Former Bears and 49ers kicker Robbie Gould announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday, marking the end of one of the greatest kicking careers in league history.
But Gould almost never suited up for a single NFL game because of a hilarious misunderstanding.
Gould wasn’t selected in the 2005 NFL draft but spent time that year as an undrafted free agent with the Patriots and Ravens. After New England cut Gould in the preseason and Baltimore waived him three weeks after signing him, he figured his kicking days were over and started working construction in Pennsylvania.