Dave Finzer is a former professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player who played punter for two seasons for the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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 and Seattle Seahawks

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. He led the NFL in punts inside the 20-yard line with 26 in 1984. A 1978 graduate of Loyola Academy

Loyola Academy

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. After kicking for the University of Illinois, Finzer took his talents to Division III DePauw University in Indiana, where he punted and kicked a 52-yard field goal.