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{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}
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'''Robert Atha''' (born September 22, 1960, in [[Marietta, Ohio]]) is a former [[Football (American)|American football]] [[placekicker]], [[Punter (football position)|punter]] and [[quarterback]] who played [[college football]] for the [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.--> [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Buckeyes]] and NFL football for the Miami Dolphins and the Arizona Cardinals.

From 1978 to 1980, Atha played for the Buckeyes as a backup to the quarterback [[Art Schlichter]] and the placekicker [[Vlade Janakievski]]. In 1981, Atha earned the [[Starting lineup|starting]] position as placekicker. He continued as a backup quarterback behind [[Mike Tomczak]]. Atha led the team in scoring that year with 88 points: 13 [[field goal (football)|field goals]], 43 [[extra point|PATs]] and one [[touchdown]]. He earned the key of worthington for his achievements. After his years of Ohio football he got drafted
to the Miami Dolphins.

During an October 24, 1981, game in [[Ohio Stadium]], Atha made five field goals to set an Ohio State school and stadium record.<ref name="OSU">{{cite web | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/000_stats/05/ut2.htm | title=Texas vs Ohio State (Sep 10, 2005)| work=MackBrownTexasFootball | accessdate=2006-07-30 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061228100119/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/000_stats/05/ut2.htm | archivedate=2006-12-28 }}<br>- {{cite news |url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_article_id=1485&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 |title=No. 2 Texas 25, No. 4 Ohio State 22 |author=Russo, Ralph |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=2006-12-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813182327/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_article_id=1485&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 |archivedate=2006-08-13 }}</ref><ref name="Defeated 25-22">{{cite news|url=http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/091105aac.html |title=Ohio State Defeated by Texas, 25-22 – Huston ties Buckeye and Ohio Stadium record with five made field goals |publisher=Ohio State University |date=September 11, 2006 |accessdate=2007-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511225433/http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/091105aac.html |archivedate=2006-05-11 }}</ref> The record has not been surpassed but it has been tied by [[Mike Nugent]] (at [[North Carolina State]] on September 19, 2004) and [[Josh Huston]] (vs. [[2005 Texas Longhorns football team]] on September 17, 2005, in Ohio Stadium). It was most recently tied on September 11, 2010, by Devin Barclay versus the [[University of Miami]].

Atha is married to Carol Atha and has a daughter named Lauren Atha Skinner, and two sons Hunter and Tanner Atha. He is the owner of Houghton Investments, an oilfield production company in Ohio.<ref name="OSU"/>

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