They aren't, most are scored from open play.
great Scott of the antarctic used to play for Wyre Villa - he scored 12 in a game
6 ... the play is called a touchdown.
Patrick vieria, is such a player.
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In Badminton, a point is scored by the server when an opposing player allows the shuttlecock to hit the playing surface.
20 days because they need help
Jim O'Brien; Baltimore Colts; Kicker
According to Law 15 of the Laws of the Game, essentially since the player in question is off the field of play at the point the ball is delivered, a goal cannot be scored from a throw-in.
Goals scored on the power play do not count as a +1 (although goals given up on the power play, shorthanded, count as a -1). So, theoretically, if three of the five points were scored on the power play and he was on the ice when all three goals were scored against he would be a -1. (+2 - 3 = -1)
At the age of 45 years and 363 days old, Nat Hickey became the oldest player to play in the NBA. Hickey was the coach of the Providence Steam Rollers, and inserted himself into the lineup during one game. He scored two points and did not play again.
Sir Donald George Bradman scored 309 runs in a single day's play on 11th of July 1930 and to this day remains the only player to score over 300 runs in a single day.