Alan Page
Alan Page was drafted out of the coveted University of Notre Dame to the Minnesota Vikings as a defensive tackle. Page was in good hands joining greats like Jim Marshall, Carl Eller, and Gary Larsen and together they formed what was known as the “Purple People Eaters.”
Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Alan Page, (88) ‘surrounds’ Chicago Bears quarterback Bobby Douglass during the Vikings-Bears game at Chicago Gettyimages
Alan Page in his fifteen years in Professional Football with the NFL had never missed one game. The short, small tackle racked up a remarkable stat of record numbers of safeties and blocked kicks in NFL History. In 1998 Page was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.