Pete Gogolak

Peter Kornel Gogolak, born April 18, 1942, is a Hungarian-born former American football placekicker who played in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills and in the National Football League for the New York Giants. The son of a physician, he came to the United States with his family as a teenager following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and is distinguished as the first Hungarian to play in the NFL.

Gogolak is widely considered the chief figure behind the game's adoption of soccer-style placekicking. After two seasons with the Bills, he joined the Giants in May 1966, having played out his option. The move sparked the "war between the leagues" and effectively expedited the AFL–NFL merger agreement reached that June.

His younger brother, Charlie Gogolak, also became a placekicker, playing six seasons professionally. Gogolak remains the Giants' all-time leading scorer with 646 points. In 2010, the New York Giants announced that he would be included in the team's new Ring of Honor, displayed at all home games in their new stadium.