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ORIGINAL: Zoilo

QB - Fran Tarkenton, Joe Kapp, Tommy Kramer
RB - Chuck Foreman, Robert Smith, Adrian Peterson
WR - Cris Carter, Randy Moss, Anthony Carter, Ahmad Rashad
TE - Steve Jordan, Joe Senser, John Beasley
T - Ron Yary, Tim Irwin, Korey Stringer
G - Randal McDaniel, Steve Hutchinson, Ed White
C- Mick Tinglehoff, Matt Birk, Kirk Lowdermilk
DT - Alan Page, John Randle, Keith Millard
DE - Carl Eller, Chris Doleman, Jim Marshall
MLB - Jeff Siemon, Scott Studwell, Jack Del Rio
OLB - Matt Blair, Fred McNeill, Wally Hilgenberg
CB - Carl Lee, Bobby Bryant, Charlie West
S -  Paul Krausse, Joey Browner, Orlando Thomas
K - Gary Anderson, Fuad Reveiz, Fred Cox
P - Mitch Burger, Greg Coleman, Chris Kluwe

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ORIGINAL: So.Mn.Fan

Sad to see Carl Eller in the news again for the wrong reasons.
Hopefully it ends well. Was hoping he'd find peace in his life, a great Viking and a good man inside.
Shared a story once with Steve Lentz about big Carl.
My brother and his wife started their family in 1979 with a rough first pregnancy. She had twins, one of which died at birth, the other was tiny (premature), probably less than a couple pounds. Little dude fought for his life for months at the hospitals at the U (wonderful place). My family pretty much lived there for months while the little guy got stronger and eventually became "normal". He's a strapping young man with kids of his own now.
Anyway, we finally get him out of the incubator and can handle him every day. one day we turn around and there's this huge guy coming down the hallway and into our room. My mouth dropped. It was Carl Eller. he loved his ties to the U and we were told by the nurses that he was always coming thru and trying to cheer up kids and parents in the U hospitals. I was a Viking fanatic from Day One. To see one of my heroes in person (I was 18) was awesome. He was larger than life. He came in and spent a long time with us, he was incredibly friendly and warm. He asked if he could hold the baby almost immediately.
At that point he almost fit in one of Carl's big hands. he sat down with him in the chair and cooed and baby-talked to him for the longest time. It was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. We took lots of pictures and hold them dear. He had already had some run-ins with the law by then, but we saw only the good in him. 
He left an incredible impression on our whole family. He was so calm and caring and warm to us, like he had known us forever. And he taught me as a young man how to not judge people until you got to know them. I wish him the best.  

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

I can't name just one all time favorite.

I never saw Fran play live.

Joey Browner,
Keith Millard
Chris Doleman
Randy Moss
Cris Carter
John Randle
Randall McDaniel

and now AD and Percy may endear themselves onto that list very soon.

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ORIGINAL: So.Mn.Fan

Sad to see Carl Eller in the news again for the wrong reasons.
Hopefully it ends well. Was hoping he'd find peace in his life, a great Viking and a good man inside.
Shared a story once with Steve Lentz about big Carl.
My brother and his wife started their family in 1979 with a rough first pregnancy. She had twins, one of which died at birth, the other was tiny (premature), probably less than a couple pounds. Little dude fought for his life for months at the hospitals at the U (wonderful place). My family pretty much lived there for months while the little guy got stronger and eventually became "normal". He's a strapping young man with kids of his own now.
Anyway, we finally get him out of the incubator and can handle him every day. one day we turn around and there's this huge guy coming down the hallway and into our room. My mouth dropped. It was Carl Eller. he loved his ties to the U and we were told by the nurses that he was always coming thru and trying to cheer up kids and parents in the U hospitals. I was a Viking fanatic from Day One. To see one of my heroes in person (I was 18) was awesome. He was larger than life. He came in and spent a long time with us, he was incredibly friendly and warm. He asked if he could hold the baby almost immediately.
At that point he almost fit in one of Carl's big hands. he sat down with him in the chair and cooed and baby-talked to him for the longest time. It was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. We took lots of pictures and hold them dear. He had already had some run-ins with the law by then, but we saw only the good in him. 
He left an incredible impression on our whole family. He was so calm and caring and warm to us, like he had known us forever. And he taught me as a young man how to not judge people until you got to know them. I wish him the best.  

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

I can't name just one all time favorite.

I never saw Fran play live.

Joey Browner,
Keith Millard
Chris Doleman
Randy Moss
Cris Carter
John Randle
Randall McDaniel

and now AD and Percy may endear themselves onto that list very soon.

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ORIGINAL: Duane Sampson

Doesn't have to be the best player to be your "favorite." Tommy Kramer is my favorite but he was hardly the best player. But he was a Viking through and through. Fought for his boys and despised the opponent.

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ORIGINAL: Zoilo

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ORIGINAL: Duane Sampson

Doesn't have to be the best player to be your "favorite." Tommy Kramer is my favorite but he was hardly the best player. But he was a Viking through and through. Fought for his boys and despised the opponent.

I remember in Kramer's rookie season when he came into the game against the 49ers in the fourth quarter with the Vikes down 24-7. The Vikes won the game on a long pass to Sammy White, 28-27.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDUvyoJCrhM