Jan Stenerud's age is 80. In his first collegiate season, Jan connected on seven field goals more than the Bobcats had converted in the previous three seasons combined. As a placekicker at Tech, Butker will be long remembered for two field goals in 2014 one in the last second against Virginia Tech to win the game, and a 53-yarder against Georgia that sent the game into overtime along with another in the final minute of the 2015 game against Florida State. All along the way, he never forgot the first coach who gave him a shot. win and I believe a home title tilt (certainly with the next day's "Balti" win at Cleveland, it would have manifested), it was certainly very possible, a . Gambling problem? He never missed a game because of injury or illness. Jan Stenerud (/stnrud/, 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). I was confident because he was confident, Reid said. Since Butker came to the Chiefs in the middle of the 2017 season and came into his own in the midst of a season well forever remember as The Season of Mahomes we probably havent devoted enough attention to his story in these pages. He dropped back to midfield: same thing. When the Chiefs were playing the Miami Dolphins at the end of the 1966 season, they invited Stenerud to Miami for a tryout. Weeks after his collegiate debut in 1965, Stenerud kicked a then-NCAA record 59-yard field goal also 3 yards longer than the then-NFL record. He was obviously a good kicker in college, Chiefs coach Andy Reid told the media after Butker had been poached from Carolina. The Chiefs were the final AFL champions in 1969, and they met the NFL Champion Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans. Perhaps this was what had kept the Panthers from committing to him. He was humble and appreciative, and when he signed his contract and received his bonus, he said, "You know, this is more money than my dad made in this lifetime. And in the 2018 postseason, Butker was perfect including a 39-yard field goal with 11 seconds left that sent the AFC Championship into overtime. When you get off that ramp and you fly through the air for a moment, you feel as though you have conquered the world as you are soaring high above the ground. If that scene sounds absurd by todays standards imagine Andy Reid doing the same for Cairo Santos this was about more than Strams endless innovations and eccentricities. Its not the 59-yarder, but at 23 yards, you cant even tell hes kicking barefoot, just as he had during every other game of his career. Website design & development by americaneagle.com copyright 2021 Pro Football hall of fame all rights reserved, Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic. Jan Stenerud, a native of Fetsund, Norway, took a crooked path to football immortality. An example - Stram played percentages having Stenerud try a FG near end of regulation, 1971 playoff game vs MIA (Jan made Pro Bowl over Yepremian that year but the Dolphin actually had the better season.) "If we don't sign this kid right now," said Arbanas, "we'll be making the biggest mistake of our lives." ", "Plenty," Stenerud said later. And in the meantime, some of my teammates at Montana State had informed me that they see a guy on television from the Buffalo Bills, Pete Gogolak, who had been kicking in the same style that I had displayed, and they also had convinced me to go out for the team. re: Barefoot Kickers Posted on 8/6/10 at 9:30 am to SM6. Start date Jan 29, 2018; G. Glenn's take All-American. Considering he still blames himself, he cant blame you if you think of him for that missed kick. Few games were played in domes, and there was scant specialized coaching or equipment taken for granted today. I didn't know the first thing about a soccer-style kicker. He did just that with three field goals in the first half of Super Bowl IV that in themselves would have been enough to beat the Vikings. Majority of Jans money comes from being a football player. The Chiefs got the ball to the Miami 15 with about 35 seconds. They snagged a drafted rookie without expending any draft capital, and will end up having him on a minimum-cost contract for almost four full seasons a point former sports agent Joel Corry noted last January. Then he was hit hard after kicking a field goal in the Week 3 game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Enshrined in 1991, Stenerud, along with George Blanda, Lou Groza, Ray Guy, and 2017 inductee Morten Andersen, is one of only five kicking specialists in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and is one of three who did not play another position (Blanda played quarterback, Groza was a tackle). Well, why not? Your access to this page has been blocked. But in 2017, Santos missed several preseason games with a groin injury. On our way there he had us stop off at Indiana State University. Tommy O'Boyle, our Director of Player Personnel, and I went to the game and watched him kick the opening kickoff through the uprights and eight rows into the bleachers. Now, he will simply call the day a horrible experience, one that he suffers more from because he believes its often referred to with little balance about his broader career. He kicked three field goals in Kansas Citys Super Bowl IV win, made the Pro Bowl four times, was named an All-Pro four times, earned spots on both the 75th and 100th NFL Anniversary teams, had his number retired by the Chiefs, and is a member of both the Chiefs and Packers team Halls of Fame. You made a real impact on me. Atlanta had drafted Stenerud at the end of the season, and