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He attended State College Area High School and was a Parade All-American selection there in 1999.
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David Kimball
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He was allocated to NFL Europe by the Oakland Raiders in 2006. He resides in State College, Pennsylvania. Kimball played collegiately at University from 2000 to 2003, serving mostly as a kickoff specialist with 132 career touchbacks.
His major was Recreation & Park Management.
Originally a seventh round selection (#229 overall) of the Indianapolis Colts in the 2004 NFL Draft, Kimball stood little chance making the squad over Mike Vanderjagt, the NFL"s all-time most accurate field goal kicker. He was released by the Colts after training camp on September 1, 2004.
He signed with the New York Giants on January 7, 2005, but was waived during camp on August 18, 2005 in favor of veteran kicker Jay Feely. Kimball was signed as a free agent by the Oakland Raiders on January 19, 2006 and then allocated to the Frankfurt Galaxy on January 24.
Kimball appeared in 1 preseason game with the Raiders, kicking a 23-yard field goal on his only attempt against the 49ers, before being cut on August 28, 2006.
In Europe, the Galaxy went 7-3 in the regular season on their way to the World Bowl. On May 27, 2006, Frankfurt defeated the Amsterdam Admirals 22-7 in World Bowl XIV. In the World Bowl, Kimball scored 8 points, going 2-2 on extra points and 2-3 on field goals. He made FG attempts from 29 & 37 yards, with his only miss coming on a 48 yard attempt that sailed wide left midway through the 2nd quarter.
He had 5 kickoffs in the World Bowl, averaging 59.6 yards per kick.
Kimball appeared in all 11 games (including the World Bowl) for the Galaxy, leading the team in scoring with 72 points. He was 18 for 18 on extra points, and 18 for 29 on field goal attempts.
His longest kick of the season was 49 yards against the Rhein Fire. He kicked 2 game winning field goals, both with less than 10 seconds left in the 4th quarter.
Kimball had 49 kickoffs for 3028 yards (618 average), with 2 touchbacks.
He recorded 2 tackles during the season. Frankfurt Galaxy.
Achievements
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He won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 2004, 2007. Mixed team: 2004, 2007), one silver (Men's singles: 2008), and one bronze (Men's singles: 2005) M�ller also won four medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with one gold (Mixed team: 2006), one silver (Men's singles: 2004), and two bronzes (Men's singles: 2006, 2008). He also finished fifth in the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino and won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
