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Raimund "Ray" Wersching (born August 21, 1950) is an Austrian former placekicker in the NFL. He played in the NFL for a span of 15 years, from 1973 through 1987.

Ray Wersching

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Position:	Placekicker
Personal information
Born:	(1950-08-21) August 21, 1950 (age 72) Mondsee, Austria
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College:	California
Undrafted:	1973
Career history
San Diego Chargers (1973–1976) San Francisco 49ers (1977–1987)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XVI, XIX) Second-team All-Pro (1986) NFL scoring leader (1984)
Career NFL statistics
Field goals made: 222 Field goal attempts: 329 Field goal %: 67.5
Player stats at NFL.com

Early career

He attended Warren High School in Downey, California.

NFL career

Undrafted after his career at Cerritos College and the University of California, Berkeley, Wersching was signed by the San Diego Chargers, where he played for four years. In 1977, Wersching joined the San Francisco 49ers. In Super Bowl XVI, Wersching tied a Super Bowl record by kicking four field goals, and his field position kick-offs also helped his team win, 26–21. He won another Super Bowl ring with the 49ers in Super Bowl XIX, defeating the Miami Dolphins 38–16. When he retired, Wersching held 49ers records for points, field goals and extra points. He was the 12th player in NFL history to score 1,000 points in a career, and is the most recent player to have scored from a fair catch kick.[1]

Wersching had a unique kicking style. Upon crossing the out of bound line onto the field to kick a field goal or extra point, he always looked down, never raising his head until after he kicked.[2]

Other

Wersching holds an inactive public accountant's license.[3] He was a contestant on the original version of the game show High Rollers in 1975.[4]

In 2006; Wersching along with business partner Mary Ann Locke were indicted on embezzlement charges of $8 million in insurance premiums.[5] Wersching served six months in home confinement and was placed on probation for two years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. When he pleaded guilty in December 2007 to failing to file a corporate tax return, federal prosecutors dropped charges that he had been involved in an $8 million embezzlement (while Locke served time in prison) but would lose his business as a result.[6]

References

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[de] Ray Wersching

Raimund „Ray“ Wersching (* 21. August 1950 in Mondsee) ist ein ehemaliger österreichischer American-Football-Spieler auf der Position des Kickers. Er spielte bei den San Diego Chargers und San Francisco 49ers in der National Football League (NFL).

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