Doug Brien - Citizendia

Doug Brien
Doug Brien as a New York Jet.
Date of birth:	November 24, 1970 (1970-11-24) (age 37)
Place of birth:	Bloomfield, NJ
Career information
Position(s):	Kicker
College:	California
NFL Draft:	1994 / Round: 3 / Pick 85
Organizations
As player:
1994-1995 1995-2000 2001 2002 2003-2004 2005	San Francisco 49ers New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Minnesota Vikings New York Jets Chicago Bears
Stats at NFL.com

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He is best known for missing two potential game-winning field goal attempts in the final two minutes of the New York Jets' 2004 AFC divisional playoff game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The NFL playoffs following the 2004 NFL season led up to Super Bowl XXXIX. He was released by the team a couple of months after the game, but later signed by the Chicago Bears, from who he was released from later on in the 2005 season. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois.

As a rookie, Brien won a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers after their 49-26 victory over the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. The Super Bowl ring is an award in the National Football League given to players and coaches of the team that wins the league's annual championship game the Super Bowl The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego California. Super Bowl XXIX was an American football game played on January 29 1995 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Florida (now part of the Suburb

College career

At California, he left leading the school in all-time points with 288 points, and in field goal accuracy, hitting 56 out of 80 attempts, hitting 80% of his field goals for his career. A field goal (formerly "goal from the field" in US football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play ("from He graduated with a BA degree in Political Economy of Industrial Societies (PEIS) in 1994.

High School career

Brien attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California and was teammates with retired Green Bay Packer offensive lineman Aaron Taylor. For the other offensive lineman of the same name see Aaron Taylor (Nebraska.

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Preceded by Paul Edinger	Chicago Bears Kickers 2005	Succeeded by Robbie Gould

Paul Edinger (born January 17, 1978 in Frankfort Michigan) is an Arena Football Player who currently plays for the Chicago Rush signed on June 3rd 2008 Robert Paul Gould III (Gōld (born December 6 1982) is an American football Placekicker for the Chicago Bears of the National

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