Dale Hatcher is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 punter for the Los Angeles Rams and the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

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 of the National Football League

National Football League

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He set a Clemson record for net punting in the contest with a 46.7 against Kentucky in 1981.

In 1985, he was named Pro Bowl

Pro Bowl

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 and AP All Pro First Team.

He is best remembered as the punter in the first regular-season NFL game to be decided by a safety. On November 5, 1989 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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, Hatcher helped end the game as he tried to punt, only to have it blocked by Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

 linebacker Mike Merriweather

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 to give the Vikings a 23-21 win over the Rams.

After his football career ended, Hatcher took a job working at Freightliner Custom Chassis in Gaffney, SC where he is still employed to this day.

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