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>Uell Stanley Andersen (September 14, 1917 – September 24, 1986) was an American football player and self-help and short story author during the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for his book, Three Magic Words.Born to Norwegian-American parents in Portland, Oregon, Andersen attended Stanford University. He played college football for Stanford and was captain of the 1939 Stanford Indians football team.[2] He was also one of the nation's top competitors in the shot put while attending Stanford.[3] He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a tackle and end for the Cleveland Rams (1940–1941) and Detroit Lions (1941). He appeared in 22 NFL games, 11 as a starter, and caught seven passes for 79 yards.[4]
He had a number of careers, including running an advertising agency, wild-catting for oil, and logging at the Columbia Sawmill. By the early 1950s, Andersen had moved to Los Angeles, California, where he became a successful businessman.
As a young man, Andersen began studying the concepts of Christian Science, described in Mary Baker Eddy's book, Science and Health. He later began to study New Thought, in particular, the "Science of Mind" by Ernest Holmes. Although Andersen was living in Los Angeles at the same time. It has not been determined whether Andersen and Holmes knew each other.
In 1952, Andersen began teaching a class on New Thought.[5] The lessons from that class became his book, Three Magic Words,[6] which has subsequently become a classic in the New Thought literature. The book has been linked to the New Age philosophical concept known as the Law of Attraction.
Anderson also wrote about non-spiritual subjects
He died in September 1986 in Lincoln City, Oregon.