If TCO Performance Center had a Field of Purple Dreams, there’s only one player from 65 seasons of Vikings football who would ...

Legendary defensive end Jim Marshall spearheaded the Minnesota Vikings' Purple People Eaters defense. The former Vikings DE ...

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The Vikings will be honoring the late Jim Marshall this season. Marshall died in June at the age of 87 and team president ...

Vikings president/owner Mark Wilf called Marshall "the greatest captain in NFL history" and added that the team also plans to ...

The Minnesota Vikings lost their original captain Jim Marshall earlier this year. While he should be Pro Football Hall of ...

Marshall played 19 seasons for the Vikings, starting every game from the team’s win over the Chicago Bears in its inaugural game on Sept. 17, 1961, to his final start on Dec. 16, 1979, at age 41.

FILE - Minnesota Viking tackle Jim Marshall clutches the game ball as he is carried from the field by teammates Doug Southerland, left, and Scott Studwell after the Vikings defeated the Buffalo ...

Vikings legend Jim Marshall — a founding member of the Purple People Eaters who dominated opponents in the 1960s and 1970s — died on Tuesday following a lengthy hospitalization. He was 87.

FILE - Minnesota Vikings' Jim Marshall is shown, Dec. 30, 1978, after practice for their NFC playoff football game against the Los Angeles Rams. (Source: AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) ...

FILE - Minnesota Vikings' Jim Marshall is shown, Dec. 30, 1978, after practice for their NFC playoff football game against the Los Angeles Rams. (Source: AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) ...