23 years in the National Football League
PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, CLASS OF 2023 NOMINEE:
https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2022/129-modern-era-nominees-announced-for-pro-football-hall-of-fame%E2%80%99s-class-of-2023/
https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2022/129-modern-era-nominees-announced-for-pro-football-hall-of-fame%E2%80%99s-class-of-2023/
June 20, 2020, click below to read:
HOF kicker Morten Andersen endorses Steelers legend Gary Anderson to join him in Canton
HOF kicker Morten Andersen endorses Steelers legend Gary Anderson to join him in Canton
http://kickermovie.com/about/
"The top 29 leading scorers in NFL history are all kickers, but there is only one kicker in
the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They play a vital role to their teams by
perfecting a skill that looks far easier than it is in reality, and there are
only 32 jobs in the world at their position. This feature documentary film tells
their story" Link to trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_12ZMk7tA
"The top 29 leading scorers in NFL history are all kickers, but there is only one kicker in
the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They play a vital role to their teams by
perfecting a skill that looks far easier than it is in reality, and there are
only 32 jobs in the world at their position. This feature documentary film tells
their story" Link to trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_12ZMk7tA
Pictured below: Gary and his wife, Kay, at Soccer City for the 2010 World Cup of Soccer in South Africa.
Gary Anderson moved from his childhood home in Durban, South Africa in May 1978
SA's footnote in NFL history
Brad Morgan
18 June 2002
It is well known that South Africa has produced some of the all-time greats of golf, cricket and rugby - golfers Bobby Locke and Gary Player, cricketers Mike Procter and Graeme Pollock, and rugby players Frik du Preez and Naas Botha are among those that spring to mind.
Less well known is the fact that a man seemingly destined for American football's Hall of Fame, the scorer of the most points in the history of the NFL - the professional American football league that culminates in the spectacular Superbowl every year - was born in Parys and raised in Durban, South Africa.
Gary Anderson, kicker extraordinaire, nearly 43 years of age, and one of only three men to play in 300 games in an NFL career, has played in the league since 1982. He leads all NFL players with 2 133 points over his 20-year career, and holds the incredible record of going through an entire season – 1998 – without missing a single kick, making 94 out of 94 shots at goal. To read more of this article click here...
SA's footnote in NFL history
Brad Morgan
18 June 2002
It is well known that South Africa has produced some of the all-time greats of golf, cricket and rugby - golfers Bobby Locke and Gary Player, cricketers Mike Procter and Graeme Pollock, and rugby players Frik du Preez and Naas Botha are among those that spring to mind.
Less well known is the fact that a man seemingly destined for American football's Hall of Fame, the scorer of the most points in the history of the NFL - the professional American football league that culminates in the spectacular Superbowl every year - was born in Parys and raised in Durban, South Africa.
Gary Anderson, kicker extraordinaire, nearly 43 years of age, and one of only three men to play in 300 games in an NFL career, has played in the league since 1982. He leads all NFL players with 2 133 points over his 20-year career, and holds the incredible record of going through an entire season – 1998 – without missing a single kick, making 94 out of 94 shots at goal. To read more of this article click here...
Syracuse University Football Career: 1978-1981
Gary, on the Bob Hope Show, after being selected for the "All American College Football Team in 1982"
Link to Gary's University: Syracuse
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Link to Gary's University: Syracuse
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
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Steelers All Time Team 2007
NFL Hall of Fame
Top 20 Potpourri, Feb 18 2004
Special Teams Coach Zauner
PRO FOOTBALL; Gary Anderson Retires at 44
Place-kicker Gary Anderson retired from the N.F.L. on Sunday, a day after his 23rd season ended in the Tennessee Titans' 17-14 divisional playoff loss at New England.
''That's a great group of guys here, both coaches and players, that made it a lot of fun for me and my boys,'' he said. ''I'm really pleased that I came and played for the Titans."
