Nick Lowery

{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Nick Lowery

| image = Nick Lowery by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg

| caption = Lowery in 2018

| number = 7, 8

| position = Kicker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|27}}

| birth_place = Munich, West Germany

| death_date =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 215

| high_school = St. Albans (Washington, D.C.)

| college = Dartmouth

| undraftedyear = 1978

| pastteams =

• New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|1978}})
• Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1980}}–{{NFL Year|1993}})
• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1994}}–{{NFL Year|1996}})

| statlabel1 = Field goals

| statvalue1 = 383 / 479

| statlabel2 = Field goal %

| statvalue2 = 80

| statlabel3 = Extra points

| statvalue3 = 562 / 568

| statlabel4 = Points scored

| statvalue4 = 1,711

| highlights =

• 2× First-team All-Pro (1985, 1990)
• 3× Pro Bowl (1981, 1990, 1992)
• NFL scoring leader ({{nfly|1990}})
• "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award (1993)
• Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame

| pfr = L/lowernic01

}}

Dominic Gerald Lowery (born May 27, 1956) is an American former professional football kicker. In his career he played for the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and New York Jets.{{cite web|title=Nick Lowery|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/nicklowery/2501807/profile|website=NFL.com|publisher=National Football League|access-date=13 January 2015|ref=NFL}} He played in college at Dartmouth College. Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most field goals in NFL history. {{As of|2018}} he was 16th on the National Football League (NFL)'s list of all-time scoring leaders, and is the Chiefs' all-time leading scorer, with 1,466 points in his 14 seasons with the club.

Lowery grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended St. Albans School where he was a star football player.{{cite news |last1=Wilbon |first1=Michael |title=Nick Lowery: St. Albans to the NFL |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1981/11/25/nick-lowery-st-albans-to-the-nfl/50cc13e8-f0ea-4540-a319-ec655383d9d0/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=25 November 1981}}

He attended Dartmouth College.{{cite web|last1=Furlong|first1=Lisa|title=Nick Lowery '78|url=http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/nick-lowery-%E2%80%9978|website=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|access-date=13 January 2015|ref=DAM}} He has an M.P.A from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, the first pro athlete to graduate from there.

In 2009 Lowery was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame.