Most everyone knows that kicking specialists did not become common in the NFL until the 1960s. Before then, kicking specialists were rare because substitution rules limited the ability to send kickers into games for a play or two, and rosters were limited to 16 players in 1925 and 30 in 1938 before increasing to 40 in 1964.
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Today's Tidbit... NFL Scoring Leaders Of Old
Most everyone knows that kicking specialists did not become common in the NFL until the 1960s. Before then, kicking specialists were rare because substitution rules limited the ability to send kickers into games for a play or two, and rosters were limited to 16 players in 1925 and 30 in 1938 before increasing to 40 in 1964.