Jan Stenerud

Jan Stenerud's story makes me grin every time. A Norwegian, born in 1942, who became the first of his countrymen in the NFL and then earned a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He arrived as a skier and reinvented himself as a placekicker at Montana State, then kicked for nineteen seasons. Kicking is a cruel craft, whole games hinging on one swing of the leg, and you need ice in your veins to last that long. A precise strike from a 188 cm frame carried him to immortality. I adore these tales of total reinvention reaching the very summit.

Name (English)

Jan Stenerud

Name (Japanese)

ヤン・ステナルード

Reading

やん・すてなるーど

Born

November 26, 1942 (age 83)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

Origin

Fet Municipality, Akershus, Norway

Height

188 cm

Occupation

American football player

University

Montana State University

Awards & achievements

• Pro Football Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

Tags

• Akershus
• American football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.