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Grace Lee Whitney
Grace Lee Whitney at a Star Trek convention (circa 1980)
Born
Mary Ann Chase
(1930-04-01)April 1, 1930
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Died
May 1, 2015(2015-05-01) (aged 85)
Coarsegold, California
Occupation
Actress, singer
Years active
1947–2007
Spouse(s)
Sydney Stevan Dweck
(m. 1954; div. 1966)
Jack Dale
(m. 1970; div. 1991)
Children
2
Grace Lee Whitney (April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer. She was known for her role as Janice Rand on the original Star Trek television series and subsequent Star Trek television series and films.[1][2]
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1 Early life
2 Star Trek
2.1 Star Trek television show
2.2 Star Trek films
3 Career
3.1 Theater
3.2 Film highlights
3.3 Television
3.4 Music
3.5 Writing
4 Personal life and death
5 Filmography
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit]
Whitney was born Mary Ann Chase on April 1, 1930, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was adopted by the Whitney family, who changed her name to Grace Elaine. She started her entertainment career as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio at the age of fourteen. After she left home, she began to call herself Lee Whitney, eventually becoming known as Grace Lee Whitney. In her late teens, she moved to Chicago where she opened in nightclubs for Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands.[1]
Star Trek[edit]
Star Trek television show[edit]
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry cast Whitney in the role of Yeoman Janice Rand, the personal assistant to Captain James T. Kirk, in 1966. Whitney said: "I was on diet pills trying to stay thin—and I was very thin. They wanted you to fit into the uniforms and I couldn't quite so I went on amphetamines."[3] Whitney appeared in eight of the first thirteen episodes, after which she was released from contract. She had claimed that, while still under contract, she was sexually assaulted by an executive associated with the series.[4] Later, in a public interview, she stated that Leonard Nimoy had been her main source of support during that time. She went into more details about the assault in her book The Longest Trek, but refused to name the executive, saying in the book, "This is my story, not his."[1]
In a later interview, she said of her termination from the series:
They wanted William Shatner to have romances in each episode with a different person, because for him to be stuck with one woman was not good for him and it wasn't good for the audience. That's what they told me, so I was written out. There were two blond girls and one black girl. Nichelle was a more important character and couldn't be written out. Everything's political in America. One of the blondes had to go. The other one was engaged to the boss, so guess who went? I just about killed myself. I drank, that's what we do, we drink to get rid of pain. I was really mad. My God, was I bitter.[3]
Star Trek films[edit]
Whitney posing with a Star Trek prop at a science fiction convention, 1975
Whitney returned to the Star Trek franchise in the 1970s after DeForest Kelley saw Whitney on the unemployment line and told her that fans had been asking for her at fan conventions.[5]
Whitney reprised her role as Janice Rand, who had received a promotion to chief petty officer in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). She also appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), with another promotion, as Lieutenant Commander Janice Rand. Five years later, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, she returned in the 1996 Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback", along with George Takei. She reprised her role in two internet Star Trek episodes: "Star Trek: New Voyages" and "Star Trek: Of Gods and Men". "New Voyages" premiered on August 24, 2007, while "Of Gods and Men" made its debut in late 2007.
Career[edit]
Theater[edit]
Whitney debuted on Broadway in Top Banana, with Phil Silvers and Kaye Ballard, playing Miss Holland. Following the successful run of the show, she joined the cast in Hollywood, where she recreated the role in the 1954 movie of the same name. While in Los Angeles, Whitney auditioned for and was cast in the starring role of Lucy Brown in the national tour of The Threepenny Opera, taking over the role from Bea Arthur, who had played the part in New York off-Broadway.[citation needed]
Film highlights[edit]
Whitney was cast as a member of the all-female band in Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959). She shared several scenes with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe, including the famed "upper berth" sequence. She had uncredited roles in House of Wax (1953), Top Banana (1954), The Naked and the Dead (1958), and Pocketful of Miracles (1961). Whitney was credited as Tracey Phillips in the drama A Public Affair (1962), and as Texas Rose in the western The Man from Galveston (1963). Billy Wilder then gave her the featured role of "Kiki the Cossack" in Irma la Douce (1963).
