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 ...

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

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

Jim Marshall, the indefatigable defensive end who started 270 consecutive games for the Vikings and was captain of Bud Grant’s four Super Bowl teams, died Tuesday. He was 87.

Legendary Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Jim Marshall, who holds the NFL record for most seasons played by a defender, died Tuesday at the age of 87, Minnesota announced.

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) ...

Former Vikings defensive lineman Jim Marshall, a member of the famed Purple People Eaters who played in 282 consecutive games during his 20-year career that ended in 1979, has died after a lengthy ...

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) ...