Ron Widby George Ronald " Ron " Widby ( born March 9 , 1945 ) is a retired American basketball and football player . Widby was the last four - sport letterman at the University of Tennessee to date , becoming an All - America in football and basketball and also earning one letter in both baseball and golf . In his two best sports he received All - America honors , as the nation ' s leading punter in college football and as a basketball wing . Early life . From his childhood in Knoxville , Widby showed tremendous athletic promise . One retired Knoxville sportswriter , Marvin West , recalled for a 2011 story on Widby that " he was good for his age . Every step of the way in his career , he was smooth for his age . " Widby himself would recall , " I grew up with the idea I was going to win a scholarship to the University of Tennessee . " He did just that , signing with Tennessee after starring as a quarterback , safety , and punter at Fulton High School in Knoxville . However , near the end of his senior football season at Fulton , he broke his arm and shoulder . Widby recovered well enough to have a strong senior basketball season . At Tennessee . When arriving at his hometown university , Widby initially decided to concentrate on basketball due to his high school injury . Even though he did not attend spring or fall practice with the freshman football team — at the time , freshmen were not allowed to play NCAA varsity sports — the football team kept him on scholarship in hopes he would change his mind . As it turned out , the football coaching staff went to head basketball coach Ray Mears , telling him they needed a punter . Mears had no problem with Widby playing that position , and as Widby himself recalled in 2011 , " I always enjoyed punting a football . " He also played on the freshman team in another of his high school sports , baseball , hitting nearly . 400 . The following year ( 1964 – 65 ) , he had won starting positions in both football and basketball . He also hit nearly . 300 in what would be his only varsity baseball season , but felt bored by that sport . He then met Tennessee ' s golf coach , who upon finding out that Widby had also been on Fulton ' s varsity golf team invited him to try out for the team . Widby would go on to earn a letter in golf in his junior year . Sportswriter Ron Higgins would say in 2011 , " Few athletes in SEC history enjoyed a better senior year in 1966 - 67 than Ron in both football and basketball . " In football , he led the nation in punting average at 43 . 8 yards , while in basketball , he averaged 22 . 1 points and 8 . 7 rebounds while leading the Volunteers to a conference title . He was named a first - team All - America n in both sports , and was also the SEC ' s basketball Player of the Year . He also thought about continuing with golf , but decided against it because it interfered with NFL contract negotiations . Professional career . New Orleans Saints . Widby was selected in three professional drafts in two sports . The New Orleans Saints selected him in the fourth round of the 1967 NFL Draft . In the same year , he was chosen by the New Orleans Buccaneers in the ABA Draft and was selected in the 12th round of the 1967 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls . Although basketball was his favorite sport , he signed with the Saints , who released him after he couldn ' t beat rookie undrafted free agent Tom McNeill . New Orleans Bucaneers ( ABA ) . After failing to make the Saints ' regular roster , he signed with the Buccaneers , playing with that team during the 1967 - 68 American Basketball Association season . Dallas Cowboys . Widby signed with the Dallas Cowboys after his release from the Saints , and remained on the team ' s taxi squad through the 1967 season . In 1968 season he became the starting punter and recorded a franchise and a NFL record , with an 84 yard punt against his former team the Saints . In 1970 he set a Super Bowl record with nine punt attempts , while playing against the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V . In 1971 he played in Super Bowl VI and became the second Cowboys punter to be named to the Pro Bowl ( Sam Baker was the first ) . To make room for rookie punter Marv Bateman who could also place kick if needed , he was traded in september 1972 to the Green Bay Packers along with cornerback Ike Thomas , for a 1973 second round draft choice . The Cowboys would use the draft choice to select Golden Richards . Even so , his greatest professional fame would come from his time with the Cowboys , where he never averaged under 40 yards . Green Bay Packers . He played two seasons for the Packers before suffering a ruptured spinal disc in a freak accident , that would cost him the last two games of 1973 , all of the 1974 season and eventually would end his career . He averaged 41 . 8 yards per punt in 1972 and 43 . 1 yards in 1973 . Personal life . He later became a club pro at a country club in Texas , and once he turned 50 , he entered the qualifying school for the Senior PGA Tour twice , just missing out on his second attempt . As of 2011 , he is now semi - retired and living in Wichita Falls , Texas .