Peter Kornel Gogolak is a Hungarian-born former American football player who was a placekicker in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills, and in the National Football League for the New York Giants.
10 Facts About Pete Gogolak
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Pete Gogolak is distinguished as being the first Hungarian to play in the NFL.
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In 2010, the New York Giants announced that Pete Gogolak would be included in the team's new Ring of Honor to be displayed at all home games in their new stadium.
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The son of a physician, Pete Gogolak came to the United States with his family as a teen, following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and settled in Ogdensburg, New York.
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Pete Gogolak played college football in the Ivy League at Cornell University, where he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society and was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
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Pete Gogolak was a prime factor in the "war between the leagues" and the subsequent merger of the National Football League with the American Football League.
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Pete Gogolak was inducted into the US Army in January 1967; he had failed a physical the previous summer due to a childhood spinal injury, but standards had since been relaxed.
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Pete Gogolak appeared in only nine games in 1967 and retired after the 1974 season, his ninth with the Giants.
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Pete Gogolak is a vocal critic of Colin Kaepernick and NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem.
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Pete Gogolak is a Republican and long time supporter of Donald Trump.