(1945-02-06) February 6, 1945 (age 79) Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:
195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:
Fountain-Fort Carson (Fountain, Colorado)
College:
Adams State
NFL draft:
1967 / Round: 3 / Pick: 55
Career history
Cleveland Browns (1968–1980)
Career highlights and awards
PFW Golden Toe Award (1972)
Cleveland Browns Legends
Career NFL statistics
Field goal attempts:
328
Field goals made:
216
Field goal %:
65.9
Player stats at PFR
Donald Lee Cockroft (born February 6, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a punter and placekicker for 13 seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He has the third most career points for a Brown behind fellow kickers Phil Dawson (second) and Lou Groza.
Cockroft served as the Browns' primary punter and placekicker for the first nine seasons of his career. In 1977, he dropped punting from his duties and became solely a placekicker. He and Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker/punter Dave Green were two of the last NFL players to lead their teams in both punting and kicking in the same season (1976).
He was involved in the January 4, 1981, American Football Conference divisional play-off game versus the Oakland Raiders. Cockroft missed field goals from 47 and 30-yards in the second quarter. The Browns scored a touchdown on a 42-yard interception by Ron Bolton with 6:02 left in the second quarter, but the extra point attempt by Cockroft was blocked. Cleveland would lose the game 14-12, a game which is nicknamed Red Right 88.
Later NFL players to have this dual role were Steve Little of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1979, Russell Erxleben of the New Orleans Saints briefly in 1979 and 1980, and Frank Corral for the Los Angeles Rams in 1980 and 1981.
Donald Lee Cockroft (born February 6, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a punter and placekicker for 13 seasons with the...
978 Referee: Jim Tunney TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford (play by play), Don Meredith & Howard Cosell (color commentators) Box Score at Three Rivers Stadium...
beat the Bengals 27–24 and finally snare the Central championship when DonCockroft kicked the game-winning 22-yard field goal with 1:25 left. The Bengals...
overtime, and with a little more than 10 minutes left in over time, DonCockroft kicked a 35-yard field goal to end the game with a win for the Browns...
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season, the Browns promoted this uniform to their primary home uniform and donned it for six home games as well as any away game in which the home team wore...
(12 °C) Game attendance: 77,259 Referee: Dick Jorgensen TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and John Brodie Box Score Week Five: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland...
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attendance: 76,071 Referee: Bernie Ulman TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell Box Score Week 8: Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego...
goal Steelers 10–0 2 Browns Calvin Hill 5-yard pass from Brian Sipe (DonCockroft kick) Steelers 10–7 2 Steelers Matt Bahr 22-yard field goal Steelers...
a spot with the Browns as a kicking coach, helping mentor the young DonCockroft, but he declined. Later in life, he became an ambassador and father figure...
30-yard line, but it ended with no points early in the second quarter when DonCockroft missed a field goal attempt from 47 yards. On Oakland's ensuing drive...
Paul Warfield to possibly join the team as a replacement for injured DonCockroft. However, not hearing back from Cleveland, he received a phone call from...
Cleveland crossed midfield only twice, just once in each half, and kicker DonCockroft missed three field goal attempts. The game began promising for Cleveland...
would retire after 21 seasons. Groza was replaced the next season by DonCockroft. The following were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft. There was a doubleheader...
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