cravnravn Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 The kick knifed through the thick fog and split the uprights at Memorial Stadium, giving the Colts a 10-7 victory in sudden-death overtime.In a flash, fans swarmed the field. Down came the goal posts. Up went Toni Linhart, on someone's shoulders.Linhart's 31-yard field goal defeated the rival Miami Dolphins late in 1975 and all but clinched Baltimore's first of three straight AFC East titles.It was the kick of a lifetime for Linhart, who died Sunday morning of cancer, at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 70.Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-colts/bs-sp-linhart-obit-20130512,0,5810984.story#ixzz2TAIXtWw4 Quote
oldno82 Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 Crap, crap, crap! I hate getting old and reading about things like this. I was at that game in '75 when he won it in OT after an incredible drive by Bert Jones. One of the best, for me, football games I've seen. Linhart was money that year and the next 2. Quote
cravnravn Posted May 13, 2013 Author Posted May 13, 2013 Me too, we sat in section 2 which is exactly under the goal post in the closed end Quote
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