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Minnesota Viking running back Dave Osborn #41. I think this is from a Monday Night Football game in 1974 against the St. Louis Cardinals...at old Busch Stadium.
#44 Chuck Foreman going up and over the St. Louis Cardinals for a touchdown in a 1974 playoff game. That is #41 Dave Osborn helping with the blocking.
Vikings block FG against the LA Rams at the Met....probably September 1976 game.
Paul Krause #22, Jim Marshall #70 make the tackle against Detroit Lions #24 Rb Mel Farr. Viking Linebacker #60 Roy Winston coming to help and #26 Viking Rb Clint Jones on the sideline. The game is at Tiger Stadium.
Joe Kapp celebrating NFL championship against the Cleveland Browns. That is CBS broadcaster and ex NY Giant Pat Summerall in the background.
#11 Joe Kapp running behind #63 guard Jim Vellone. I am totally guessing this is a 1967 game in Milwaukee against the Packers.
4:28pm and I am in Minnesota
do me a solid and just reblog this saying what time it is where you are and what you’re thinking about in the tags.
Minnesota Viking Wide Receiver John Gilliam against the LA Rams at the LA Coliseum in a 1972 game. LA Linebacker Dean Halverson gives chase.
Vikings running back Bill Brown #30 gets the handoff from Joe Kapp. I think this was a 1969 game from the looks of the uniforms.
The Vikings line up for an extra point against the Baltimore Colts in their 1968 playoff game in Baltimore.
Minnesota Vikings waiting to go back in. #70 Jim Marshall, #88 Alan Page, #81 Carl Eller and #20 Bobby Bryant
Chuck Foreman running against the Packers at the Met in 1976 season.
The Mud Bowl. Chuck Foreman and the Vikings in their 1977 Playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams.
1975 - Chuck Foreman against the Buffalo Bills. Ed White and Fran Tarkenton in the background.
MN Vikings Bud Grant 1927 - 2023. Was head coach for the Vikings from 1967 - 1983 and again in 1985. 158 wins. Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994. Three sport star at the University of MN (Football, Basketball and Baseball). Played in the NBA for the Minneapolis Lakers, Played in the NFL for the Eagles. Played and coached in the CFL and won 4 Grey Cups. A life well lived.
HOF Defensive End #81 Carl Eller.
In the mid 60′s, this was a common scene....Gale Sayers running freely, usually for a TD, against the MN Vikings. #70 Jim Marshall giving chase in both photos...#28 Wide Receiver Tom Hall is giving chase in the bottom photo...along with #41 Dave Osborn as Sayers runs a kickoff back...thinking it is 1965.
#70 Jim Marshall, #77 Gary Larson, #59 Lonnie Warwick and #22 Paul Krause in the 1969 Divisional Playoff game against the LA Rams.
Chuck Foreman against Dallas in 1973 NFC Championship
Matt Blair blocking a Bobby Walden punt in Super Bowl IX (9) Vikings vs. Steelers. Recovered by Viking Terry Brown for The Vikings only TD
Fran Tarkenton against the Cowboys in 1975 playoff...the “Hail Mary” game.
Carl Eller against the NY Jets in New York 1970
Wide Receiver John Gilliam with Charlie West #40 in top photo. Ron Yary #73 and Stu Voigt #83 blocking in bottom photo against the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII. Gilliam and Chuck Foreman in the middle photo.
“The Purple Gang” - Jim Marshall, Alan Page, Carl Eller, Gary Larson. Also known as the “Purple People Eaters”
1973 NFC Championship. Vikings vs Cowboys. Alan Page, Jeff Siemon tackling Cowboy Walt Garrison.
Jeff Siemon...Top photo is from 1973 against the Oakland Raiders. Bottom middle is 1973 NFC Championship against the Cowboy with Wally Hilgenberg #58 and Jim Marshall #70. Bottom right is Super Bowl VIII against the Dolphins tackling Larry Csonka (a very long day for Vikings fans.)
