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Cypriot NFL kicker Garo Yepremian dies at 70
yahoo ^ | 05.16.2015

Posted on 05/16/2015 4:16:33 AM PDT by Perdogg

Cypriot native Garo Yepremian, the former NFL kicker who helped the Miami Dolphins win consecutive NFL championships but is best remembered for a Super Bowl blooper, died of cancer on Friday at the age of 70.

Yepremian's wife, Maritza, said he died at a hospital in Media, Pennsylvania. His illness was diagnosed in May 2014, she said.

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1 posted on 05/16/2015 4:16:33 AM PDT by Perdogg
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2 posted on 05/16/2015 4:17:33 AM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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3 posted on 05/16/2015 4:23:45 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Perdogg

RIP.


4 posted on 05/16/2015 4:27:08 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Perdogg

Rest in peace.


5 posted on 05/16/2015 4:30:02 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: Perdogg

I kicks a touchdown.


6 posted on 05/16/2015 4:39:18 AM PDT by Williams
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To: Perdogg

Another icon of my youth is gone. RIP, Garo.


7 posted on 05/16/2015 4:52:09 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Perdogg
Keeck


8 posted on 05/16/2015 4:52:20 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Perdogg
R.I.P Garo.

5.56mm

9 posted on 05/16/2015 4:52:36 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Perdogg
70 has come to sound too young.


10 posted on 05/16/2015 5:20:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Perdogg

The greatest throwing kicker who ever lived...


11 posted on 05/16/2015 5:35:21 AM PDT by lordpumblechook
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http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/09000d5d823b04f4/Pick-six-Kickers-shouldn-t-pass

It’s a shame this is what he’s remembered for, because he was a pretty good kicker. He was one of the early soccer-style kickers - those of you under 30 might not even know the term because it’s what everyone does now. There is no need to distinguish styles anymore; it’s just kicking.


12 posted on 05/16/2015 5:57:18 AM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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I’m a skins man, and that was the first SB I ever watched. He WAS a good kicker.


13 posted on 05/16/2015 6:02:14 AM PDT by lordpumblechook
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To: Perdogg

RIP, Garo.


14 posted on 05/16/2015 6:03:14 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: lordpumblechook
The greatest throwing kicker who ever lived...

He was an awesome kicking thrower too...

15 posted on 05/16/2015 6:14:23 AM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: BenLurkin

No kidding. He was way old back then, now way young. Ouch!


16 posted on 05/16/2015 6:45:32 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
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To: Perdogg

So sad. I grew up in South Florida and loved the Dolphins and was so excited for the 72 season. We have lost several of that team now. They were quite a group. RIP.


17 posted on 05/16/2015 7:21:05 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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I believe he was the first soccer style kicker and played for the Lions. He was the bane of Alex Karras who relayed the “keek a touchdown” story. It may have not been true.


18 posted on 05/16/2015 7:34:22 AM PDT by MisterArtery
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I thought it might be Jan Stenerud or Pete Gogolak. It was Gogolak by about 2 years.


19 posted on 05/16/2015 8:43:31 AM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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I feel terrible. I sat in the stands in Miami and watche Garo kick many many times. Loved the guy. He was great.


20 posted on 05/16/2015 9:31:28 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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