Miracle Marcol: Former NFL All-Pro Kicker on a Path of Redemption

Miracle Marcol: Former NFL All-Pro Kicker on a Path of Redemption

Written by Doug Goodnough Every day is like Christmas for Chester Marcol, ’82. He knows he is blessed to be alive. In fact, the 74-year-old Polish immigrant and former NFL placekicker is a living, breathing, walking miracle. At times, his life has been a dream. The ability to kick a football accurately and with astonishing distance brought him to Hillsdale College, where he became a national media sensation. In 1969, he kicked what was then the …