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| 14th October, 2007 - 3:10 pm |  SI.com - Tony Gonzalez, who admits he "hated football" when he first played as a youngster, has now caught more touchdown passes than any tight end in NFL history.
The eight-time Pro Bowler of the Kansas City Chiefs caught a 3-yard pass from Damon Huard in the first quarter against Cincinnati on Sunday, breaking the record of 62 touchdown receptions set by Shannon Sharpe from 1990-03.
The sellout crowd in Arrowhead Stadium gave him a standing ovation when his feat was announced a few minutes later.
"Breaking the record for touchdown catches is not anything I ever thought I would do," Gonzalez, a two-way football and basketball star at California, said. "When I first came into the league, all I wanted to do was be the best player I could be." [READ] |
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