Alan Page
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Position (s): Defensive tackle |
Jersey numbers: 88, 82 |
| born on August 7, 1945 in Canton , Ohio | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1967 - 1981 | |
| NFL Draft : 1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | |
| College : Notre Dame | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 218 |
| as a starter | 215 |
| Fumble secured | 23 |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Alan Cedric Page (* 7. August 1945 in Canton , Ohio ) is a former American American football poker players 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 to Howard and Georgianna Page. He still has three siblings. His family lived in Canton in modest economic circumstances. His mother worked as a temp at a country club and his father ran several bars. From 1959 he attended high school in his hometown . At school he played basketball as well as football and was active as an athlete . As a child he had the desire to become a lawyer.
In order to earn some money, Page hired himself as a construction worker and was u. a. involved in the construction of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his hometown of Canton. He is the only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who helped build this building.
Player career
College career
Page received a scholarship to the University of Notre Dame in 1964 . He studied political science there . Page was used by the head coach Ara Parseghian of the local football team , the Notre Dame Fighting Irish , in the defensive line as a defensive end. Page won the national championship in 1966 along with eventual NFL all-star Bob Kuechenberg and running back Rocky Bleier . This season his team had won nine out of ten games and drew once. The American sports press then declared the Fighting Irish national college champion. In 1966, Page was also voted All American . He has received three awards from college for his athletic achievements.
Professional career
Although Alan Page did not expect to make a career in the NFL, numerous NFL clubs, like the Cleveland Browns , showed interest in signing 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 . Together with the defensive ends Jim Marshall , Carl Eller and the defensive tackle Gary Larsen , who were already under contract with the Vikings, the four players formed a dreaded defensive line known as Purple People Eaters (German: purple ogres - the name orientates itself on the jersey color of the Vikings) went down in NFL history. Since the Vikings had managed to strengthen the offense of the team with players like Ron Yary and Fran Tarkenton , the team developed into one of the leading teams in the NFL.
Page was able to win his first championship title as a professional player with his team in 1969. The Vikings won the last NFL final before merging with the American Football League (AFL) against the Cleveland Browns 27-7, but lost Super Bowl IV to the Kansas City Chiefs 23-7 . In the next two years, Page and his team managed to move into the play-offs , where the team failed early. Page and the Vikings then managed to win the NFC Championship Game three times . 1973 the final against the Tom Landry coached Dallas Cowboys was won with 27:10. This win was countered by a 24: 7 defeat against the Miami Dolphins , supervised by Don Shula , in Super Bowl VIII . In the following season the Los Angeles Rams were defeated in the NFC title game with 14:10, but Page was again defeated with the Vikings in the Super Bowl . The Pittsburgh Steelers supervised by Chuck Noll with his former teammate Rocky Bleier were able to prevail 16: 6 in Super Bowl IX . In 1976 Page won his fourth league title. Again the Vikings met in the NFC final against the Rams supervised by Chuck Knox and again the team from Los Angeles had to admit defeat to the team from Minneapolis, this time with 24:13. Page moved into his fourth Super Bowl, but this game did not bring him the Super Bowl win he had hoped for. The Oakland Raiders, under their coach John Madden , got the upper hand with 32:14 in Super Bowl XI .
Alan Page never managed to win a Super Bowl. During the 1978 season he moved to the Chicago Bears . After the game year 1981 he ended his playing career in Chicago . Alan Page appeared in 218 games for the Vikings and the Bears. He got 148.5 sacks , 23 times he was able to secure a fumble . Page was a representative of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) from 1970 to 1974 and in 1976 and 1977 .
Honors
Alan Page played nine times in the Pro Bowl and was voted All-Star eleven times . In 1971 and 1973 he was voted NFL Defensive Player of the Year , and in 1971 he was voted 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 , 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 blocked his shirt number.
In November 2018, US President Donald Trump announced that he would be awarding Alan Page the Presidential Medal of Freedom .
After the playing career
Page studied law at the University of Minnesota Law School from 1975 during his playing career . In 1978 he was promoted to Doctor of Law . He initially worked as a lawyer in Minneapolis and from 1985 served as Deputy Attorney General of Minnesota . At the same time as his practice as a lawyer, Page also appeared as a television and radio presenter for the broadcast of football games. In 1992 he was appointed as a judge to the Minnesota Supreme Court , 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.
Web links
- Short biography, engl.
- Biography
- Biography, appointment as judge, engl.
- Alan Page at College, engl.
- College Statistics, engl.
- Alan Page on the website of his hometown.
- Alan Page on the NFL website.
Individual evidence
- ^ Films Encore: Alan Page , NFL.com
- ↑ Statistics of the Fighting Irish 1966
- ^ Annual statistics of the Minnesota Vikings 1969
- ↑ Statistics NFL final 1969
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl IV
- ↑ 1973 Minnesota Vikings Annual Statistics
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1973
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl VIII
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Minnesota Vikings 1974
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1974
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl IX
- ↑ 1976 Minnesota Vikings Annual Statistics
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1976
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl XI
- ↑ Alan Page on the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Trump says 7 will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In: CNBC. November 10, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018 .
source
- John C. Walter, Malina Iida, Better Than the Best: Black Athletes Speak, 1920-2007 (V Ethel Willis White Books) , University of Washington Press, 2010, ISBN 9780295990538
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Page, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Page, Alan Cedric (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and today's judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canton , Ohio |