Mile High Report · Apr 6, 2020
Tom Dempsey and the Denver Broncos connection, RIP
What does a kicker for the 1970 New Orleans Saints have to do with the Denver Broncos?
Well, everything.
For me, I first became aware Tom Dempsey when my mother, a die-hard Denver Broncos fan would bring him up as one of her all-time favorite players. She told me as a kid how he was the one to kick the longest field goal in the history of NFL and how he did it with no toes on his kicking foot. Why him, a Saint’s player? She has always loved underdogs and here was one who succeeded at the top of his game.
On October 25, 1998 Broncos fans began to hear one of their own mentioned alongside Tom Dempsey’s name.