Television[edit]
Whitney made more than a hundred television appearances following her television dramatic debut in Cowboy G-Men in 1953. She appeared on episodes of The Real McCoys, Wagon Train, The Islanders, Hennesey, The Roaring 20s, Gunsmoke, Bat Masterson, The Rifleman, 77 Sunset Strip, Bewitched, Mike Hammer, Batman, The Untouchables, and Hawaiian Eye.
During the 1950s and early 1960s, Whitney was a frequent semi-regular on between 80 and 100 live television shows including You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx in 1953, The Red Skelton Show, The Jimmy Durante Show and The Ernie Kovacs Show, largely appearing in gag sketches.[1] From 1957 to 1958, she appeared as a "Vanna-type adornment" on the popular daytime show Queen for a Day.[1]
Other appearances included an episode of The Outer Limits, "Controlled Experiment", co-starring Barry Morse and Carroll O'Connor, Mannix, Death Valley Days, The Big Valley, and The Virginian. In 1962, she appeared in the episode of The Rifleman entitled "The Tin Horn". In 1964, she played the Marilyn Monroe lookalike character Babs Livingston on Bewitched in the episode "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog".[1]
Whitney played the historical figure Nellie Cashman, then a restaurateur, in the 1969 episode, "The Angel of Tombstone" of the syndicated western series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor not long before his death. In the story line, Cashman and several men from Tombstone, Arizona, travel to Baja California in search of gold found by a Mexican prospector. On reaching the site, Cashman learns how a Catholic mission has been quietly financing its charitable work. Gregg Barton, Tris Coffin, and Joaquin Martinez also guest starred in this episode.
Her roles in the 1970s included The Bold Ones, Cannon, and Hart to Hart. In 1983, she had a small part in the television film The Kid with the 200 I.Q., with Gary Coleman. In 1998, she appeared in an episode of Diagnosis: Murder, which reunited her with her old Star Trek cast-mates George Takei, Walter Koenig and Majel Barrett Roddenberry.
Music[edit]
Whitney at the first Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Awards, December 5, 1976.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Whitney sang with a number of orchestras and bands, including the Keith Williams Orchestra. Later, she concentrated on jazz/pop vocalizing while fronting for the band Star. In the 1970s, with her then-husband, Jack Dale, she wrote a number of Star Trek-related songs. A 45 rpm record was released in 1976 with the songs "Disco Trekkin’" (A side) and "Star Child" (B side). She recorded such tunes as "Charlie X", "Miri", "Enemy Within" and "USS Enterprise". Many of these songs were released in the 1990s on cassette tape: Light at the End of the Tunnel in 1996 and Yeoman Rand Sings! in 1999.[citation needed]
Writing[edit]
Whitney's autobiography, The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy, was released in 1998 (ISBN 1-884956-05-X). Along with her hiring and firing from Star Trek, the book recounts her work as the first Chicken of the Sea mermaid as well as her struggles with and eventual recovery from alcohol and substance abuse.[6]
Personal life and death[edit]
Whitney had two sons, Scott and Jonathan Dweck.[7] She moved to Coarsegold, California, in 1993 to be close to Jonathan, and she “continued her fellowship work in Fresno and Madera [counties], completely dedicating her life to helping herself and others find daily sobriety and a higher power out of addiction.”[8] Jonathan Dweck said his mother wanted to be known more as a survivor of addiction than as a Star Trek cast member.[2]
Whitney died of natural causes at her home in Coarsegold on May 1, 2015. She was 85 years old.[9]
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Filmography[edit]
Top Banana (1954) – Miss Holland (uncredited)
The Naked and the Dead (1958) – Girl in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot (1959) – Rosella (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) – Queenie's 'Broad' in Black Dress (uncredited)
A Public Affair (1962) – Tracey Phillips
Critic's Choice (1963) – Uncredited minor role
The Man from Galveston (1963) – Texas Rose
Irma la Douce (1963) – Kiki the Cossack
Star Trek (1966, TV) – Yeoman Janice Rand
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) – Transporter Chief Janice Rand
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) – Woman in Cafeteria
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) – Commander Janice Rand
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) – Excelsior Communications Officer
Star Trek: Voyager (1996, TV) – Lt. Commander Janice Rand
Star Trek: New Voyages (2007, web series) – Lt. Commander Janice Rand
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) – Commander Janice Rand (final film role)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Whitney, Grace Lee; Denney, Jim (1998). The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy (1 ed.). Linden Publishing. pp. 35–36, 39, 51. ISBN 1884956033.
^ Jump up to: a b "'Star Trek' actress Grace Lee Whitney dies at 85". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Cox, Emma (May 2, 2009). "Star Trek, Jim, but not as we know it". The Sun.
Jump up ^ Moyer, Justin Wm. (May 4, 2015). "Actress Grace Lee Whitney who alleged sexual assault by TV executive, dead at 85". Washington Post. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ Rioux, Terry Lee (2005). From sawdust to stardust: the biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy. Simon and Schuster. p. 218. ISBN 0-7434-5762-5.
Jump up ^ Whitney, Grace Lee; Denney, Jim (1998). The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy. Foreword by Leonard Nimoy. Clovis, CA: Quill Driver Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-1884956034.
Jump up ^ Staff, AP (May 4, 2015). "Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on 'Star Trek', Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
Jump up ^ Staff (May 3, 2015). "Grace Lee Whitney, original Star Trek cast member, dies in Coarsegold". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ Staff (May 4, 2015). "Star Trek Actress Grace Lee Whitney Dies at 85". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
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Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill
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"Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill" is an American folk song first published in 1888 and attributed to Thomas Casey (words) and later Charles Connolly (music). The song is a work song, and makes references to the construction of the American railroads in the mid-19th century. The tarriers of the title refers to Irish workers, drilling holes in rock to blast out railroad tunnels. It may mean either to tarry as in delay, or to terrier dogs which dig their quarry out of the ground,[1] or from the French word for a drill, tarière. The song has been recorded by The Weavers and Makem and Clancy, among many others.
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Lyrics[edit]
One version runs:
Every morning at seven o'clock
There's twenty tarriers a workin at the rock
The boss comes along and he says, "Keep still
And come down heavy on the cast iron drill."

Chorus:
So drill, ye tarriers, drill
And drill, ye tarriers, drill
Oh it's work all day for the sugar in your tay
Down beyond the railway
So drill, ye tarriers, drill.

Our new foreman is John McCann
By God, He was a blamed mean man
Last week a premature blast went off
And a mile in the air went big Jim Goff.
[Chorus]

Next time payday comes around
Jim Goff was short one buck he found
"What for?" asked he, then this reply
"You were docked for the time you were up in the sky."
[Chorus]

A verse sung by The Easy Riders circa 1956 runs:
The boss was a fine man down to the ground
And he married a lady six foot round
She baked good bread and she baked it well
But she baked that bread just as hard as hell
See also[edit]
The Tarriers
List of Train Songs
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong (1980, 2000) by Norm Cohen, University of Illinois Press, p. 555, ISBN 0-252-06881-5
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Drill Ye Tarriers Drill (lyrics and embedded MIDI tune)
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Matt Bryant
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This article is about the American football player. For the English football (soccer) player, see Matt Bryant (footballer).
Matt Bryant
Bryant with the Atlanta Falcons in 2013
No. 3 – Atlanta Falcons
Position:
Placekicker
Personal information
Born:
(1975-05-29) May 29, 1975 (age 42)
Orange, Texas
Height:
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:
203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school:
Bridge City (TX)
College:
Baylor
Undrafted:
1999
Career history
Iowa Barnstormers (2000)*
New York Giants (2002–2003)
Berlin Thunder (2002)*
Frankfurt Galaxy (2002)
Dallas Cowboys (2004)*
Indianapolis Colts (2004)
Miami Dolphins (2004)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2005–2008)
Florida Tuskers (2009)
Atlanta Falcons (2009–present)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:
Active
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl (2016)
Career NFL statistics as of 2017
Field goals made:
368
Field goals attempted:
429
Field goals %:
85.8
Longest field goal:
62
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Steven Matt Bryant (born May 29, 1975) is an American football placekicker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Baylor. Bryant has also been a member of the Iowa Barnstormers, New York Giants, Berlin Thunder, Frankfurt Galaxy, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Florida Tuskers.
