Pete Gogolak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pete Gogolak

Player of American football

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1942

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Peter Kornel Gogolak (English: ; Hungarian: Gogolák Péter Kornél; born April 18, 1942) is a former American football placekicker in the American Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Bills and in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants.Gogolak is widely considered the chief figure behind the game's adoption of soccer style placekicking.
In 1966, after playing two seasons for the AFL's Bills, he joined the NFL's Giants in May after playing out his option, sparking the "war between the leagues" and effectively expediting the subsequent AFL–NFL merger agreement in June.
He is distinguished as being the first Hungarian to play in the National Football League. In 2010, the New York Giants announced that Gogolak would be included in the team's new Ring of Honor to be displayed at all home games in their new stadium.