# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morten-andersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:17:34.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morten-andersen"
name: "Morten Andersen"
slug: "morten-andersen"
description: "Morten Andersen, nicknamed \"the Great Dane\", is a Danish-American former professional football kicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons, most notably with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. Following a career from 1982 to 2007, Andersen holds the NFL record for regular season games played at 382. He also ranks second in field goals (565) and points scored (2,544). In addition to his league accomplishments, he is the Saints all-time leading scorer at 1,318 points. Andersen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017. Along with Jan Stenerud and Adam Vinatieri, he is one of only three exclusive kickers to receive the honor."
tagline: "Danish player of American football"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morten_Andersen_at_NFL_Fan_Rally.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1960-08-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.27628933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2213065/"
    handle:    "nm2213065"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.MortenAndersen.com"
sources:
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    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مورتن أندرسن (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مورتن اندرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Morten Andersen (amerikansk fodboldspiller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Andersen"
    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Andersen"
    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Andersen"
    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "مورتن اندرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Andersen"
    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Andersen"
    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Andersen"
    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "モーテン・アンダーセン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4030444"
    title: "Morten Andersen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump