Morten Andersen (True) Rookie Card

With their pick in the 4th Round of the 1982 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints selected Morten Andersen from Michigan State University. Morten Andersen has one true rookie card.

Morten Andersen Collegiate Stardom

“The Great Dane” Andersen, also known as “Mr. Automatic,” played in 25 NFL seasons.

The first 13 years with the New Orleans Saints and an eight-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons made up the majority of those years.

He is only the second Kicker enshrined into the NFL Hall of Fame, second only to Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud who was inducted in 1991.

Morten’s stardom took off at the collegiate level where he played for the Michigan State Spartans and set multiple records, most memorable was his 63-yard field goal against Ohio State University in 1981.

Rough Start to NFL Career for Morten Andersen

He went onto the NFL and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in 1982. The start of his pro career was anything but impressive.

On the opening kickoff of his NFL career Morten, running away from Runningback Randy Love who came at him like a freight train, caused Morten to break his ankle on the Superdome turf and was injured for eight weeks.

Soon after his return, the Players Association went on a Players Strike and shortening the 1982 NFL season.

Despite this disastrous rookie season, Morten settled in as the most reliable kicker in the NFL.

More importantly, Morten owns some really impressive NFL records.

Career Stats & Accomplishments

According to Pro-Football-Reference.com Morten Andersen career stats are:

Games Played 382 | Field Goals Made 565 | Field Goal Attempts 709 | Points Scored 2,544.

Accomplishments:

• 7x Pro Bowler
• 2x Golden Toe Award
• NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
• NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
• Hall of Fame Induction 2017

Other Notable Facts:

• Most Game-Winning field goals with 103
• Oldest player to kick 5 field goals in one game at age 46
• Most Consecutive Games Scoring with 360
• Morten speaks an astounding 6 different languages

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1984 Topps, #300 (RC)

The 1984 Topps is one of the more popular sets to collect among collectors. The reason?

Well, for starters the set includes the rookie cards of arguably the two greatest quarterbacks in NFL history in Dan Marino and John Elway.

But that’s not the only reason why. There’s also a rookie card of Hall of Fame Kicker, Morten Andersen.

Card fronts are different by design as Topps opted to step outside the box with its 1984 offering.

Your traditional white border but with player photo slightly leaning to the left, this was different.

Although it gives collectors something new when you factor in that left lean and the poor centering that was so common with these it really hampers the eye appeal.

Another defect known with this set is a condition known as “snow,” also known as print snow, this is when there are white-flaky print defects that affect the front of the cards.

Happy Collecting Collectors,

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