Horst Muhlmann

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Birthplace=Dortmund, Germany
DateOfDeath=death date and age|1991|11|17|1940|01|2
Position=Kicker
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years=1969
1970-1974
1975-1977
teams=AFL Cincinnati Bengals
NFL Cincinnati Bengals
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Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann (January 2, 1940 – November 17, 1991) was a former professional football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1969–1974 and the Philadelphia Eagles from 1975–1977.

Muhlmann was born in Dortmund, Germany. After high school, he worked as a bricklayer and part-time soccer player. He played as a goalkeeper for Schalke 04 from 1962 to 1966, [cite web | title=Fussballdaten: Horst Mühlmann | url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/muehlmannhorst/ ] including the first ever Bundesliga (German soccer's top league) season in 1963-1964. In 1968, he played soccer in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the Kansas City Spurs.

His professional career in American football began in 1969 with the Cincinnati Bengals when he was 29 years old. Muhlmann quickly established a reputation as one of the longest kickers in the game. On September 4, 1971, in a pre-season encounter with the Green Bay Packers, he launched each of his six kickoffs over the crossbar into the endzone denying the Packers a single kickoff return yard. Muhlmann was the first kicker since the AFL-NFL merger to connect on field goals of 50 yards or more in 3 consecutive games. This record has only been matched by three other players: Tom Dempsey (1971), Chris Bahr (1981) and Jason Elam (1996). Muhlmann held the Bengals team record for consecutive extra points (101) until it was broken by Doug Pelfrey in 1997. Muhlmann still holds or shares several Bengals regular season [cite web | title=Bengals Individual Records (Regular Season) | url=http://assets.bengals.com/assets/default/mediaguide07_271-288.pdf | accessdate=22 September | accessyear=2007] and post season [cite web | title=Bengals postseason individual records | url=http://assets.bengals.com/assets/default/postseason_individual.pdf | accessdate=22 September | accessyear=2007] individual kicking records.

Muhlmann was a concessionaire at Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium. The "Horst Muhlmann Bars" are located in the North and South endzones on the Plaza level.

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See also

*Other American Football League players