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Alan Page

Personal data
Date of birthAugust 7, 1945(age 65)
Place of birthCanton, Ohio
SpouseDiane Sims Page
ChildrenNina, Georgi, Justin and Kamie.
Alma materNotre Dame
University of Minnesota
ProfessionProfessional Football Player
Attorney
Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Assumed officeJanuary 1993
Preceded byLawrence R. Yetka

Alan Page

Personal information
Date of birthAugust 7, 1945(age 65)
Place of birthCanton, Ohio
Height6 ft 4 inch (1.9 m)
Weight245 lb (111.1 kg)
Career information
CollegeNotre Dame
NFL Draft1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15
Debut1967 for the Minnesota Vikings
Last played1981 for the Chicago Bears
Career history
As player:
* Minnesota Vikings (1967-1978) * Chicago Bears (1978-1981)
* 9× Pro Bowl selection (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) * 6× First-team All-Pro selection (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975) * 3× Second-team All-Pro selection (1968, 1972, 1976) * 11× First-team All-Conference selection (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980) * NFL 1970s All-Decade Team * 1970 NFC Defensive Player of the Year * 1971 NFL MVP * 1971 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year * 1971 UPI NFC Player of the Year * 1971 NFC Defensive Player of the Year * 1973 NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year * Minnesota Vikings #88 Retired

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Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945) is a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School in 1963, received his B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1967, and received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. Page is particularly notable for the fact that he is both a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and an Associate Justice with the Minnesota Supreme Court. Page is married to Diane Sims Page and is the father of four children, Nina, Georgi, Justin and Kamie.

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Vikings to celebrate 50 great seasons Monday - KARE Tweet this news
KARE---Alan Page-, Bud Grant, Fran Tarkenton, Chris Carter - and many more - all plan to be on hand. The celebration is one of the reasons the Vikings tried so ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:45:15 GMT+00:00
Detective says fatal shooting a 'robbery gone wrong' - Canton Repository Tweet this news
Canton Repository--2 in the hallway of an apartment building at 720 -Alan Page- Dr. SE. Cortes Everett, 24, of 3104 Harrison Ave. NW, is accused of killing Robb and faces counts ... - Date : Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:10:09 GMT+00:00
Paper View: football news, transfers, gossip - December 10 - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--By Telegraph staff 8:27AM GMT 12 Dec 2010 - Read more news, rumours and gossip on the Football Transfers -page-. -Alan- Pardew last night pleaded with ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:30:01 GMT+00:00
Live Blog of MN Supreme Court hearing - Minnesota Public Radio Tweet this news
Minnesota Public Radio--Five justices are scheduled to hear the motion; Chief Justice Lorie Gildea and Justices -Alan Page-, Chris Dietzen, Helen Meyer and G. Barry Anderson. ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:31:02 GMT+00:00
One path to counting your blessings - Canton Repository Tweet this news
Canton Repository--If you need a little inspiration this year, we offer two words: -Alan Page-. You know him as a native son of Canton; a football star at Central Catholic High ... - Date : Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:04:22 GMT+00:00
Where's the pass rush? - Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) Tweet this news
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)--(Wonder if -Alan Page- ever had to worry about that?). I asked Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier if Allen's quiet start meant it was a bad start. ... - Date : Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:21:01 GMT+00:00
Behind the scenes craziness - KARE (blog) Tweet this news
KARE (blog)--As I did, I saw -Alan Page- sitting in a chair by the studio door. I introduced myself and thanked him for coming. While I did, I thought to myself, ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:42:39 GMT+00:00
Judge candidates hoping to change judicial election system - DL-Online Tweet this news
DL-Online--Wersal is running against Helen Meyer, who has been a judge on the Supreme Court since being appointed in 2002, and Tingelstad is running against -Alan Page-, ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:20:12 GMT+00:00
Author appearances - Chicago Daily Herald Tweet this news
Chicago Daily Herald--• Meet Bill McGrane, author of "All Rise: The Remarkable Journey of -Alan Page-," at the book's official launch party at ... - Date : Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:30:49 GMT+00:00
Rochester students will watch Minnesota Supreme Court in action - Post-Bulletin Tweet this news
Post-Bulletin--Justices -Alan Page- and Helen Meyer will speak to senior government students at John Marshall in the afternoon. And Dietzen will speak to senior political ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:22:07 GMT+00:00

Legal offices
Preceded by
Lawrence R. Yetka
Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
1993-
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
John Brodie
AP NFL Most Valuable Player
1971 season
Succeeded by
Larry Brown
Preceded by
Donna de Varona
Theodore Roosevelt Award (NCAA)
2004
Succeeded by
Sally Ride


