caption death_date death_place collegehof birth_place statvalue hof article_title position birth_date nfl number image college statlabel
pro football hall of fame induction 5 october 1979 new york , new york , u.s. 20026 west haven , connecticut , u.s. 24 7 131 206 ken strong
 halfback 21 april 1906 str619388 50 ken strong.jpg new york rushing touchdowns receiving touchdowns games played
ken strong

elmer kenneth strong , jr. -lrb- april 21 , 1906 -- october 5 , 1979 -rrb- was a college and professional american football player .
after a college career as multi-year all-american at new york university , he went on to play professional football .
as a halfback with a 14-year career he played from 1929 -- 1937 , 1939 , -lrb- interrupted by war service -rrb- 1944 -- 1947 .
he played for the staten island stapletons and new york giants , both of the national football league , and the new york yankees of the second american football league .
he is the first known player in nfl history to attempt and score on a fair catch kick .
the kick was made on november 26 , 1933 , in a win against the visiting green bay packers .
the 30-yard kick was also the shortest fair catch kick in nfl history .
only five people , including strong , have made successful fair catch kick attempts in the nfl .
strong is also believed to be the second player -lrb- after mose kelsch -rrb- to have devoted an entire season to placekicking ; his 1939 season with the giants had him playing very little outside of kicks .
