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

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

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

The Vikings will honor Columbus native Jim Marshall with a season-long helmet decal and a special tribute at training camp on ...

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.

Grant said if one player epitomized the Vikings’ history, especially the Purple People Eaters era, it’s Marshall. “For me, it’s Jim Marshall,” Grant told the Star Tribune in 2017.

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) ...