Contents
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1 Early years
2 College career
2.1 College statistics
3 Professional career
3.1 Iowa Barnstormers
3.2 New York Giants
3.2.1 2002 season
3.2.2 2003 season
3.2.3 2004 season
3.3 Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins
3.4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3.4.1 2005 season
3.4.2 2006 season
3.4.3 2007 season
3.4.4 2008 season
3.5 Florida Tuskers
3.6 Atlanta Falcons
3.6.1 2009 season
3.6.2 2010 season
3.6.3 2011 season
3.6.4 2012 season
3.6.5 2013 season
3.6.6 2014 season
3.6.7 2015 season
3.6.8 2016 season
3.6.9 2017 season
3.7 Professional statistics
4 Personal life
5 References
6 External links
Early years[edit]
Bryant was born in Orange, Texas. He played football and baseball at Bridge City High School in Bridge City, Texas and holds the record for the longest field goal.[1][2]
College career[edit]
After graduating from high school, Bryant attended Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas where he was a two-time NJCAA All-American and a member of the 1994 national championship team.[3] He then signed with Oregon State University and later transferred to Baylor University, where he played in the 1997 and 1998 seasons and ranks seventh in the all-time scoring list with 105 points (21 field goals and 42 extra points).[4][5] Bryant's 21 field goals place him fifth in Bears history. He also set the school record with a 100 percent success rate when he hit 42-of-42 extra points.[1] After graduating from Baylor, Bryant went undrafted and worked at a pawn shop, then as a personal trainer.[1]
College statistics[edit]
Year
School
Games
XPM
XPA
XP%
FGM
FGA
FG%
Pts
1997 Baylor 11 23 23 100% 9 14 64.3 50
1998 Baylor 11 19 19 100% 12 15 80.0 55
Career 22 42 42 100% 21 29 72.4 105
Professional career[edit]
Iowa Barnstormers[edit]
After not being selected in the 1999 NFL Draft, Bryant signed with Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League on November 17, 1999 after the 1999 season, but he was cut on April 4, 2000 before the regular season began.
New York Giants[edit]
On January 9, 2002, Bryant signed with the NFL's New York Giants, who allocated him to the NFL Europe's Berlin Thunder on March 15. On March 30, the Thunder placed Bryant on injured reserve, and the Thunder cut Bryant on May 10. The Giants then reassigned Bryant to the Frankfurt Galaxy. Bryant never played for either NFL Europe team due to a quadriceps injury.[6]
2002 season[edit]
On September 5, he made his NFL debut against the San Francisco 49ers. He converted two field goal attempts and one extra point attempt in the 16–13 loss.[7] In Week 3, against the Seattle Seahawks, Bryant was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. In the 9–6 victory, he was responsible for all of the Giants' points on three field goals.[8][9] In Week 11, against the Washington Redskins, Bryant earned another NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award by converting four field goals and an extra point in the 19–17 victory.[10][9] He had a solid first season in the NFL, converting 30-of-32 extra point attempts and 26-of-32 field goal attempts.[11] He made his playoff debut in the Giants' 39–38 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. In the game, he converted five extra points and one of two field goal attempts.[12]
2003 season[edit]
In the 2003 season, Bryant appeared in the first four games before suffering a hamstring injury.[13] He returned to the team in Week 11 against the Philadelphia Eagles. Overall, he appeared in 11 games and converted all 17 extra point attempts and 11-of-14 field goal attempts.[14]
2004 season[edit]
On July 30, 2004, Bryant was cut by Tom Coughlin in the coach's initial season with the team.[15][16]
Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins[edit]
Bryant signed with the Dallas Cowboys on August 17, 2004, and was cut on September 5, 2004.[15] He later played one week with the Indianapolis Colts and then three weeks with the Miami Dolphins. On the season, he converted all 12 extra point attempts and three field goals on four attempts.[17]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers[edit]
2005 season[edit]
Bryant was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers prior to the 2005 season.[18] In the 2005 season, he appeared in 14 games and converted all 31 extra point attempts and 21-of-25 field goal attempts.[19] Bryant and the Buccaneers made the playoffs where they were eliminated by the Washington Redskins in the Wild Card Round by a score of 17–10.[20]
2006 season[edit]
