Chris Bahr

Chris Bahr

Personal information
Born:	(1953-02-03) February 3, 1953 State College, Pennsylvania
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
College:	Penn State
Position:	Placekicker
NFL draft:	1976 / round: 2 / pick: 51
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (1976–1979) Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (1980–1988) San Diego Chargers (1989)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XV, XVIII) Pennsylvania All-Century Team [1] All-America (1975) All-Rookie (1976) All-AFC (1977)
Career NFL statistics
Field Goals: 241/381 Field Goal %: 63.3 Long Field Goal: 55 Extra Points: 490/519 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Kurt Bahr
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1972–1974	Penn State Nittany Lions
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975	Philadelphia Atoms	22	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chris Bahr (born February 3, 1953) is a former professional American football and soccer player. He was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) and played midfielder in the North American Soccer League.

High school

Attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

College

Bahr attended Penn State, where he was named an All-American three times for soccer and once for football. He led the Nittany Lions in scoring in 1975, including four field goals over 50 yards. He averaged 39 yards in punts. Bahr graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and later earned a Juris Doctor at Southwestern University School of Law, attending school part-time while still playing with the Raiders.

Soccer

Bahr was the first round draft pick of the Philadelphia Atoms in the 1975 North American Soccer League draft. As a rookie midfielder, he made an immediate impression, tying an NASL scoring record for goals by a native-born American by netting 11, including two 2-goal games and four game winners. Bahr also netted the first sudden death goal in Atoms history against the New York Cosmos in front of 20,124 at Veterans Stadium. He was named the 1975 NASL Rookie of the Year. Bahr played 22 games for the Atoms, scoring 11 goals before departing for the NFL.

Bahr also joined his Atoms coach, Al Miller, on the 1976 U.S. National Team. He scored both goals for the United States in their 2-0 shutout of Bermuda in the qualifying rounds for the XXI Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada.

NFL

After four seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, Bahr went on to become a stalwart placekicker with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He is the Raiders' second all-time leader in scoring (817 points), and his 162 career field goals was a Raiders record until 2007 when it was surpassed by Sebastian Janikowski. Bahr kicked in two Raiders Super Bowl victories, (1981 and 1984). Perhaps his best year as a pro came in 1983 when he compiled a 78% field goal percentage. He finished his career with a strong season, kicking 17 field goals and 29 PATs for the San Diego Chargers in 1989.

He was named to the All-Rookie team in 1976 and a Sporting News All-AFC in 1977.

Career regular season statistics

Career high/best bolded

Regular season statistics
Season	Team (record)	G	FGM	FGA	%	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	LNG	BLK	XPM	XPA	%	PTS
1976	Cincinnati Bengals (10–4)	14	14	27	51.9	1–1	6–8	2–4	3–8	2–6	51	0	39	42	92.9	81
1977	Cincinnati Bengals (8–6)	14	19	27	70.4	1–1	10–11	4–8	4–6	0–1	47	0	25	26	96.2	82
1978	Cincinnati Bengals (4–12)	16	16	30	53.3	0–0	5–7	4–8	6–12	1–3	52	0	26	29	89.7	74
1979	Cincinnati Bengals (4–12)	16	13	23	56.5	0–0	4–6	3–7	4–8	2–2	55	0	40	42	95.2	79
1980	Oakland Raiders (11–5)	16	19	37	51.4	0–0	4–6	9–12	6–13	0–6	48	0	41	44	93.2	98
1981	Oakland Raiders (7–9)	16	14	24	58.3	0–0	6–8	2–4	3–7	3–5	51	0	27	33	81.8	69
1982	Los Angeles Raiders (8–1)	9	10	16	62.5	1–1	2–3	4–5	3–5	0–2	43	0	32	33	97.0	62
1983	Los Angeles Raiders (12–4)	16	21	27	77.8	0–0	9–11	8–9	4–6	0–1	47	0	51	53	96.2	114
1984	Los Angeles Raiders (11–5)	16	20	27	74.1	1–1	7–7	4–7	7–11	1–1	50	0	40	42	95.2	100
1985	Los Angeles Raiders (12–4)	16	20	32	62.5	0–0	9–9	7–10	3–12	1–1	51	0	40	42	95.2	100
1986	Los Angeles Raiders (8–8)	16	21	28	75.0	3–3	6–6	6–9	5–8	1–2	52	0	36	36	100.0	99
1987	Los Angeles Raiders (5–10)	13	19	29	65.5	0–0	6–6	10–13	3–10	0–0	48	0	27	28	96.4	84
1988	Los Angeles Raiders (7–9)	16	18	29	62.1	1–1	7–7	3–6	6–11	1–4	50	0	37	39	94.9	91
1989	San Diego Chargers (6–10)	16	17	25	68.0	0–0	6–6	6–9	4–6	1–4	53	0	29	30	96.7	80
Career (14 seasons)		210	241	381	63.3	8–8	87–101	72–111	61–123	13–38	55	0	490	519	94.8	1213

Personal

Bahr is the son of Walter Bahr, a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. His mother, Davies Ann, was a champion swimmer at Temple University and a physical education teacher at Penn State. His brother Casey Bahr was an All American soccer player at Navy, played professionally and was a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic soccer team. His younger brother, Matt Bahr played professional soccer and was also a standout placekicker in the NFL. Sister Davies Ann Bahr was an All-American gymnast at Penn State

Bahr holds an annual Chris Bahr Kicking Camp, a 3-day clinic for student in grades 7-12 at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

After his NFL career, Bahr graduated from Southwestern Law School and practiced law in California and Pennsylvania. He is currently a financial consultant, managing assets for professional athletes for ProVest Management Group in Columbus, Ohio. He lives in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania with his wife Eve, a corporate attorney, and their two children.

Bahr's son, C.J., is the placekicker for Slippery Rock University.

External links

• NASL stats