Professional Football Player. He was a placekicker for ten football teams in three different professional leagues (National Football League, All-American Football Conference, and American Football League) during a career that span three decades. Born Benjamin James Agajanian, he played football collegiately at both Compton Junior College and the University of New Mexico. During his collegiate days, he had four of his toes crushed (later amputated) during a work accident. He continued kicking after the injury, using a specially-designed square-toe shoe. He went undrafted after college and during the Second World War, served as a physical fitness instructor in the United States Army Air Force. In 1945, he made his pro debut, playing briefly for the Philadelphia Eagles before joining the Pittsburgh Steelers later that year. He took the next year off, to start a sporting goods business, before joining the Los Angeles Dons of the newly formed All-American Football Conference. He kicked a league-high fifteen field goals in his first season with the Dons and played for them for one more season before joining the NFL's New York Giants in 1949. He played for the Giants for one year before temporarily retiring from the game for three seasons. In 1953, he joined the Los Angeles Rams and played for them for one year before rejoining the Giants for the 1954 season. He spent the next four seasons with the Giants and was a part of their 1956 NFL championship-winning team. He stepped away from football after the 1957 season. In 1960, he joined the Los Angeles Chargers of the newly-formed American Football League and played for them for one year. In 1961, he played for both the NFL's Green Bay Packers and the AFL's Dallas Texans. He would go on to play for both the AFL's Oakland Raiders (1962) and San Diego Chargers (1964) before retiring after the 1964 season. After his playing career was over, he served as the kicking coach for the Dallas Cowboys for 20 years. He also taught many young kickers through his camps and clinics in Southern California. A pair of his kicking shoes went on display in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984.