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Place of Birth: Winston-Salem, NC. Date of Birth: Feb 25, 1942. Jersey Number: 76. Height: 6-6. Weight: 244. High School: Winston-Salem, NC (Atkins HS) With teammate Bobby Bell, Carl Eller helped give the Minnesota Golden Gophers one of college footballs? best tackle combinations in the early 1960?s. Like Bell, Eller came to Minnesota from ...
Jan 29, 2024 · Following the Minnesota Vikings’ introduction into the NFL in 1961, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, Alan Page and Gary Larsen made up the core four on defense who helped bring the team five NFC ...
Jul 19, 2019 · The Minnesota Vikings front four of Jim Marshall (70), Carl Eller (81), Alan Page (88), and Gary ...[+] Larsen (77), were known as the "Purple People Eaters" and formed the heart of a fearsome ...
Dec 29, 2022 · Also, with the sixth overall pick in the 1964 NFL Draft, the Vikings took University of Minnesota defensive end, Carl Eller. Marshall and Eller proved to be great bookends for the Vikings and they frequently made life miserable for opponents. In Week 7 of the ’64 season, Minnesota was 3-3 and facing the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco.
Jun 5, 2016 · Here's a short documentary from an NFL Films production of "More Than A Game • Legends Of Autumn Vol V", featuring Carl Eller of the Minnesota Vikings...
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Dec 26, 2014 · Carl Eller played defensive end with the Vikings from 1964 to 1978. He is a member of the NFL's 70's All Decade team and was inducted into the Pro Football H...
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At the time, the Vikings had defensive end Carl Eller (a fellow second-year player) and Jim Marshall on the roster. Alan Page, drafted to play defensive tackle in 1967, was the final piece of what became known as the "Purple People Eaters" with Eller, Marshall, and Larsen. Larsen (nicknamed the “Norse Nightmare”) was stated as a key piece ...
