Garo Yepremian passes, er, RIP Garo Yepremian

[HanSenSE]

Former Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian dies at 70 - NFL.com

And, of course:
Garo Yepremian attempted throw - NFL Videos

 

[Starman]

The second, I believe, soccer-style kicker behind Pete Gogolak.

I think he may also have been the last player to play without a facemask (his rookie year with the Lions).

 

[Vombatus]

Yepremian to Bass. Shame Washington couldn't muster any offense that day.

 

[jr/shotglass]

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The second, I believe, soccer-style kicker behind Pete Gogolak.

I think he may also have been the last player to play without a facemask (his rookie year with the Lions).

Either him, or Charlie Gogolak. Both began kicking in 1966, but Charlie played the full year, while Yepremian played 9 out of 14. Either way, a pioneer.

Also, major fumble aside (it was actually ruled that instead of a pass), he had an excellent career. RIP.

 

[exmediahack]

Garo's infamous pass shouldn't be held against him because it occurred off the clock from his kicking job.

 

[fossywriter8]

Now, if the ball had been deflated ...

 

[jr/shotglass]

Now, if the ball had been deflated ...

... he throws a 37-yard laser downfield for a game-breaking score. That's how football deflation works.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Garo's infamous pass shouldn't be held against him because it occurred off the clock from his kicking job.

If they wanted him to complete the pass, they should've paid him a quarterback's salary for that play.

 

[I Should Coco]

Great thread title, BTW.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Now, if the ball had been deflated ...

Garo made that very joke on Twitter a few months back, per Greg Cote (I could not find the original):

As recently as January, alluding to the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” controversy, Yepremian posted on Twitter, “Forty-two years later I realize I should have deflated the ball to get a better grip on it.

Greg Cote: Garo Yepremian gone, but his name is forever etched in Dolphins lore | Miami Herald Miami Herald

 

[MTM]

I was interviewing a woman named Yepremian and made a joke about Garo and it turns out she's his sister-in-law. Married to Garo's brother, Krikor, who was an executive with the NY Cosmos.

She wasn't in the family at the time of the infamous pass.

RIP, Garo

 

[Vombatus]

Great photo:

 

[Riptide]

Shula got a lot of mileage out of that at Yepremian's expense,
but Yepremian helped win a lot of games for Shula's Dolphins.
No wonder that got a little stale after the first 300 times.