50. Tom Skladany
The mid-seventies saw a cavalcade of talent descend on Columbus to play football for the Buckeyes. Yet in those halcyon days of Heisman heroics, only two players made All-American three different times: One carried the ball ... the other one kicked it.

Skladany punted and kicked-off as a true freshman, but an injury at the end of his inaugural season gave him the boost he needed for the next three years.

Woody Hayes made Tom the first kicker ever given scholarship money to play at Ohio State. Skladany paid Hayes back with game changing punts ... out of the end zone kick-offs ... and a still-school record 59-yard field goal. As a senior, Skladany claimed another Buckeye first when his fellow players voted him captain.



 
 
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