he had promised to talk with the Falcons before making a decision. He was very demanding of himself and had a super attitude. There are two people here today that are great kickers as well as outstanding football players: George Blanda and Lou Graza. MSU students arrived at Gatton Field early to watch Stenerud kick on warmups. "Anytime we get to midfield we're a threat to score three points. This is the land of opportunity, Stenerud remembered thinking. The New England Patriots kicker Tony Franklin even made a 59-yard field goal while completely shoeless. During a game, Stenerud gives in to assorted superstitions. Nineteenseasons in the greatest team sport ever invented produced a lot of memories. Please make sure JavaScript is enabled and then try loading this page again. The Kansas City Chiefs selected him with a red shirt draft pick. "But it was me it helped, not Jan. Ive been in Atlanta my whole life, now Im in Kansas City a different part of the country. Courtesy of BuckysBadgers, one name jumped out at me: Jan Stenerud. Hes got a strong leg. He had me work from there, and now it's just like kicking from the middle or the left. If you mis-hit the ball while kicking barefoot . Even on a perfect day, one in which he shoots a 76 in a Pebble Beach Celebrity golf outing. He kicked a 59-yard field goal against the Grizzlies at Gatton Field that fall, and eventually set NCAA kick scoring and field goal . It is unbelievable. There was no question that he would help us win, and help us win he did. His first, a 48-yarder, was the longest field goal in a Super Bowl for 24 years, exceeded by Steve Christie of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII in January 1994. Football practice hadn't yet started that afternoon and some of the players, most of them fellows I knew, were fooling around kicking field goals. Thunk! He quickly noticed that he booted it farther than the team's kicker. He went out for spring practice in 1965 and made the team the following fall. He is the only player to get All-Prohonors in three decades -- the '60s, the '70s and the '80s. I guess he liked what he saw, Jan said of his audition for Sweeney on the eve of the season finale. Kicker: 1980-83. We are all very, very proud of you, Jan. Good luck and God bless. When the Packers signed Norway native Jan Stenerud before the 13th game of the 1980 season . Against archrival Montana, he boomed a 59-yarder, shattering the NCAA record, in a 24-7 win. On Christmas Day 1971, the Chiefs hosted the Miami Dolphins in an AFC divisional playoff game. The result was that Stenerud became a football player. You can also find out who is Jan Stenerud dating now and celebrity dating histories at CelebsCouples. The first Norwegian to play in the NFL, Stenerud pioneered the soccer-style kicking that is used by all modern placekickers and was the first pure kicker to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But he came into the NFL with a statistical oddity: at Tech, he had been more accurate at long distances than medium distances. Is that dumb talk when youre 74 or 75?. When no deal could be made, the Panthers cut Butker, held their breath and placed him on their practice squad after he cleared waivers. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. He made his very first field goal inhis first attempt, a 54-yarder against Houston in 1967. Lowery simply represented excellence. Jan, thanks very much for the honor of permitting me to present you here today and have you joinour other great players and Lamar Hunt in the National Football League Hall of Fame:Bobby Bell, Lenny Dawson, Buck Buchanan, Willie Lanier. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Your request appears similar to malicious requests sent by robots. The Chiefs have had decades of missteps after decades of excellence. He attended Montana State University on a ski jumping scholarship. His excellence on the ski slopes in Bozeman, MT helped him earn All-American honors in the mid-1960s. He was a total team player. Jan Stenerud was born on November 26, 1942 in Norway (80 years old). Late in my career, in 1980 when everybody else in the league thought I was washed up, Bart Starr, the great player and then the coach for the Green Bay Packers, took a chance on me, and that paved the way for six more years for me in the league. CHIEFS WIN!! Its always worth reflecting on a player who was great in Green Bay and loved his time there, to boot. You play to win, not merely prevail. Height: 6-2; Weight: 187. The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. I can do this, he told the Journal-Constitution. Forty yards and bull's-eye. Now, he knows his legacy is so much more. "Well I'll be a" said Craft, who had been watching from the bleachers. Jan Stenerud is a Sagittarius and his 81st birthday is in, The 80-year-old Norwegian was born in the Silent Generation and the Year of the Horse. Especially here in Kansas City, where he became a U.S. Citizen in 1976 with his two children walking alongside carrying little American flags, and has long been a gracious part of the community. Jan holds the record for career field goals, 373. To make the sea change clear, compare those figures to the career numbers of Jan Stenerud, who remains the only player enshrined in the Hall of Fame solely for his placekicking abilities.. Everyone in the Hall of Fame was a great player, but only a few were the very best ever at their position. But he missed a potential go-ahead field goal with 35 seconds remaining. "The wind had been blowing hard all day and our punter was having trouble getting the ball back to the line of scrimmage. