Millions of childhood backyard football memories can be credited to a former NFL kicker who helped create one of the most lasting and beloved toys ever invented. Fred Cox, who kicked 15 years for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fred Cox, a former kicker for the Minnesota Vikings and the co-inventor of the Nerf football, died on Wednesday, the Vikings ...

Alex Heigl is a former associate editor at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2017. Hard to believe, but NERF turns 45 in 2014. We’re reeling a little bit that a brand so inextricably tied to childhood is ...

Fred Cox, inventor of the Nerf football, has died at the age of 80. Cox was a kicker for the Minnesota Vikings from 1963 to 1977, and is still their all-time leading scorer, tallying up 1365 points ...

Fred Cox is the Minnesota Vikings' all-time leading scorer Fred Cox, a former kicker for the Minnesota Vikings and the co-inventor of the Nerf football, died on Wednesday, the Vikings announced. He ...