Fred Steinfort

Fred Steinfort
No. 4, 1, 19, 5
PositionPlacekicker
Personal information
Born (1952-11-03) November 3, 1952
Wetter, West Germany
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolBrighton (MA)
CollegeBoston College
NFL draft1976: 5th round, 146th overall pick
Career history
Awards and highlights
Career NFL statistics
Field goals made63
Field goals attempted114
Field goal %55.3
Longest field goal57
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Friedrich W. "Fred" Steinfort (born November 3, 1952) is a German-American former professional football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for five different teams from (1976–1983). He played college football at Boston College.

Steinfort's family immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1965.[1]

When Steinfort won the Oakland Raiders' kicking job just before the start of the 1976 NFL season, he sent the NFL's current all-time leading scorer, George Blanda with 2,002 points, into retirement. In 1979, when he assumed the same role with the Denver Broncos, it was Jim Turner, at that time the NFL's third-leading scorer with 1,439 points that he displaced.[2]

Fred Steinfort played for five teams in seven seasons.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Izenberg, Jerry (September 5, 1976). "Blanda: After 26 years, he was just another body". Staten Island Advance. p. 72.
  2. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com lists the leaders through 1979 as 1, George Blanda, 2002; 2, Lou Groza, 1608; and 3, Jim Turner, 1439. Six kickers had surpassed Blanda through 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fred Steinfort Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2026.


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