The NFL kicker who returned his own blocked kick to win the game while high on cocaine Kickers in the NFL have a pretty sweet gig: they get paid millions of dollars a year to kick a football a few times a game and they almost never get hit. But as any fan or player knows, a kicker can win or lose you a game. Just ask Chester Marcol, the former Green Bay Packer who won a game by returning his own blocked kick for a touchdown — all while high on cocaine. The year was 1980. Jimmy Carter was president, you had to call a landline to get ahold of someone, and the Packers were tied 6-6 with the Bears in sudden death overtime. The Packers set up for a 35-yard game-winning field goal but the Bears blocked it. In a stroke of blind luck. the ball bounced into the kicker’s hands, and he took off like a bat out of hell towards the endzone, resulting in one of the most memorable finishes in NFL history; Marcol’s Miracle. More in the link...
