Longtime NFL kicker Morten Anderson has officially decided to retire after a 25-year career. He’ll retire as the league’s all-time top scorer.
“I realized I no longer can train in an optimal way because of my knees,” Andersen told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “So I am retiring.”
Andersen said that his knees were worn out after so many years as a professional player.
“It’s not that I cannot kick, play golf or go bicycling, but it’s not the same anymore,” he said.
Andersen said that being a member of the Falcons when the team reached the Super Bowl in 1999 “was the culmination. It was the pinnacle of my career.”The Falcons advanced to their only Super Bowl after the 1998 season when Andersen’s 38-yard field goal beat the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC title game. Atlanta lost the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos.
Mort was the best and he gave me the greatest sports moment as a Falcon fan when he kicked the game-winner in overtime to beat the Vikings in the 1998 NFC Championship Game. Good luck Mort!
