OGDENSBURG -- The Ogdensburg Pride and Beautification Commission plans to donate a plaque honoring the legacy of Ogdensburg Free Academy graduates and noted football standouts Pete and Charlie Gogolak to the Ogdensburg City School District.

The plaque honoring the brothers and innovators of the modern "soccer-style" of field goal kicking will be placed in the district's Memorial Park.

A rendering of the proposed plaque was included in the agenda packet at Monday's Board of Education meeting and formally approved for acceptance by the board.

The Gogolak family landed in Ogdensburg after fleeing Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the brothers famously started kicking footballs in an unconventional style due to the lack of area soccer teams at the time.

"Soccer-style" kicking refers to approaching the football from an angle and kicking with the instep rather than approaching the ball in a straight line and kicking with the toes, which was the conventional style in the earlier days of the sport.

After graduating from OFA in 1960, Pete earned a scholarship to Cornell University and set numerous major collegiate records at the time, including converting 44 consecutive points after touchdowns (PATs) and booting a then record 50-yard field goal in 1963.

Pete was not selected in the 1964 National Football League draft, but was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the 12th round of the 1964 American Football League draft. Although Pete only played two seasons in Buffalo, the Bills won consecutive AFL Championships during his brief stint with the team. Pete was named to the All-AFL First Team in 1965.

The New York Giants signed Pete before the 1966 NFL season and just before the NFL absorbed the AFL in a merger between the two leagues.

Pete spent nine seasons with the Giants and remains the franchise's all-time scoring leader with 646 points, ahead of kickers Lawrence Tynes and Brad Daluiso as well as Hall of Fame all-around player Frank Gifford.

"The NFL Network considers Pete Gogolak to be one of the 10 biggest things to change the game of football in the history of the sport. That is certainly legit," said OFA varsity football coach Matt Tessmer via email.

Tessmer also noted that he had a vintage style Pete Gogolak Giants t-shirt custom made over a decade ago and sometimes wears it to practice to prompt a conversation about the Gogolaks with Blue Devil players.

"I'm not a Giants fan and the kids know that," he added.

The younger Charlie Gogolak graduated from OFA in 1962 and football folklore suggests he never kicked a field goal before arriving at Princeton University, where he enjoyed a decorated collegiate career, including breaking Pete's record by successfully converting 50 consecutive PATs. He was also a First Team All-Ivy League selection in 1964 and 1965 and a First Team All-American in 1965.

The Washington Redskins selected Charlie sixth overall in the first round of the 1966 NFL draft, making him the first placekicker ever selected in the first round.

Charlie played three seasons in Washington before playing three more with the Boston/New England Patriots through 1972. He still holds the NFL record for 10 PATs attempted in a single game and is tied for the most PATs made in a game with nine. Ironically, Pete was kicking for the Giants in the same game, which Charlie's Redskins won 72-41.

The Gogolaks were honored as co-recipients of the National Football Foundation's (NFF) Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award in 2015.

"The Gogolak brothers created a lasting legacy as the pioneers of the modern place-kicking motion, and their impact on the game of football has been felt for more than 50 years," said NFF President and CEO Steve Hatchell in a 2015 award announcement.

Both Gogolak brothers have received many other accolades throughout the years.

Pete was inducted into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame in 2009, named to the Buffalo Bills Silver Anniversary Team in 1984, and inducted into the New York Giants Ring of Honor in 2010.

Charlie is a member of Princeton's All-Century Team and was named to the Ivy-League Silver Anniversary All-Star Team in 1981.

"I think it is great that they have put together a plaque. That is some true football history," Tessmer added. "We love our OFA Blue Devil football history here."

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