Alan Page
- 9 × Pro Bowl selection ( 1968-1976 )
- 11 × All-Pro selection ( 1968-1977, 1980)
- NFL Champion (1969 )
- 3 × NFC champion ( 1973, 1974, 1976)
- NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1971, 1973)
- NFL Most Valuable Player Award ( 1971)
- Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team
- Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team
- Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor
- 50 Greatest Vikings
- Back number blocked for the Vikings
- NFL 1970s All- Decade Team
- College Football Hall of Fame (1993 )
- Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988 )
Dr. Alan Cedric Page ( born August 7, 1945 in Canton, Ohio ) is an American former American football player and current judges. He played as a defensive tackle in the National Football League ( NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears.
Youth
Alan Page was born the son of Howard and Georgianna Page. He has three siblings. His family lived in Canton in modest economic conditions. His mother worked as a temp at a country club, his father ran several bars. From 1959 he attended in his hometown high school. At school he played alongside football and basketball and was active as an athlete. Even as a child he had the desire to be a lawyer.
To earn some money, Page was hired as a construction worker and was, among other things involved in the construction of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which is in his hometown of Canton. He is the only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who has this building miterrichtet.
Playing career
College career
Page received a scholarship to the University of Notre Dame in 1964. He studied political science. Page was used by the head coach Ara Parseghian of the local football team, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the defensive line as a defensive end. Page won the national championship along with the future NFL All-Star Bob Kuechenberg and the running back Rocky Bleier in 1966. This season his team had won nine of ten games and played once in a draw. The American sports press then declared the Fighting Irish to the national college champion. In 1966, Page was also selected to the All American. From his college, he has been recognized for his athletic performance three times.
Professional career
Although Alan Page not so reckoned in the NFL to make a career, showed the number of NFL clubs, such as the Cleveland Browns to a commitment of interest Page. Ultimately, he was selected in 1967 by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the NFL Draft as the 15th player. Page was used by the head coach of the team Bud Grant in the defensive line as a defensive tackle. Along with the defensive ends Jim Marshall, Carl Eller and defensive tackle Gary Larsen, who were already at the Vikings under contract, the four players formed a formidable defensive line known as Purple People Eaters ( German: purple people eater - the name is based received at the jersey color of the Vikings ) in the history of the NFL. Since it was the Vikings managed to reinforce the offense of the team with players such as Ron and Fran Tarkenton Yary, the team has developed into one of the leading teams in the NFL.
Page won with his team its first title as a professional player in 1969. The Vikings won the last NFL playoff prior to the merger with the American Football League ( AFL) against the Cleveland Browns with 27:7, but lost the Super Bowl IV against the Kansas City Chiefs with 23:7. In the next two years succeeded each Page and his team move into the play-offs, but where the team failed in each case at an early stage. Page and the Vikings succeeded then washed three times to win the NFC Championship Game. 1973 final against supervised by Tom Landry Dallas Cowboys was won with 27:10. However, this victory was opposed by a 24:7 defeat against assisted by Don Shula Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII. In the following season, the Los Angeles Rams were defeated in the NFC title game with 14:10, again defeated Page but with the Vikings in the Super Bowl. The supervised by Chuck Noll Pittsburgh Steelers with his former teammate Rocky Bleier able to prevail with 16:6 in the Super Bowl IX. In 1976, won his fourth championship title Page. Again met the Vikings in the NFC playoff on the managed by Chuck Knox Rams and again the team from Los Angeles was defeated the team from Minneapolis, this time with 24:13. Page moved so that in his fourth Super Bowl one, but this game also hoped the Super Bowl did not bring him a profit. The Oakland Raiders under her coach John Madden kept with 32:14 in Super Bowl XI the upper hand.
Alan Page managed never to win a Super Bowl. During the 1978 season he moved to the Chicago Bears. After the game in 1981, he finished his playing career in Chicago. Alan Page went on in 218 games for the Vikings and the Bears. There he succeeded in doing 148.5 Sacks, 23 times he was able to secure a fumble. Page was from 1970 to 1974 and in the years 1976 and 1977, the representative of the players' association National Football League Players Association ( NFLPA ).
Honors
Alan Page played in nine Pro Bowl eleven times and was selected to the All- Star. In the years 1971 and 1973 he was elected to the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, he also was elected in 1971 to the NFL Most Valuable Player. He is a member of the Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team, the Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team, the NFL 1970s All- Decade Team in the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Vikings also honor him in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on the Ring of Honor and have his shirt number blocked.
After playing career
Page was still a student during his playing career from the 1975 law at the University of Minnesota Law School. In 1978 he was appointed Doctor of Laws. He first worked as a lawyer in Minneapolis and was from 1985 worked as Deputy Attorney General of Minnesota. At the same time came to his activities as a lawyer Page as a television and radio presenter in the transmission of football matches in appearance. In 1992 he was appointed as a judge on the highest court in Minnesota. Alan Page is married and has four children. In 1988 he founded the Page Education Association. The Foundation supports disadvantaged students.