On October 22, 2006, in Week 7, Bryant successfully converted a 62-yard field goal as time expired in Tampa Bay's 23–21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.[21][22] In addition to the 62-yarder, he converted two other field goals and two extra points and earned his third career NFC Special Teams Player of the Week nomination.[9] The game-winning field goal was the second longest in NFL history (at that time), behind the 63-yard field goals kicked by Tom Dempsey in 1970 and Jason Elam in 1998. Sebastian Janikowski and David Akers have since kicked 63-yard field goals. Matt Prater holds the NFL record with a successful 64-yard attempt, which was done in the 2013 season. Prater, then with the Denver Broncos, hit the field goal against the Tennessee Titans.[23]
On October 23, 2006, in response to his 62-yard field goal, Mayor Pam Iorio declared October 23 to be "Matt Bryant Day" in Tampa, Florida.[24] In the 2006 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Buccaneers' 4–12 season. On the season, he converted 22-of-23 extra point attempts and 17-of-22 field goal attempts.[25]
2007 season[edit]
In the 2007 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Buccaneers' 9–7 season and one playoff game. On the season, he converted all 34 extra point attempts and 28-of-33 field goal attempts.[26] In the Wild Card Round against the New York Giants, Bryant converted both extra point attempts in the 24–14 loss.[27]
2008 season[edit]
In the 2008 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Buccaneers' 9–7 season. In Week 4, against the Green Bay Packers, Bryant earned his fourth career NFC Special Teams Player of the Week nomination. In the 30–21 victory, he converted three field goal attempts and three extra point attempts.[28][9] On the season, he converted 35-of-36 extra point attempts and 32-of-38 field goal attempts.[29] For the first time in his NFL career, he finished in the top five players in total scoring (fourth place with 131 points).[30]
On September 5, 2009, the Buccaneers released Bryant and replaced him with Mike Nugent.[31]
Florida Tuskers[edit]
Prior to the start of the 2009 season, the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League signed Bryant to a contract.[32]
Atlanta Falcons[edit]
Bryant (right) in 2010
2009 season[edit]
Bryant was signed by the Atlanta Falcons on December 1, 2009, to replace veteran Jason Elam.[33] He appeared in five games of the Falcons' 9–7 season. In Week 14, against the New Orleans Saints, he had his best scoring performance of the season. In the 26–23 loss, he converted all three field goal attempts and both extra point attempts.[34] On the season, he converted all 10 extra point attempts and 7-of-10 field goal attempts.[35]
2010 season[edit]
In the 2010 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Falcons' 13–3 season and one playoff game. In Week 4, against the San Francisco 49ers, Bryant earned his fifth career NFC Special Teams Player of the Week nomination. In the 16–14 victory, he converted three field goal attempts and one extra point attempt. The last of the three field goals was a go-ahead 43-yard attempt that left only two seconds remaining.[36][9] In Week 12, against the Green Bay Packers, Bryant converted a go-ahead 47-yard field goal with only nine seconds remaining in the 20–17 victory.[37] On the season, he converted all 44 extra point attempts and 28-of-31 field goal attempts.[38] For the second time in his career, he finished in the top five players in scoring with 128 points scored.[39] In the Divisional Round of the playoffs, Bryant converted all three extra points in the 48–21 loss to the Green Bay Packers.[40]
2011 season[edit]
In the 2011 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Falcons' 10–6 season. In Week 4, against the Seattle Seahawks, he had his best scoring performance of the season. He converted all three field goal attempts and all three extra point attempts in the 30–28 victory.[41] On the season, he converted all 45 extra point attempts and 27-of-29 field goal attempts.[42]
2012 season[edit]
In the 2012 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Falcons' 13–3 season and two playoff games. In the season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, he converted all four field goal attempts and all four extra point attempts in the 40–24 victory.[43] On the season, he converted all 44 extra point attempts and 33-of-38 field goal attempts.[44] He finished a then career-best third in the league in scoring with 143 points scored.[45] In the 2012 Divisional Round of the playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks, Bryant kicked a game-winning 49-yard field goal to send the Falcons to the NFC Championship Game with a 30-28 victory.[46][47][48] In the NFC Championship, he converted three extra point attempts and one field goal attempt as the Falcons fell 28–24 to the San Francisco 49ers.[49]
2013 season[edit]
In the 2013 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Falcons' 4–12 season.[50] On the season, he converted all 39 extra point attempts and 24-of-27 field goal attempts.[51]
2014 season[edit]
In the 2014 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Falcons' 6–10 season.
