Ove Claes Johansson, born March 31, 1948, in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, is a former American football

American football

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 placekicker

Placekicker

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 and the current holder of the record for the longest field goal

Field goal (football)

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 ever kicked during an American football game, at 69 yards (63.1 m).

Johansson was a junior at Abilene Christian University

Abilene Christian University

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 and performed this kick during ACU's 1976 homecoming

Homecoming

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 game against East Texas State University at Shotwell Stadium

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, in Abilene, Texas

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. This record kick is longer than any other field goal kicked in organized football, one yard longer than the current high school

High school football

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 record set by Dirk Borgognone

Dirk Borgognone

Dirk Ronald Borgognone is a retired former National Football League placekicker who currently holds the record for the longest field goal ever kicked in the history of high school football, 68 yards....

 in 1985, 2 yards longer than the NCAA

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 record (Abilene Christian was playing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

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 at the time), and 6 yards longer than the current NFL

National Football League

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 record of 63 yards set by Tom Dempsey

Tom Dempsey

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 in the New Orleans

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 vs. Detroit

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 game of November 8, 1970 (a feat which was also accomplished by Jason Elam

Jason Elam

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 of the Denver Broncos

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 in the Denver vs. Jacksonville

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 game on October 25, 1998 and by Sebastian Janikowski

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 of the Oakland Raiders

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 in the Oakland vs. Denver game on September 12, 2011).

Professional career

Johansson had previously played soccer, and the 1976 season was his first and only season to play college football

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. He hurt his knee in a season-ending bowl game and played in just two regular season games in the National Football League

National Football League

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. Kicking for the Philadelphia Eagles

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 in 1977, he was successful in only one of his four field goal attempts and one of three extra point

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s.

He is currently a business person in Amarillo, Texas

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. He is married to April (Bankes) Johansson, and they have a daughter, Annika Johansson, and a son, Stefan Johansson. The family is bilingual English-Swedish.