Neil O'Donoghue
Cornelius Joseph Connor Dennis "Neil" O'Donoghue (born 18 January 1953) is a former American football placekicker. He played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1977 to 1985 with the Buffalo Bills, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the St. Louis Cardinals. At 6'6", he is the tallest kicker in NFL history. From 1987 until 2023, when Daniel Whelan was selected as punter for the Green Bay Packers. O'Donoghue remained the most recent Irish-born American to have played in the NFL. Early life Growing up in Clondalkin, his father Michael played for the Ireland national field hockey team. Gaelic Football Playing for Round Towers GAA (Clondalkin), he was described as one of the best juvenile players they produced. He played U13 Football at the age of eight and won an U13 League Final against St Pats Palmerstown in 1965. Association football O'Donoghue made his League of Ireland debut for Shamrock Rovers as a replacement for Damien Richardson at Sligo Rovers on 17 October 1971. In his second League game he scored his first goal at Glenmalure Park against Limerick on 31 October. He made a total of 16 appearances including two each in the Texaco Cup and the FAI Cup scoring