Current statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of Minnesota

U.S. SenatorsAmy Klobuchar * Al Franken
State governmentTim Pawlenty, Governor * Carol Molnau, Lieutenant Governor * Mark Ritchie, Secretary of State * Lori Swanson, Attorney General * Rebecca Otto, State Auditor
SenateLarry Pogemiller, Majority Leader * James Metzen, President * David Senjem, Minority Leader
HouseMargaret Anderson Kelliher, Speaker * Tony Sertich, Majority Leader * Kurt Zellers, Minority Leader
Supreme CourtLorie Skjerven Gildea, Chief Justice * Alan Page * Paul H. Anderson * Helen M. Meyer * G. Barry Anderson * Christopher Dietzen * David R. Stras
Appeals CourtEdward Toussaint, Jr., Chief Judge * Harriet Lansing * Thomas J. Kalitowski * Roger M. Klaphake * Randolph W. Peterson * Gordon W. Shumaker * Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks * Terri J. Stoneburner * David Minge * Natalie E. Hudson * Wilhelmina M. Wright * Renee L. Worke * Kevin G. Ross * Heidi S. Schellhas * Francis J. Connolly * Matthew E. Johnson * Michelle Ann Larkin * Larry Stauber * Louise Dovre Bjorkman

Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks

Mason * Dunaway * Eller * Snow * Shay * Jones * G. Washington * Page * Yary * Ward * Hayden * Siemon * Foreman * McNeill * Riley * Mullaney * White * Kramer * Holloway * Brown * Martin * Nelson * Browner * Millard * Doleman * Robinson * Dozier * McDaniel * Smith * D. Washington * Steussie * Alexander * Stringer * Clemons * Rudd * Moss * Culpepper * Underwood * Hovan * Bennett * McKinnie * Williams * Udeze * Williamson * James * Greenway * Peterson * Harvin

NFL MVP Award from the Associated Press

1957: J. Brown * 1958: J. Brown * 1959: Unitas * 1960: Not Awarded * 1961: Hornung * 1962: J. Taylor * 1963: Tittle * 1964: Unitas * 1965: J. Brown * 1966: Starr * 1967: Unitas * 1968: Morrall * 1969: Gabriel * 1970: Brodie * 1971: Page * 1972: L. Brown * 1973: Simpson * 1974: Stabler * 1975: Tarkenton 1976: Jones * 1977: Payton * 1978: Bradshaw * 1979: Campbell * 1980: Sipe * 1981: Anderson * 1982: Moseley * 1983: Theismann * 1984: Marino * 1985: Allen * 1986: L. Taylor * 1987: Elway * 1988: Esiason * 1989: Montana * 1990: Montana * 1991: Thomas * 1992: Young * 1993: Smith * 1994: Young * 1995: Favre * 1996: Favre * 1997: Favre & Sanders * 1998: Davis * 1999: Warner * 2000: Faulk * 2001: Warner * 2002: Gannon * 2003: Manning & McNair * 2004: Manning * 2005: Alexander * 2006: Tomlinson * 2007: Brady * 2008: Manning * 2009: Manning

NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award from the Associated Press

1971: Page * 1972: Greene * 1973: Anderson * 1974: Greene (x2) * 1975: Blount * 1976: Lambert * 1977: Martin * 1978: Gradishar * 1979: Selmon * 1980: Hayes * 1981: Taylor * 1982: Taylor (x2) * 1983: Betters * 1984: Easley * 1985: Singletary * 1986: Taylor (x3) * 1987: White * 1988: Singletary (x2) * 1989: Millard * 1990: Smith * 1991: Swilling * 1992: Kennedy * 1993: Woodson * 1994: D. Sanders * 1995: Paup * 1996: Smith (x2) * 1997: Stubblefield * 1998: White (x2) * 1999: Sapp * 2000: Lewis * 2001: Strahan * 2002: Brooks * 2003: Lewis (x2) * 2004: Reed * 2005: Urlacher * 2006: Taylor * 2007: B. Sanders * 2008: Harrison * 2009: Woodson

National Football League * NFL's 1970s All-Decade Team

Terry Bradshaw * Ken Stabler * Roger Staubach * Earl Campbell * Franco Harris * Walter Payton * O. J. Simpson * Harold Carmichael * Drew Pearson * Lynn Swann * Paul Warfield * Dave Casper * Charlie Sanders * Dan Dierdorf * Art Shell * Rayfield Wright * Ron Yary * Joe DeLamielleure * John Hannah * Larry Little * Gene Upshaw * Jim Langer * Mike Webster * Carl Eller * L. C. Greenwood * Harvey Martin * Jack Youngblood * Joe Greene * Bob Lilly * Merlin Olsen * Alan Page * Bobby Bell * Robert Brazile * Dick Butkus * Jack Ham * Ted Hendricks * Jack Lambert * Willie Brown * Jimmy Johnson * Roger Wehrli * Louis Wright * Dick Anderson * Cliff Harris * Ken Houston * Larry Wilson * Garo Yepremian * Jim Bakken * Ray Guy

