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Initially Australians sought out American football careers, [1] although now NFL scouts are more often actively seeking punters from Australia. [2] [3] The first Australian to play American Football at a meaningful level was former Australian rules footballer Pat O'Dea in 1896 who was a College Football Hall of Fame and All-American player who ...
Colin Edwin Ridgway (19 February 1937 – 13 May 1993) was an American football punter distinguished as being the first Australian to play in the National Football League (NFL). He also competed in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
As a result, Mailata became the second Australian player to win the Super Bowl, 11 years after Jesse Williams did with the Seattle Seahawks in the 2013 season when Williams won Super Bowl XLVIII. However, Mailata is the first Australian Super Bowl winning player to start and play in a Super Bowl game as Williams was on injured reserve. [37]
The 10-week program teaches international players the ins and outs of the game, on the field and in the classroom, and gives them an opportunity to make an NFL roster. The big Aussie was a raw ...
Colin Roberts Scotts (born 26 April 1963) is an Australian former professional player of American football; he was the first Australian to receive an American football scholarship in the United States and be drafted into the National Football League (NFL). He became the second Australian to play in the NFL after Colin Ridgeway, an Australian ...
The first Australian to play in the NFL was Colin Ridgeway, who played Aussie Rules for Carlton Football Club in the 1960s before being picked up by the Dallas Cowboys as a punter. After him came Colin Scotts , who went to college in Hawaii before being drafted to play with the Phoenix Cardinals and then the Houston Oilers in the middle to late ...
The first Australian in the NFL was Melbourne native Colin Ridgeway, a punter who played a single season with the Dallas Cowboys in 1965. [50] The first punter to spend significant time in the league was Darren Bennett , who was a punter for the San Diego Chargers and Minnesota Vikings from 1995 to 2005.
In a game against the Baltimore Ravens on 2 November 2014, following a botched snap on the extra point for which Wing was the holder, he completed a pass to Matt Spaeth for a two-point conversion, and thus became the first Australian player in NFL history to score from a pass. [15]