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Soon, the Norwegian who came here by way of a skiing scholarship at Montana State prepared for his first Chiefs camp by kicking with coach Hank Stram as his personal holder at the teams facility in Swope Park. Jan Stenerud was selected to the Pro Bowl six times. One of the field goals was blocked, for instance. For 27 of those seasons from 1967 through 1993 the Chiefs had only two placekickers: Jan Stenerud and Nick Lowery. The sentences, yelled by Montana State football coach Jim Sweeney Hey, skier, get down here! Barefoot kickers, cats and dogs living together, MASS HYSTERIA. He had an impact on the record books. He is the first pure placekicker to be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. pic.twitter.com/Uu5Bm27dSq. Since, Stenerud has kicked four against New York, two against Denver, two against Miami, four against Buffalo, two against Cincinnati, one against Oakland and two against San Diego. He never changed. He always handled himself with class and style, graceand dignity. ", "Phooey," says Stenerud, in Norwegian. He was a great competitor, and no one was better than Jan when the game was on the line. There were many factors in the 27-24 defeat in the last game at Municipal Stadium: The Chiefs committed four turnovers to the Dolphins two, and the defense couldnt keep Miami out of the end zone in the final minutes after taking a 24-17 lead. He won Super Bowl IV under Chiefs head coach Hank Stram. With no agent to represent him, Stenerud scoffs now at how the no-cut might have worked out if he hadnt produced. Member since Aug 2006. Im ready to be a starting kicker in the NFL. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Like Succop in 2009, Butker had been picked by the Panthers in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL draft. Jan recalls what went through his mind when Sweeney invited him to join the 1964 team on the Montana State sidelines: This is America. I love you and I appreciate that for the rest of my life. Up went the ball, up and away, through the two skinny poles called goalposts, out of sight. Now, he hates to admit it, but he is a 3-handicapgolfer. College: Montana State, 1965-66. Ski jumping requires concentration and, of course, kicking field goals requires concentration as well. Passing, Rushing, & Receiving Table . But here he was, kicking with Jackson more and more, when one day basketball coach Roger Craft saw how far the ball was going and alerted football coach Jim Sweeney. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items. The difference was four field goals, with Kansas City winning 26-21. . In his first four seasons with Kansas City, he made 72%of his field goals when the league average was 50%. It seemed like a great time to catch you up on Butkers story, and what we hope will be the beginning of another long period of excellence in the Chiefs kicking game. She is not dating anyone. said Hank Stram, the Chiefs' burly little coach. Today with these memories and this honor, I got the same feeling, the feeling that my feet are now touching the ground. An amateur placekicker attempts to kick a field goal. He was a seven-time All-Pro and won Super Bowl IV . Following the end of the war, it was the start of the Baby Boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for Space Exploration and Improved Air Travel. Please ignore . With 1,699 points, he ranked behind only the fabled George Blanda in all-time scoring at the time of his retirement. "The things I do. Odds & lines subject to change. If you think he needed help, let me show you some charts. He told Sweeney, Youve got to take a look at this Norwegian skier out there. Luck is on their side. He would later go on to kick for the Green Bay. After asking if he could try it. Gano was great in 2017 but the Panthers could have had a kicker at $1.935M for the next 3 seasons (2018-2020) if Harrison Butker had been kept instead. People born on a Thursday are naturally well-meaning and open. Stenerud, the Kansas City . I mentioned Hank earlier, and you know his coaching record, but one thing you don't know about Hank that made the biggest impact on me. The first time I saw Jan, he was kicking 40-yard field goals like they were extra points in the preseason, pre-warm up game against Tulsa and Montana State in Tulsa, Okla., in 1966. According to our Database, She has no children. Team Stats. Dating & Relationship status She is currently single. Stenerud had attended Montana State on a skiing scholarship and joined the football team as a senior after getting recognized on campus for his kicking ability. The higher education of Jan Stenerud, a ski jumper from Fetsund, Norway, began one fall afternoon in 1965 when Jim Sweeney, then the head coach at Montana State, held up a bloated object and said, "Son, this is a football." Butker had been raised in an environment where such things mattered. ", "Sure it helped," said Stram, grinning. Players for the Eagles, Broncos, Rams, and Steelers were all known to kick off their shoes before kicking off the game (except for the Rams - their kicker always wore shoes on kickoffs). Nothing. Thinking back to his time on the Panthers practice squad, Butker said he always had confidence he could succeed in the NFL. Like just before our first game against Houston this year. Butker might also have been fortunate to land with the Chiefs, with whom Dustin Colquitt would be holding his kicks, and special teams coordinator