Minnesota Vikings retired numbers

#10 Fran Tarkenton * #53 Mick Tingelhoff * #70 Jim Marshall * #77 Korey Stringer * #80 Cris Carter * #88 Alan Page

1992 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award winners

R. Malcolm Graham * Robert A. Griese * Floyd D. Little * James R. Lynch * Alan C. Page * Ricardo M. Urbina

Walter Camp Alumni of the Year

1986 - Joe Greene,1987 - Mike Reid,1988 - Alan Page,1989 - Dr. Tommy Casanova,1990 - Tom Jackson1991 - Steve Owens,1992 - Kellen Winslow,1993 - Archie Griffin,1994 - Ed Marinaro,1995 - Jim Covert,1996 - Lee Roy Selmon,1997 - Jim Plunkett,1998 - Tony Dorsett,1999 - Bo Jackson,2000 - Don McPherson,2001 - Herschel Walker,2002 - Dave Casper,2003 - Mark May,2004 - George Rogers,2005 - Cornelius Bennett,2006 - Mike Rozier,2007 - Ray Guy,2008 - Tim Brown,2009 - David Fulcher,

NFL Alumni Career Achievement Award

1981 Rocky Bleier & Roger Staubach 1982 Merlin Olsen & O.J. Simpson 1983 George Blanda & Earl Morrall 1985 Frank Gifford & Jack Kemp 1986 Dan Fortmann * Ray Nitschke 1987 Willie Davis & Don Hutson 1988 Art Donovan 1989 Bart Starr 1990 Nick Buoniconti 1992 Ken Farragut * 1993 Gino Marchetti 1994 Byron White 1995 Alan Page 1996 Mike Reid 1997Jerry Richardson 1998 Dr. Robert Khayat 1999 Dr.Ed Sutton 2000 Paul Salata 2001 Terry Bradshaw 2002 Steve Largent 2003 Fred Dryer * 2004 Bob Griese 2005 Drew Pearson 2007 Mike Haynes

National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award

1966 - William Carpenter 1969 - Archibald MacLeish 1970 - Vince Lombardi 1971 - Dr. Frank Boyden 1972 - Dr. Jerome H. Holland 1973 - (no award) 1974 - Bob Hope 1975 - Rev. Theodore Hesburgh 1976 - James A. Van Fleet 1977 - Rev. Edmund P. Joyce 1978 - (no award) 1979 - John W. Galbreath 1980 - Fred Russell 1981 - Sonny Werblin 1982 - Silver Anniversary (all honored) Jim Brown, Willie Davis, Jack Kemp, Ron Kramer, Jim Swink
1983 - Leon Hess & Jimmy Stewart 1984 - David Nelson 1985 - Bill Flynn 1986 - John L. Toner 1987 - Ike Sewell 1988 - Joe Rodgers 1989 - Edward �Moose � Krause 1990 - Pete Rozelle 1991 - Joe Paterno 1992 - Wellington Mara 1993 - Dick Kazmaier 1994 - Charles F. Bolden, Jr. 1995 - Tom Osborne 1996 - J. Donald Monan, S.J 1997 - (no award) 1998 - Roy Kramer 1999 - (no award) 2000 - Arthur J. Decio 2001 - Dr. James Frank 2002 - George B. Young 2003 - Dr. Robert C. Khayat 2004 - Robert F. Casciola 2005 - Alan Page 2006 - Pat Tillman 2007 - Rocky Bleier 2008 - T. Boone Pickens 2009 - Billy Payne

NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award

1967: Dwight D. Eisenhower - 1968: Leverett Saltonstall - 1969: Byron "Whizzer" White - 1970: Frederick L. Hovde - 1971: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. - 1972: Jerome H. Holland - 1973: Omar Bradley - 1974: Jesse Owens - 1975: Gerald Ford - 1976: Thomas J. Hamilton - 1977: Tom Bradley - 1978: Gerald B. Zornow - 1979: Otis Chandler - 1980: Denton Cooley - 1981: Art Linkletter 1982: Bill Cosby - 1983: Arnold Palmer - 1984: William P. Lawrence - 1985: Robben Fleming - 1986: George H. W. Bush - 1987: Walter J. Zable - 1988: not presented 1989: Paul Ebert - 1990: Ronald Reagan - 1991: Althea Gibson - 1992: Jack Kemp - 1993: Lamar Alexander - 1994: Rafer Johnson - 1995: Bob Mathias -1996: John Wooden - 1997: William Porter Payne -1998: Bob Dole -1999: Bill Richardson - 2000: Roger Staubach - 2001: William Cohen - 2002: Eunice Kennedy Shriver - 2003: Donna de Varona - 2004: Alan Page - 2005: Sally Ride - 2006: Robert Kraft - 2007: Paul Tagliabue - 2008: John Glenn- 2009: Madeleine Albright- 2010: George J. Mitchell



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