place kick
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The most famous place kick in Five Nations history was undoubtedly John Taylor's last-minute touchline effort for Wales to win a pulsating match against Scotland 19-18 at Murrayfield in 1971.
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2011
Fordham had nothing to boast about except one point-result of Andy Palau's place kick after a touchdown on his pass to Jacunski-that outweighed two St. Mary's field goals, 7-to-6.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of the standard place kick, a scoring pass was flipped to No. 99.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the score 7-to-7 and four minutes to play, Bill Corbus, Stanford's All-American guard, booted a place kick from the 23-yd. line over Southern California's goal posts.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is what we call the drop kick, the free kick, the overhead kick, the place kick, and taking the ball on the run.
From Association Football And How To Play It by Cameron, John
