Mac Percival
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Mac L. Percival is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys. He played college basketball at Texas
Percival, circa 1968
Fair catch kick
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The fair catch kick is a rule in American football that allows a team that has just made a fair catch to attempt a free kick from the spot of the catch. The kick must be either a place kick or a drop
Mac Percival
…tied at 10–10, Bears returner Cecil Turner fair-caught a Packers punt at the Packers 43-yard line. The Bears decided to kick the game-winning kick as a fair catch kick, which has rarely been done before. Percival was able to make the 43-yarder to win the game. The kick was Percival's second game-winner, as he kicked…
Elmer Oliphant holds the record for most fair catch kicks and attempts, with two goals on four attempts, all in 1921.