Charlie Gogolak

The native form of this personal name is Gogolák Károly Pál. This article uses the Western name order.

Charlie Gogolak
Career information
No. 3, 7
Date of birth	(1944-12-29) December 29, 1944
Place of birth	Rábahídvég, Hungary
Position(s)	Placekicker
College	Princeton
AFL draft	1966 / Round: 7 / Pick: 56 (by the Kansas City Chiefs)
NFL draft	1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Career history
As player
1966-1968	Washington Redskins
1970-1972	Boston/New England Patriots
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Charles Paul Gogolak (in Hungarian: Gogolák Károly Pál, born December 29, 1944 in Rábahídvég, Hungary) is a retired American football placekicker.

Gogolak was signed out of Princeton University by the Washington Redskins in the 1966 NFL Draft, marking the first time that a placekicker was selected in the first round. He played for the Redskins, as well as the New England Patriots. Gogolak was one of the first "soccer style" placekickers in the NFL along with his brother Pete. The brothers combined to score 14 extra points in a single game,^[1] tied for the most ever,^[2] in a 72-41 win for Charlie's Redskins.

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1966 NFL draft first-round selections

Tommy Nobis Tom Mack Dick Leftridge Randy Beisler John Niland Charlie Gogolak Jerry Shay Carl McAdams Jim Grabowski Francis Peay Stan Hindman George Rice Gale Gillingham Milt Morin Sam Ball Randy Johnson

Boston / Washington Redskins first-round draft picks

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Washington Redskins 1966 NFL Draft selections

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