1998, NFC Championship Game, everyone has already christened the Vikings as NFC champs, everyone that is but the Atlanta Falcons and a few Falcons fans in the nosebleed section of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.  Gary Anderson misses a potential game winning field goal, the first after two perfect years attempting field goals.  The Falcons take it to overtime.  Morten Anderson, who at that point had already broken George Blanda's record for most NFL games played, splits them.  The Dirty Birds go to The Super Bowl, in the Falcon's only Super Bowl appearence.

The 17 year old Danish foreign exchange student who had never seen american football was not about to play center and have another man touch his but taking the snap.  He wasn't about to be quarterback and stick his hands under another mans rump either.  So he did what he knew how to do.  He kicked the football.

How old is he?  He played when helmets were leather, well, not actually, that's how the joke goes, but some players still wore helmets with one bar.  Did his blood test that was required before rejoining the Falcons yield nothing but dust? No, but he poked fun at himself saying that after he resigned.  Does he have a wheelchair in front of his locker?  No, but only because his teamates haven't found one to bring in yet.  Has he been playing NFL football longer than some of his teamates have been living?  Well, uh, yes.

You can learn more interesting facts about The Great Dane from this excellent video from NFL films.

http://www.atlantafalcons.com/multimedia/av/avWMPlayer.jsp?dr=17291&kj=3&f2=Morten%20Andersen%20Feature%20(NFL%20Films%20Presents%20-%202006)&s5=

Saints Coach Bum Phillips drafted Morten promising him plenty of Budweiser Beer.