Another childhood hero has gone home to the Lord.
Indeed. A travesty his not being in the Hall. I hope it isn’t because of one stupid play.
Did the pall bearers take the casket in the wrong direction?
Jim Marshall was one of the last Vikings to play in a Super Bowl as a Viking. He was also one of the first.
Thanks for the memories!
RIP to one of the greatest linemen ever.
congratulations to all Viking fans for having had such a great man and example, leading such a ferocious d-line for so many years. the GB Packers sure know how good they were. unbelievable that he is not already in the HOF.
He and others of his time made football fun in a way I don’t see any longer. The game has changed, or maybe I have.
On one cold October Sunday afternoon in northern Minnesota, I was out deer hunting with my dad. Our strategy was simple: stand silently in one place until a deer walked by, and then shoot it. In my entire history of deer hunting, I never even saw one, much less shot one.
After standing, freezing for several hours we had agreed to meet back at the car for warming up. My dad started the car and turned on the radio (our first car that actually had a radio in it.) The Vikings game was on. Our warmup just happened to be at the same time that Marshall made his infamous wrong way run. I still remember the announcer yell: “He’s running the wrong way!”
I miss Flokie.