databasefootball death_place death_date birth_place teams stats article_title position birth_date pfr college name
lintzjoe01 creve coeur , missouri 23 june 1985 webster groves , missouri chicago louis gunners bears st. louis veterans -lrb- asst.coach -rrb- st. y joe lintzenich
 halfback 26 march 1908 lintjo20 st. louis university joe lintzenich
joe lintzenich

joseph francis lintzenich -lrb- march 26 , 1908 -- june 23 , 1985 -rrb- was a professional american football player for the chicago bears of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
he also played for the st. louis gunners in 1932 , prior to the club 's entry into the nfl .
prior to that he was an assistant coach , under garland grange , for the st. louis veterans .
on november 16 , 1931 , against the new york giants , lintzenich tied wilbur henry 's nfl record by kicking a 94 yard punt .
he shared that record with henry until it was broken by steve o'neal of the new york jets , who kicked a 98-yard punt on september 29 , 1969 against the denver broncos .
lintzenich played college football for saint louis university .
he was inducted into the school 's athletic hall of fame in 1976 .
lintzenich was the father-in-law of broadcaster jack buck and grandfather and namesake to fox sports broadcaster joe buck .
