Don Cockroft

Don Cockroft

No. 12
Position:	Punter / Placekicker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1945-02-06) February 6, 1945
Place of birth:	Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Career information
College:	Adams State
NFL draft:	1967 / Round: 3 / Pick: 55
Career history
Cleveland Browns (1968–1980)
Career highlights and awards
PFW Golden Toe Award (1972)
Career NFL statistics as of 1980
Field goal attempts: 328 Field goals made: 216 Field goal %: 65.9
Player stats at PFR

Donald Lee Cockroft (born February 6, 1945) is a former American football punter and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He has the third most career points for a Brown behind fellow kickers Phil Dawson (second) and Lou Groza.

Cockroft served as the Browns' primary punter and placekicker for the first nine seasons of his career. In 1977 he dropped punting from his duties and became solely a placekicker. He and Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker/punter Dave Green were two of the last NFL players to lead their teams in both punting and kicking in the same season (1976).

Later NFL players to have this dual distinction were Steve Little of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1979, and Frank Corral for the Los Angeles Rams in 1980 and 1981.