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Born in Wisconsin, Dempsey went into history half a century ago, when he gave Saint Louis's team victory just in the last seconds of his meeting with Detroit, thanks to a penalty struck by a total of 63 yards, breaking the then record with 7 yards.

An interesting detail that turned this player into immortal is that the talented Tom Dempsey wasn't like everyone else, and the feature that singled out the player from Milwaukee was exactly that “kicker” was born without fingers on the toes.

At the 1970 NFL championship, November 8, Dempsey sent the ball right between the pillars with a flat flat flat, from 63 yards, practically from the other half-field, the distance that we know best is 58 meters, to give Saints victory in the last seconds, with the 19-17 figures against the French from Michigan, Detroit Lyons.

Its exact impact from that distant distance lasted until 2013, until it was broken with just one yards from “kicker” Denver Broncos Matt Pratter, fixing for time a record in American football with 43-year-old life expectancy.

Above all, Dempsey has played an essential role in the rules of this game. He played with a highly controversial shoe, which was right at the top, which at the time opened no little controversy, to the point that then team president Dallas Chowboys Tex Schramm compared his shoe to the striking part of a golf course.

Seven years after Tom Dempsey's record, the NFL management approved a change, which entered into history like “Dempsey”, forcing all players with artificial limbs to wear a match to meet the standards of a normal shoe at the moment of impact, in the particular situations of this sport.