Former Vikings kicker, Nerf football creator Fred Cox dies at age 80

FILE - In this Sept. 1997 file photo, former Minnesota Vikings kicker Fred Cox holds his original Nerf football, among his other souvenir balls, in Monticello, Minn.. Former Minnesota Vikings kicker Fred Cox, the leading scorer in the franchise’s history and co-creator of the Nerf football, has died. He was 80. The Vikings announced Cox’s death Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)