Role Football player | Playing position Positions Placekicker Name Toni Linhart | |
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Full name Anton Hans Jorg Linhart Date of birth (1942-07-24)July 24, 1942 Date of death May 12, 2013(2013-05-12) (aged 70) Died May 12, 2013, Timonium, Maryland, United States | ||
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Anton Hans Jörg Linhart (July 24, 1942 – May 12, 2013) was an Austrian football player who later started a successful career in American football in the U.S..
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Career
Linhart was born in Donawitz, Austria. He played association football (soccer) for Wiener Sportclub in the Austrian Bundesliga and also for the Austria national football team.
In 1972 he moved to the US and joined the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League as a placekicker. He spent most of his NFL career with the Baltimore Colts. Linhart was voted into the Pro Bowl twice, and was the NFL's leading scorer in 1976. Toni Linhart is one of only three Austrians who have played in the NFL, the other two being Ray Wersching and Toni Fritsch, also placekickers in the 1970s.
On May 12, 2013, Toni Linhart died in Timonium, Maryland, aged 70.