Jan Stenerud
Stenerud in 2005
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 26, 1942 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Fetsund, Norway | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||
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| College: | Montana State | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1967 | ||||||||||
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| Field goals: | 373 / 558 |
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| FG%: | 66.8 |
| Extra points: | 580 / 601 |
| Points scored: | 1,699 |
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Jan Stenerud (/ˈstɛnəruːd/, Norwegian: [ˈstɛnərʉd]; born November 26, 1942) is a former professional football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs (1967–1969), and the NFL's Chiefs (1970–1979), Green Bay Packers (1980–1983), and Minnesota Vikings (1984–1985). He is the first pure placekicker to be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Stenerud is distinguished as being the first Norwegian to play in the National Football League.
Born in Fetsund, in the county of Akershus, Norway, Stenerud came to the United States as a college student, on a ski jumping scholarship to Montana State University in Bozeman. In the fall of 1964, Stenerud was training for the upcoming ski season by running the stadium steps of Gatton Field, the football venue through 1971, directly south of Romney Gym. That day, he was cooling down from a workout by kicking a football with injured halfback Dale Jackson. Stenerud had played soccer as a youth in Norway, and his right leg's prowess was observed by basketball head coach Roger Craft, while he walked to the nearby Fieldhouse. Craft notified football head coach Jim Sweeney of the Norwegian ski jumper's kicking abilities, and Sweeney offered him a tryout, which was successful. Though ineligible for football competition that season, Sweeney encouraged Stenerud to suit up with the team for the final home game of 1964, to help him better understand the unfamiliar American game.
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