Hornung in 1960 and LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006) have scored more points per game in a season than than the 10.5 PPG the Duke had in 1964.

Of course, Mike Herman's been telling me for years that if I want to get famous, I should write about kickers. It took me awhile, but now it's obvious he was right.