Looking back: Ex-Falcons kicker Morten Andersen

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Looking back: Ex-Falcons kicker Morten Andersen

Photos of the kicker who once lifted the Falcons into the Super Bowl.

Morten Andersen leaves the field after his game-winning field goal beat the Vikings and sent the Falcons to the Super Bowl in the 1998-99 season. (Marlene Karas / AJC)

Morten Andersen launches a field goal to win the NFC championship game against the Vikings in the 1998-99 season. (BEN GRAY/STAFF)

Another angle of Andersen's game-winning field goal against the Vikings. (AJC/DAVID TULIS)

Andersen reacts to his game-winning field goal against the Vikings. (Marlene Karas / AJC)

Andersen (5) runs off the field with holder Dan Stryzinski after hitting the winning field goal against the Vikings. (AJC /DAVID TULIS)

Morten Andersen enjoys his game-winning field goal against the Vikings. DAVID TULIS / AJC

Morten Andersen kicks a field goal for the first score of the Super Bowl against the Broncos in 1999. David Tulis / AJC

Andersen was in a Falcons uniform in 2006 when Atlanta played his former team, the Saints. (Curtis Compton / AJC Staff)

Morten Andersen celebrates with holder Matt Shaub in a 2006 game against the Cowboys. Curtis Compton / AJC

Morten Andersen (left) gives Elbert Shelley a high five after Shelley made a big hit on special teams in 1995. (AJC photo/Jonathan Newton)

Morten Andersen (5) celebrates a game-winning field goal in overtime against the Steelers on Oct. 22, 2006. CURTIS COMPTON/AJC

Morten Andersen kicks a field goal against the Giants at the Georgia Dome on October 15, 2007. POUYA DIANAT / Staff

Falcons kicker Morten Andersen makes a long field goal against the Texans on Sept. 30, 2007. CURTIS COMPTON / Staff

Morten Andersen kisses his son Sebastian after a victory over the Cardinals on Oct. 1, 2006. (CURTIS COMPTON/staff)

The retired Morten Andersen is introduced during the game against the Cardinals on Nov. 30, 2014, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

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Morten Andersen leaves the field after his game-winning field goal beat the Vikings and sent the Falcons to the Super Bowl in the 1998-99 season. (Marlene Karas / AJC)

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