Jim Turner (placekicker)

Jim Turner

No. 11, 15

Position:

Placekicker

Personal information

Date of birth:

March 28, 1941

Place of birth:

Martinez, California

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

205 lb (93 kg)

Career information

College:

Utah State

NFL draft:

1963 / Round: 19 / Pick: 259

Career history

New York Jets (1964–1970)
Denver Broncos (1971–1979)

Career highlights and awards

2× Pro Bowl (1968, 1969)
Super Bowl (III)
American Football League champion (1968)
AFL All-Time 2nd Team
Denver Broncos Ring of Fame

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

James Bayard "Jim" Turner (born March 28, 1941) is a former American football player. A quarterback and placekicker, he played college football for Utah State University and was signed as a free agent in 1964 by the American Football League's New York Jets head coach Weeb Ewbank. "Tank" kicked a then record 145 points in the 1968 regular season, with a professional football record 34 field goals. Turner kicked for nine points in the AFL Championship game win over the Oakland Raiders, and ten points in the Jets's 16-7 defeat of the Baltimore Colts in the Third World Championship of Professional Football, Super Bowl III.

The last of Turner's three field goals in Super Bowl III was for 9 yards, the shortest in Super Bowl history. At that time, the goal posts were located at the front of the end zones. They have since been moved to the back, so it's no longer possible to kick a field goal from this short a distance. Mike Clark of the Dallas Cowboys tied Turner's record for the shortest Super Bowl field goal in Super Bowl VI.

In the locker room after the game, on national television (NBC-TV), Turner shouted "Welcome to the AFL !"

Following the AFL-NFL merger, Turner also played with the Denver Broncos for another nine seasons and kicked four points in a losing effort in Super Bowl XII against the Dallas Cowboys, connecting on a 47-yard field goal and an extra point following a 5-yard touchdown run by Rob Lytle. He was inducted into the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame in 1988.

Turner finished his career with 304 of 488 (62%) field goals and 521 of 534 extra points, giving him 1,439 total points.

External links

Washington Redskins 1963 NFL Draft selections

Pat Richter Lonnie Sanders Ron Snidow Charley Nickoson Dave Francis Billy Joe Rod Foster Allen Schau Bob Caldwell John Greiner Tom Winingder Harry Butsko Dave Adams Ron Whaley Drew Roberts Jim Turner Joe Baughan

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

New York Jets Super Bowl III Champions

11 Jim Turner 12 Joe Namath (MVP) 13 Don Maynard 15 Babe Parilli 22 Jim Hudson 23 Bill Rademacher 24 Johnny Sample 26 Jim Richards 29 Bake Turner 30 Mark Smolinski 31 Bill Mathis 32 Emerson Boozer 33 Curley Johnson 34 Lee White 41 Matt Snell 42 Randy Beverly 43 John Dockery 45 Earl Christy 46 Bill Baird 47 Mike D'Amato 48 Cornell Gordon 50 Carl McAdams 51 Ralph Baker 52 John Schmitt 56 Paul Crane 60 Larry Grantham 61 Bob Talamini 62 Al Atkinson 63 John Neidert 65 Paul Seiler 66 Randy Rasmussen 67 Dave Herman 71 Sam Walton 72 Paul Rochester 74 Jeff Richardson 75 Winston Hill 80 John Elliott 81 Gerry Philbin 83 George Sauer 85 Steve Thompson 86 Verlon Biggs 87 Pete Lammons

Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank

Coaches: Walt Michaels Clive Rush Buddy Ryan Joe Spencer

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

Jim Turner (placekicker)

See also

External links