Anderson, 44, left a trout stream in Colorado in September to sign with Tennessee for one last chance at the Super Bowl.
Anderson, the N.F.L.'s career scoring leader -- in the regular season and the postseason -- had only two extra points in his final game. His only field-goal attempt, a 31-yarder, was blocked by Richard Seymour.
A version of this article appeared in print on Monday, January 12, 2004, on section D page 6 of the NEW YORK TIMES
''That's a great group of guys here, both coaches and players, that made it a lot of fun for me and my boys,'' he said. ''I'm really pleased that I came and played for the Titans."
Anderson, 44, left a trout stream in Colorado in September to sign with Tennessee for one last chance at the Super Bowl.
Anderson, the N.F.L.'s career scoring leader -- in the regular season and the postseason -- had only two extra points in his final game. His only field-goal attempt, a 31-yarder, was blocked by Richard Seymour.
A version of this article appeared in print on Monday, January 12, 2004, on section D page 6 of the NEW YORK TIMES
Steeler's Anderson, Dawson
nominated for Hall of Fame
Saturday, September 19, 2009
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Former Steelers kicker Gary Anderson, eligible for the
first time, joins former teammate Dermontti Dawson, a finalist last year, on the
list of 131 men nominated for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame,
announced today.
Read more:http://postgazette.com/pg/09262/999335-66.stm#ixzz0RkXfa1FT
nominated for Hall of Fame
Saturday, September 19, 2009
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Former Steelers kicker Gary Anderson, eligible for the
first time, joins former teammate Dermontti Dawson, a finalist last year, on the
list of 131 men nominated for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame,
announced today.
Read more:http://postgazette.com/pg/09262/999335-66.stm#ixzz0RkXfa1FT
Gary and Kay Anderson, at the Pittsburgh Steelers 75th Anniversary Celebration, in 2007
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07298/828276-66.stm
Gary Anderson -- Kicker (1F982-94)
The Dallas Cowboys had won 17 straight openers when the Steelers visited
there to start the 1982 season, and the game was being televised on Monday Night
Football to boot. Gary Anderson was a rookie who had been cut by Buffalo and
signed by the Steelers just days before that game, and he made an immediate
splash in the NFL. Anderson was 3-for-3 in field goals that night, all in the
second half, and the Steelers held on for a 36-28 win. The Steelers' all-time
leader in points, Anderson was named to the NFL's All-Rookie team in 1982 and
followed that by leading the AFC in scoring and being named team MVP the
following year. Anderson connected on 309 field goals in 395 attempts (78.2
percent) and 416-of-420 PATs for a Steelers'-record 1,343 points. A three-time
Pro Bowl selection, Anderson owns the team's career records for points
(1,343), field goals (309), field goal attempts (395) and longest field goal
(55). In a 1989 Wild Card Game in Houston, Anderson's 50-yard field goal in
overtime was the difference in a 26-23 upset win for the Steelers.
Gary Anderson -- Kicker (1F982-94)
The Dallas Cowboys had won 17 straight openers when the Steelers visited
there to start the 1982 season, and the game was being televised on Monday Night
Football to boot. Gary Anderson was a rookie who had been cut by Buffalo and
signed by the Steelers just days before that game, and he made an immediate
splash in the NFL. Anderson was 3-for-3 in field goals that night, all in the
second half, and the Steelers held on for a 36-28 win. The Steelers' all-time
leader in points, Anderson was named to the NFL's All-Rookie team in 1982 and
followed that by leading the AFC in scoring and being named team MVP the
following year. Anderson connected on 309 field goals in 395 attempts (78.2
percent) and 416-of-420 PATs for a Steelers'-record 1,343 points. A three-time
Pro Bowl selection, Anderson owns the team's career records for points
(1,343), field goals (309), field goal attempts (395) and longest field goal
(55). In a 1989 Wild Card Game in Houston, Anderson's 50-yard field goal in
overtime was the difference in a 26-23 upset win for the Steelers.
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