Howard Kindig

[1] After 3 seasons with San Diego he moved to the Bills, where he played defensive end, offensive tackle and center.

[1][2] Kindig was the long snapper for the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins, which completed a 17-0 season by defeating the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.

[2] After the Super Bowl, Redskin coach George Allen claimed that one of the key plays in Miami's victory was a penalty Kindig drew on Washington linebacker Harold McLinton, when McLinton attempted to steal the ball from Kindig when he was long snapping on a punt, and the penalty allowed Miami to retain possession of the ball.

[3] Kindig broke his thumb during the 1973 preseason and missed the entire season, in which Miami won a 2nd consecutive Super Bowl.

[8] He signed with the NFL New York Jets after the Sharks stopped paying its players and disbanded in the middle of the 1974 season.