Alan Page Highlights - MVP 

I wouldn't be Vikings fan without Alan Page and the purple people eaters 💜👍🏼

Alan Page may very well have been the greatest Defensive Tackle to play the game.

With Aaron Donald tearing up the modern day NFL as an undersized but freakishly talented defensive tackle, I decided to shine a spotlight on the man who paved the way for players like Donald and John Randle. Alan Page's game-breaking ability combined with fellow hall of famer Carl Eller and iron-man Jim Marshall to form the front line of the legendary Purple People Eater defense. His ability to rip through offensive lines took attention away from the other great pass-rushers on the team, and he had the underrated ability to anchor against the run. This defense paved the way to four Super Bowl appearances in the 1970’s. Page’s own brilliance garnered him the Most Valuable Player Award in 1971, as the he and the Vikings superb defense dragged a thoroughly uninspiring offense to the playoffs. He finished his career in Chicago as a still excellent pass-rusher for the Bears, before hanging up his cleats for good in 1981 and practicing law full-time. I hope that you guys and gals enjoy watching this video as much as I enjoyed making it. I did some color grading, and I tried to retime all of the clips, to make every play look like it did in real time, rather than the crappy slow-motion that NFL films loved. As a Vikings fan, it was fun to go back and watch highlights of the team during their heyday. I want to take a minute to rant about “This Week in Pro Football” episodes though. Most of the episodes pre-1970 are missing, which is understandable. So there’s probably some early-career Page highlights that would’ve been included if I had them. But it seemed like after 1975, the episodes started to highlight the offenses more and more, which meant that finding defensive highlights was rare. For instance, in 1976, Page had 18 sacks and goodness knows how many tackles for loss! But TWIPF only showed a total of THREE Page highlights in the 14 episodes from that year. So it was annoying to know that Page made all of these fantastic plays that were not shown, since NFL films decided that it was more worthwhile to show a ho-hum Fran Tarkenton pass instead. Anyways, that’s enough ranting for one day. As always, please let me know what player you would like to see next. It can be a NFL or collegiate player, or it could be a NBA player. - PockyCandy -

These were the good ole days of football.

Part of what made Alan so great was the fact that he was so smart. Watching some of these tapes, you can see that he never ever bites on the fake. Not once. Everyone else is running after the running back who doesn't have the ball except Alan, he never breaks his stride on his way to the QB for the sack.

This is awesome to watch as a younger Vikings fan who never got the chance to see him play. SKOL VIKES!

Alan Page #88 of the Minnesota Vikings Career Accomplishments Minnesota Vikings (1967-78) Chicago Bears (1978-1981) 9x Pro Bowl selection 9x All Pro selection 1971 MVP 1971 Defensive Player of the Year 1973 Defensive Player of the Year 23 fumble recoveries 28 blocked kicks 173 sacks Never missed a game Pro Football Hall of Fame selection

An amazing man I met him when I was in middle school he came and spoke in one off my classes he really didn't talk about football all he talked about was him being on the Minnesota supreme Court, a real nice guy, and his pinky finger was broken 9 times, it looked bad I'll never forget that lol

One of the greatest ever. First defensive player ever named MVP. And he truly was the most valuable player. Big & strong with fast feet.

Great video and Page is my all time favorite player on the Vikings. I knew he did a lot in his career but I had no idea he blocked 28 kicks- unbelievable stat!

Without greats like Alan Page, Deacon Jones, and Mean Joe Greene - there would be no Reggie White, Bruce Smith etc... these men didn't break the mold - they WERE the molds.

I see why he won MVP based on Forced Fumbles alone. Good God.

Alan was so fast across the line,very strong for his size,speed 💯

Great video, very well put together. The music fits it perfectly. Alan Page was 1 helluva player on 1 of the better teams of all time. Playing outside in Minnesota had to be brutal.

The great Alan....part of the purple human eaters. What a DL!

Nothing like highlight music of the 70s

The stat that really jumps out at me is 28 blocked kicks. That’s insane!

He'd Be A DE/OLB Edge Rusher In Today's Game

That was one of the best highlight videos I have ever seen. The picture quality and vibrant colors were amazing. Alan Page is one of my favorite players.

Best video that I've ever seen! Makes me tear up. SKOL!

How great was he, my favorite all time Minnesota Viking, did great things on the field and off. So disappointed when they let him go !! The endless pursuit to get runner or Q/B 💜 Thanks for the video, enjoyed it very much !

The offensive lineman takes out his own running back @4:09

This is awesome! Beautifully done!

This is when I first became a Vikings fan. And why I became a Vikings fan. Alan was the best player on that defense. But when you watch this film, notice that there are a lot of other great defenders also. For instance, Carl Eller was also amazing. Their defense was really something special to watch in those years.

Great film, a menace on the LOS, terror in the backfield. leader of the "Purple People Eaters" LEGENDARY player.

The greatest Viking!

Thanks bro.... love your work

Great work as always! It’s always a delight to see one of your videos in my sub box.

He changed how the position was played. So glad i grew up with the purple people eaters!

Amazing to see just how unblockable that defense was. Excellent video!

0:26 can we not ignore the fact that number 76 on the Vikings just suffered a major neck injury?

Page Eller and Marshall were a three man playoff team

I love you PockyCandy! Yoda Man! Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. You are appreciated!

All time great tuba player and human bean

I wish the NFL will review the old games and credit all the sacks and forced fumbles these lineman got. They deserve the recognition. They were grossly underpaid back then. At least give them the stats to match the toughness they played.

Football player by day, aspiring lawyer by night. While still playing, he earned his JD. He didn’t start practicing because his career as an NFL player didn’t end until after the 1981 season.

He wasn’t one on the best lineman of all time. He was one of the greatest that ever played the game.

real life waterboy

His range and athleticism reminds me of JJ Watt.

Bud traded him or released him (I forget) because Page got into jogging (which was the fad of the 70’s) and got his playing weight down to around 225 and Bud figured he couldn’t play NFL defensive tackle so light! Page got the message and got his weight back up and had 2 really good years with the Bears…including some good games against the Vikes because he was ticked off.

There has never been another defensive tackle like him.Don t even bring up this other individual from Texas who does not compare to him

Skooool

I have met him before

Too bad current Vikings can’t tackle like these lads could.

Pocketcandy nice comparison but alan page played on a defensive line that also included guys like carl eller, jim mashall and larsens. Carl eller was a hall of famer and in 2004 jim marshall made the hall of very good player which is the second tier of hall of fame. Arron donald is a one man wrecking crew.

28 blocked kicks!!!

Good work! Question; do what'd the supposed justification for Big Jim Marshall not being in the H O F? Anybody? Need some help on this please as I deem Jared Allen as a bit more than ok but c'mon man! Was it the 'Wrong Way Run' that doomed him into obscurity after 18+ seasons of Headslap after Headslap of fun n games? Lived and suffered as a Vikings fan since '68 right here......

He played with no pads on his hands and elbows.

way to start video. Sacking Staubach in the EZ!!!!!

I hate the Vikings but this is awesome

Me watching this after winning league mvp with my LOLB on madden 😂😂😂😂

Cowboys will always have a player wear 88, but the Vikings will only ever have one 88

I wonder how many sacks they actually had back then.

SKOL VIKINGS

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He was super thin to play generational tackle. I liken him more to a middle linebacker.... like brian urlacher.... both at 6-4.

U tube I can't get that for free I don't have cable TV and never will.with these telecomucation companies.

*Skol

What is it with everybody ruining the videos with shitty music

Great quality video!! But, only a wuss gets tackled by a quarterback.