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Mark Jensen (psychologist)
Mark Jensen (born July 11, 1976 in Oregon City, Oregon) is a former American football placekicker for the National Football League. He spent time with three different NFL teams: the Detroit Lions, St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders. He also spent one year (2004) in NFL Europe, playing for the now defunct Scottish Claymores. Jensen served for three years as Cal Football's Director of Player Development. He holds dual American/Danish citizenship. Early life Jensen earned first-team Utah All-State two times (1993–1994) at Pleasant Grove High School. In 1993, he kicked a game-winning field goal in the Utah 4A state-championship game to lift Pleasant Grove High School over Judge Memorial High School 18-17. Following his senior campaign, he was named USA Today second-team ALL-American. Following graduation from high school, Jensen served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Leipzig, Germany. College career At the University of Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit. The franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans, and joined the NFL on July 12, 1930. Amid financial struggles, the franchise was relocated to Detroit in 1934. The team were also renamed the Lions in reference to the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise, the Tigers. The Lions won four NFL Championship Games between 1935 and 1957, all prior to the Super Bowl era. Since the 1957 championship, the franchise has won only a single playoff game during the 1991 season and holds the league's longest postseason win drought. While they share the distinction of never appearing in a Super Bowl with the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars, they are the only fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