Dave Toub, who knows when its time to just get out of the way. Gano due to the contract that former Chief kicker Ryan Succop had just negotiated with the Tennessee Titans scored a four-year, $17 million deal with the Panthers last spring, while the Chiefs still have Butker on an inexpensive deal for two more seasons. He put his hand on my shoulder and said, Young man, what are you doing tomorrow?. The first Norwegian NFL player, he began his career in the AFL after being selected by the Chiefs during the . He was sincere, had great pride and dedication. Whos the richest Football Player in the world? Stenerud joined the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967, and in his first three seasons he made 70% of his field-goal tries, while the other kickers in the NFL and AFL combined for 53%. Those two seasons represented the lowest point of a long, bad stretch of placekicking inconsistency for the Chiefs. We had the greatest players that anybody had ever seen on the football field. Reaching back with his right leg, Stenerud slammed the football so hard with the ball of his right foot that it sounded like two horses colliding. Jan Stenerud attended Montana State University. As Stenerud recalls it now, after badly topping his first attempt, he boomed several some 70 yards. Then Sweeney put his arm around Stenerud and offered him a place on the team, a moment frozen in Steneruds mind. He was a consensus All-America selection. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Stenerud is distinguished as being the first . And it. Odds & lines subject to change. Jan Stenerud is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. In 2008, free agent Nick Novak didnt last the season, either; he was replaced by Connor Barth after just six weeks. He also looked within and told himself that everyone gets knocked down, but some people dont get back up, and that he would have been ashamed of himself if he had been so weak as to surrender before a career that was just beginning and would continue to flourish. He makes you feel you cant give up a thing because he is so dangerous from anywhere inside the 50, Eller told Pro Football Weekly, adding, I think (Stenerud) was most valuable player in the game.. Stenerud couldn't participate that fall, 1964, because of eligibility rules. His last kick flew 60 yards, cleared the crossbar by five feet. You were exceptional, and I salute you. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. As the Montana State Bobcats practiced for their final home football game in 1964, Jan Stenerud was going through his own fall routine: conditioning his legs for the upcoming ski season by running the stadiums steps. He knows all the finer points to kicking.. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). When I came to Kansas City in 1967, he went out on the practice field several weeks before training camp started. Jan Stenerud made a stop in Minocqua, Wisconsin, in 2012. Chiefs meet with Florida defensive tackle ahead of NFL Draft. Yes, he is aware who the Chiefs are playing on Christmas Eve in the 2017 season. When training camp arrived and with Succop due a big payday the team brought in competition: free agent Cairo Santos. Hed become all the more enchanted with the sport after attending the nearby Oslo Olympics in 1952. Jan Stenerud, who was born November 26, 1942, in Fetsund, Norway, was an outstanding ski jumper who attended Montana State on a skiing scholarship. I am just thrilled to death that I got that opportunity.. At first blush, it seems a little odd. And after watching him that day, we were convinced that he would add the dimension we were seeking. Meet 2 women who tried to catch him, Super Bowl champ Chiefs players arent happy. Stenerud loved soccer as a child, and played it well, but he was baffled by football and its odd pace. As a halfback at Purdue, Stram kicked a 22-yard field goal to beat Pitt 10-7 in 1946. A miss in the 2017 postseason a 48-yard attempt in the third quarter of the 22-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans that easily could have made a difference in the game might have removed some of Butkers luster among Chiefs fans, but most fans probably remember uhhh other failures in that game. well your foot will feel like you nailed a cinder block. People born under this sign are seen as warm-hearted and easygoing. During his first three years as professional, the last seasons for the AFL, Stenerud hit 70% of his field goals, compared with a 53% average for the other kickers in the AFL and NFL. He's already made two from 52 yards this season. A native of Decatur, Georgia who attended Atlantas exclusive Westminster School, he is a product of Georgia Tech, from which he graduated with a degree in industrial engineering. They have one thing in common, however;Jan is named on all of them. "In fact, it's still embarrassing. Super Bowl IV and some of the great coaching with Hank Stram, of course, who won the Coach of the Year title four times. ", Stram dug around inside the two huge files in his office, grumbled for a moment when the charts eluded his search, finally came up with the prize. "But really," says Stenerud, "I had my mind made up five minutes after I talked to Stram. Moseley scored on a then league-record 23 straight field. He is best known for being a Football Player. Wearing tennis shoes, Jans first attempts straight-on, as was the style of the era were lousy, and painful, so Jan changed his approach to match his soccer-playing background.
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