On September 7, 2014, in the season opener, Bryant became the fourth player in NFL history to kick a 50+ yard field goal with less than a minute remaining in regulation to force overtime in addition to converting a 50+ game-winning field goal in a 37–34 overtime victory against the New Orleans Saints at the Georgia Dome.[52][53] In recognition of his performance, he was named as the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for the sixth time in his career.[9][54]
On September 18, 2014, in a 56–14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football, he converted a career-high eight extra points on eight attempts.[55]
On November 9, 2014, in the other divisional game against the Buccaneers, Bryant was four-for-four on field goals, which marked the 9th time in his career that he made 4 field goals in a single game.[56] He also made two extra points which pushed him over the 600 point mark (601), making him the second player in Atlanta Falcon history to reach 600 points.[53]
On November 16, 2014, against the Carolina Panthers, Bryant was four-of-four on field goals again. This marked the 10th time in his career that he made four field goals in a single game.[57] On November 30, 2014, against the Arizona Cardinals, Bryant connected on a career-high five field goals on five attempts. Along with two extra points in the game, he had a career-high 17 points scored.[58]
On the season, he converted all 40 extra point attempts and 29-of-32 field goal attempts.[59] In recognition of his successful 2014 season, Bryant was named to Pro Football Focus's First-Team.[60]
2015 season[edit]
In the offseason, the Falcons signed Bryant to a three-year contract extension.[61][62]
In the 2015 season, Bryant appeared in 10 games of the Falcons' 8–8 season. He missed time in the season due to an injured quad.[63]
On September 14, 2015, Bryant kicked a game-winning 47-yard field goal in the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football. He was responsible for 14 total points scored in the 26–24 win.[64][65]
On October 11, 2015, in Week 5, Bryant only connected on two of his four field goal attempts against the Washington Redskins. His streak of 28 straight made field goals was the second-longest in team history behind his stretch of 30 consecutive field goals between 2010 and 2011.[53] In addition, his streak of consecutive field goals made inside 50 yards ended at 46 straight.[66]
On October 15, 2015, in Week 6, Bryant connected on all three of his extra point attempts against the New Orleans Saints, becoming the second player in franchise history to eclipse 700-career points joining kicker Morten Andersen (806).[53]
On December 11, 2015, Bryant was placed on injured reserve.[67] The Falcons signed Shayne Graham to finish up the season in place of Bryant.[68]
On the season, he converted all 26 extra point attempts and 14-of-18 field goal attempts.[69]
2016 season[edit]
In the 2016 season, Bryant appeared in all 16 games of the Falcons' 11–5 season and all three playoff games.
In Week 6, against the Green Bay Packers, he converted three extra point attempts and two field goal attempts in the 33–32 victory. In the game, he passed Morten Andersen for the franchise record for career points scored with his 807th point scored.[70][71]
Bryant was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for October after converting 11-of-12 field goals and all 17 extra points.[72]
In Week 16, in the 33–16 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Christmas Eve, he converted four of five field goal attempts and three extra point attempts.[73] For the seventh time in his NFL career, he was named as the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.[9][74]
On the season, he converted 56-of-57 extra point attempts and 34-of-37 field goal attempts.[75] In all, he was responsible for a career-high and league-high 158 points scored for the Falcons in 2016. It was the first time in Bryant's career that he won the scoring title.[76][77]
In the Divisional Round of the playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks, he converted all four extra point attempts and both field goal attempts in the 36–20 victory.[78]
In the NFC Championship, in the final NFL game at the Georgia Dome, he converted five of six extra point attempts and one field goal attempt in the 44–21 victory over the Green Bay Packers.[79]
