Cox is the Vikings' all-time leader in scoring (1,365 points) and field goals (282). He is also one of 11 Vikings players to have played in all four of their Super Bowl appearances during the 1970s. In his first season, he kicked 12 out of 24 field goals, the longest being 46 yards while also serving as a punter, kicking 70 of them for 2,707 ...

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Nov 21, 2019 · Former star kicker Fred Cox, the leading scorer in Minnesota Vikings history, with his wife, Bonnie, at his home in Monticello, Minn. on Nov. 16, 2019.

Nov 21, 2019 · The Vikings are mourning the death of legendary kicker Fred Cox and sending condolences to the family and friends of the franchise's all-time leading scorer.

Fred William Cox (December 11, 1938 – November 20, 2019) was an American kicker for the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Pitt. He was also the inventor of the Nerf football. Cox died on November 20, 2019 in Monticello, Minnesota of kidney disease at the age of 80. [1]

Nov 22, 2019 · Cox, known during his prime as "Freddie the Foot," kicked for Minnesota from 1963 until his retirement from the NFL in 1977. In that time he made 282 of 455 field goals attempted, a 62 percent...

Nov 22, 2019 · MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Vikings kicker Fred Cox, one of the last of the straight-on placekickers and a standout on several conference championship teams, has died. He was 80. Cox’s wife, Bonnie, notified the Vikings’ alumni affairs office of his death.

Nov 22, 2019 · Fred Cox, the Vikings' all-time career scoring leader and the inventor of the highly popular NERF football, passed away Wednesday night at his Minnesota home. He was...

Nov 22, 2019 · Fred Cox, a place-kicker for the Minnesota Vikings who scored the most points in the team’s history and, while still playing, helped conceive the Nerf Football, a squishy faux pigskin...

Nov 21, 2019 · Fred Cox, who kicked 15 years for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1960s and 1970s and is the franchise’s all-time leading scorer, died on Wednesday just a few weeks before his 81st...