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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. He joined the team in ...

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.

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.

Jim Marshall, whose ironman streak remains the standard for NFL defenders, has died. He was 87. The Vikings announced the longtime defensive end’s passing. Marshall had been hospitalized for a ...

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) - Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall, one of the four members of the famed Purple People Eaters front that formed the backbone of four Super Bowl teams, died Tuesday ...

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) ...

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) ...