Bryant appeared in his first career Super Bowl in Super Bowl LI against the New England Patriots. He became the third-oldest player in NFL history to appear in a Super Bowl, behind Matt Stover and Jeff Feagles.[80] Late in the fourth quarter of the game, the Patriots trailed 28–20 and the Falcons had the ball on the New England 23-yard line. Well-within Bryant's field goal range, quarterback Matt Ryan took a 12-yard sack, and they lost 10 more yards on the next play due to a holding penalty from offensive lineman Jake Matthews. The drawbacks forced the Falcons to punt and prevented Bryant from potentially putting the Falcons up two possessions late in the fourth quarter.[81] The Falcons went on to lose 34–28 in overtime. Bryant was 4-for-4 on extra points in the Super Bowl.[82]
In recognition of his successful season, Bryant earned a Pro Bowl nomination for the first time in his career and Pro Football Focus named him to their Second-Team.[83][84]
2017 season[edit]
In Week 2, in the 34–23 victory over the Green Bay Packers, Bryant recorded a 51-yard field goal in the second quarter for the first field goal in the history of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the game, he converted all four extra point attempts and both field goal attempts.[85] In the same game, Bryant became the first player in franchise history to convert 200 field goals.[86] In Week 14, in the 20–17 victory over the New Orleans Saints, Bryant scored his 1,000th career point.[33] In Week 17, Bryant went 5-for-5 on field goals, including a 56-yarder, in a 22-10 win over the Panthers, clinching a playoff spot for the Falcons, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.[87]
Professional statistics[edit]
Year
Team
Games
FGA
FGM
Lng
FG%
XPA
XPM
XP%
Pnt
Yds
Lng
Y/P
2002 NYG 16 32 26 47 81.3% 32 30 93.8% - - - -
2003 NYG 11 14 11 47 78.6% 17 17 100.0% - - - -
2004 IND/MIA 4 4 3 47 75.0% 12 12 100.0% - - - -
2005 TAM 15 25 21 50 84.0% 31 31 100.0% - - - -
2006 TAM 16 22 17 62 77.3% 23 22 95.7% - - - -
2007 TAM 16 33 28 49 84.8% 34 34 100.0% - - - -
2008 TAM 16 38 32 49 84.2% 36 35 97.2% - - - -
2009 ATL 5 10 7 51 70.0% 10 10 100.0% 1 36 36 36.0
2010 ATL 16 31 28 51 90.3% 44 44 100.0% - - - -
2011 ATL 16 29 27 51 93.1% 45 45 100.0% - - - -
2012 ATL 16 38 33 55 86.8% 44 44 100.0% - - - -
2013 ATL 16 27 24 53 88.9% 39 39 100.0% - - - -
2014 ATL 16 32 29 54 90.6% 40 40 100.0% - - - -
2015 ATL 11 18 14 47 77.8% 26 26 100.0% - - - -
2016 ATL 16 37 34 59 91.9% 57 56 98.2% 2 67 36 33.5
2017 ATL 16 39 34 57 87.1% 35 35 100.0% - - - -
Career
222
429
368
62
85.8%
525
520
99.0%
3
103
36
34.3
Career statistics accurate as of Week 17 of the 2017 season
Personal life[edit]
Bryant participated in 2002 United Way Hometown Huddle by conducting a football clinic at the Highbridge Center for members of Alianza Dominicana, a local United Way agency that services families in Washington Heights. He visited the Keller Army Community Hospital at West Point to participate in the Foundation for Hospital Art’s Paintfest 2003.
Bryant drinks a chocolate milkshake on the night before each of his football games. He also is known for squeezing his size 10.5 foot into a size 9 kicking shoe for games, believing that curling his foot to strike the ball in the same way that someone makes a fist with his hand before punching increases his distance and accuracy.[88]
Matt is married to Melissa. The couple has seven children and they reside in Orange Beach, Alabama.[89] On September 24, 2008, their youngest son Tryson died in his sleep, age three months, apparently from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).[90] Despite that tragedy, a day after his son's funeral, he returned to play and kicked three field goals for the team to beat the Green Bay Packers, having kicked the game-winning field goal the week before against Chicago Bears in overtime. After the season, Matt and Melissa established the Matthew Tryson Bryant Foundation to raise awareness for SIDS. Proceeds go to the March of Dimes.[1][91]
In 2009, Bryant was inducted into the Museum of the Gulf Coast, in the museum's Sports Hall of Fame.[92]
In the 2015 offseason, Bryant gave some time to families from TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors), a national non-profit that provides care for families that have lost loved ones that served in the armed forces. He gave them a tour of downtown Atlanta and treated them to dinner.[93]
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