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

Dartmouth had scored 16 points on two touchdowns and a place kick.

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

It was Ward who, after hard-fighting Illinois had marched to a touchdown in the first period, shot through and blocked the place kick which would have given Illinois a seventh point.

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