Jim Marshall is probably the hardest to argue against because he played his whole career (all what was it 18, 19 seasons?) for our Vikings. The reason why I chose Page was his play on the field for our beloved Vikings. IMO no Viking had an impact on the game as he did when he was on the field. Had Moss remained a Viking and had an attitude adjustment then he would have been right there and also we still haven’t seen the best of Peterson yet. You could throw in Chris Carter, John Randle, Ron Yary, Randell McDaniel to name a few. I would leave out Fran Tarkington because he demanded and got traded to the Giants. I love the Joe Kapp vote too, he played the game the way it was meant to be played.

Hard to argue with your pick of Alan Page but sadly, he didn’t play his whole career with the Vikings. Jim Marshall did. He came to the Vikes from Cleveland in their first year (1961) and played 19 more years at defensive end. He was there before Alan Page arrived from Notre Dame and he was still there when Alan left. You can’t name one other player who has played 20 years on the defensive line without injury at a high level because there isn’t one. Jim Marshall is “Mr. Viking”. I would however choose Alan Page as my second pick.

but the problem with him was he ran the wrong way for a safety for the other team instead of a t.d for us dont get me wrong i am a huge viking fan but he made a huge mistake

While much is made of his wrong way run, little is stated about how afterwards he played like a beast to overcome his mistake. The Vikes weren’t a very good team that year but they did manage to win that game. The error didn’t hurt them.

yeah ur right but wat what do u think he was thinking goin the wrong way

greatest of all time has gotta be marshall

greatest for me personally was keith millard. that guy made me a viking fan. was never the same after he got hurt.