He also invented the Nerf football. The only game-winning free kick in NFL history came after Chicago's Cecil Turner called for a fair catch of a Packers punt at the Green Bay 43-yard line.

Here's a look at the obscure rule. Whenever a player makes a fair catch his team has the option to play a regular down or attempt a free kick. Or, as was the case on Thursday, if there is a foul ...

Free-kicks are rare in the NFL. How are they different from field goals? Check out the rules behind this unique play now.

I know he is, and he did.” It took a number of circumstances for the Chargers’ Cameron Dicker to become the first kicker to convert a fair catch free kick since Wersching did it while with the ...

Corrections/clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated the distance of Dicker's kick. The Los Angeles Chargers just did something that hasn't been ...

Chargers' Cameron Dicker made a rare fair-catch free-kick field goal from 57 yards out, the longest in NFL history. Only seven free kicks have been successful in the league.

Also according to the rulebook, the fair-catch kick is technically distinct from a free kick. The NFL only considers kickoffs, safety kicks or onside kicks to be free kicks and specifically states ...