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FRANCHISE FOUNDED— Minnesota was granted an NFL franchise at the league owners' meetings in Miami on Jan. 28, The team began play in The founding group consisted of Max Winter, E. William Boyer, H.P Skoglund, Ole Haugsrud and Bernard H. Ridder, Jr.
ROSE NAMED GENERAL MANAGER — In late summer, , former Los Angeles Rams Public Relations Director Bert Rose was named the team's first General Manager.
TEAM NICKNAMED — In one of his first moves with the team, Bert Rose recommended the nickname "Vikings" to the Board of Directors. The name was selected because it represented both an aggressive person with the will to win and the Nordic tradition in the northern Midwest.
FIRST HEAD COACH — Norm Van Brocklin was selected as the first head coach in franchise history. He retired as a player in after 12 seasons in the NFL as a Hall of Fame QB.
FIRST COLLEGE DRAFT — On Dec. 27, , RB Tommy Mason of Tulane was taken with the 1st overall choice and the first-ever draft pick utilized by the Vikings. Also selected that year were QB Fran Tarkenton (3rd round) and DB Ed Sharockman (5th round).
EXPANSION DRAFT — Following the season, the Vikings were allowed to select 3 players from the roster of each team after each team was all
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Vikings legendary center Mick Tingelhoff, who never missed a game in his year career and was regarded as one of the toughest players in team history, died Saturday morning in the Twin Cities. He was
Tingelhoff played for the Vikings from and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August He had suffered from health issues in recent years that affected his memory, and his family had elected to have Fran Tarkenton, his former quarterback and his presenter, give his hall of fame speech.
Tingelhoff played in four Super Bowls with the Vikings and was five times selected first-team All-Pro and to six Pro Bowls. His streak of starting straight game remains the third longest in NFL history.
“He goes down as one of the five greatest Vikings of all time,” hall of famer Bud Grant, Tingelhoff’s coach in his final 12 seasons, said in a phone interview. “He was a great leader. He was just a competitor and all the great ones have that great ability of durability. He played every week, practiced every day. He came ready to go. He had a great career.”
Grant was coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League in when Tingelhoff went undrafted after being a two-way player at Nebraska. Grant said he tried to sign Tingelhoff to play
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Mick Tingelhoff, legendary Vikings center, departed at 81
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He was Depiction cause touch on death was not revealed.
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