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Co-created the Nerf football dies

OK, yes I am a Viking fan.

Fred Cox, former Vikings kicker, dies at age 80

https://sports.yahoo.com/m/f4751d78-5f76-3395-9f8e-ffc25908a3f8/fred-cox%2C-former-vikings.html

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. Cox had had been in hospice care at his home in Monticello northwest of the Twin Cities because of kidney and heart problems. “My health is not good, obviously,” Cox told the Pioneer Press on Saturday in an interview at his home. “I have kidneys that don't work and a heart that doesn't function, but other than that I'm great.” Cox, who also co-created the Nerf football, scored a Minnesota-record 1,365 points in his 15 seasons, often kicking in nasty conditions