Fran Tarkenton
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Fran Tarkenton

Tarkenton in January 2010 after a speech by General David Petraeus in Atlanta, Georgia
Tarkenton in January 2010
Personal information
Date of birthFebruary 3, 1940(age 71)
Place of birthRichmond, Virginia
High SchoolAthens High School
Height6 ft 0 inch (1.8 m)
Weight190 lb (86.2 kg)
Career information
CollegeGeorgia
NFL Draft1961 / Round: 3 / Pick: 29
Debut1961 for the Minnesota Vikings
Last played1978 for the Minnesota Vikings
Career history
As player:
* Minnesota Vikings (1961-1966) * New York Giants (1967-1971) * Minnesota Vikings (1972-1978)
As player:
* Minnesota Vikings (1961-1966) * New York Giants (1967-1971) * Minnesota Vikings (1972-1978)
Career highlights and awards
* 9× Pro Bowl selection (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976) * 2× First-team All-Pro selection (1973, 1975) * 1× Second-team All-Pro selection (1970) * 1975 NFL MVP * 1975 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1975 UPI NFC Player of the Year * 1975 Bert Bell Award * 1964 Pro Bowl MVP * Minnesota Vikings #10 Retired Records * Vikings Career Passing Yards Leader with 33,098 * Vikings Career Passing Touchdowns Leader with 239
NFL stat - Week, 1978
Pass attempts6467
Pass completions3686
Percentage57.0
TD-INT342-266
Passing yards47003
QB Rating80.4

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Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former professional football player, TV personality, and computer software executive.

He is best known for his years with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, as well as a commentator on Monday Night Football and a co-host of That's Incredible!. At the time of his retirement he owned every major quarterback record.

Tarkenton also founded Tarkenton Software, a computer-program generator company, and he toured the U.S. promoting CASE (computer-aided software engineering) with Albert F. Case, Jr. of Nastec Corporation. Tarkenton Software later merged with KnowledgeWare (with Tarkenton as president), until selling the company to Sterling Software in 1994.

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WEEDS "Fran Tarkenton" Advance Review - Daemon's TV Tweet this news
Daemon's TV--WEEDS “-Fran Tarkenton-” Season 6 Episode 12 - Storylines come to a head in the “-Fran Tarkenton-” episode of WEEDS, as Andy continues trying to get passports, ... - Date : Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:48:57 GMT+00:00
Hall of Fame Quarterback Fran Tarkenton: Deficit Hawk - The AtlanticWire (blog) Tweet this news
The AtlanticWire (blog)--NFL Hall of Fame quarterback -Fran Tarkenton- won 124 games during his 18 seasons with the Vikings and Giants. ... - Date : Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:27:48 GMT+00:00
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Yucaipa/Calimesa News Mirror--Pre-Paid Legal Services have recently teamed up with GoSmallBiz.com and its CEO -Fran Tarkenton-. GoSmallBiz is an online “toolbox” designed to enable small ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:15:07 GMT+00:00
How to Make Your Job Search Fun - Minneapolis Star Tribune Tweet this news
Minneapolis Star Tribune--This is the advice of former Minnesota Viking -Fran Tarkenton-, who suggests you try to find the fun in ... - Date : Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:43:55 GMT+00:00
Scrambling for Political Yardage - Portfolio.com (blog) Tweet this news
Portfolio.com (blog)---Fran Tarkenton-, the former NFL quarterback known for his ability to evade rushers by scrambling, would have been right at home today in Washington. ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:48:56 GMT+00:00
The NFL All-Time Team - Bleacher Report Tweet this news
Bleacher Report--Unitas retired with NFL career records in passing attempts, completions, yards, and touchdowns, all of which were passed by -Fran Tarkenton- within five years ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:29:17 GMT+00:00
New Orleans Saints comment of the day: Drew Brees' numbers speak for themselves - NOLA.com Tweet this news
NOLA.com--Keep in mind that Brees has 1 more ring than Dan Marino, Warren Moon, Dan Fouts, -Fran Tarkenton-, and Jim Kelly - all members of the HOF. ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:37:53 GMT+00:00
The Big Orange Guy's Top 5 - Remembering Bob Sheppard - Inside Pulse (blog) Tweet this news
Inside Pulse (blog)---...- Rosey Brown, Vince Lombardi, Tim Mara (team owner), Sam Huff, Don Maynard, -Fran Tarkenton-, Larry Csonka, Harry Carson and Lawrence Taylor. ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:03:03 GMT+00:00
Randle among Favre supporters - Packer Report (subscription) Tweet this news
Packer Report (subscription)--The addition of Brett Favre last year turned off former quarterback -Fran Tarkenton-. The Vikings' first Hall of Fame player went on a radio rampage last ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:04:49 GMT+00:00
Cavs move forward - News-Herald.com Tweet this news
News-Herald.com--Ladanian Tomlinson, Dan Marino, -Fran Tarkenton-, etc. Athletes get to a point where they have to reach the summit. The Cavs have done a lousy job in filling ... - Date : Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:59:36 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Ken Stabler
AP NFL Most Valuable Player
1975 season
Succeeded by
Bert Jones
Preceded by
first quarterback
Minnesota Vikings Starting Quarterback
1961-66
Succeeded by
Joe Kapp
Preceded by
Gary Wood
New York Giants Starting Quarterback
1967-71
Succeeded by
Norm Snead
Preceded by
Gary Cuozzo
Norm Snead
Minnesota Vikings Starting Quarterback
1972-78
Succeeded by
Tommy Kramer

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 Offensive Player of the Year Award from the Associated Press

1972: Brown * 1973: Simpson * 1974: Stabler * 1975: Tarkenton * 1976: Jones * 1977: Payton * 1978: Campbell * 1979: Campbell * 1980: Campbell * 1981: Anderson * 1982: Fouts * 1983: Theismann * 1984: Marino * 1985: Allen * 1986: Dickerson * 1987: Rice * 1988: Craig * 1989: Montana * 1990: Moon * 1991: Thomas * 1992: Young * 1993: Rice * 1994: Sanders * 1995: Favre * 1996: Davis * 1997: Sanders * 1998: Davis * 1999: Faulk * 2000: Faulk * 2001: Faulk * 2002: Holmes * 2003: Lewis * 2004: Manning * 2005: Alexander * 2006: Tomlinson * 2007: Brady * 2008: Brees * 2009: Johnson

Bert Bell Award

1959: Unitas * 1960: Van Brocklin * 1961: Hornung * 1962: Robustelli * 1963: J. Brown * 1964: Unitas * 1965: Retzlaff * 1966: Meredith * 1967: Unitas * 1968: Kelly * 1969: Gabriel * 1970: Blanda * 1971: Staubach * 1972: L. Brown * 1973: Simpson * 1974: Olsen * 1975: Tarkenton * 1976: Stabler * 1977: Griese * 1978: Bradshaw * 1979: Campbell * 1980: Jaworski * 1981: Anderson * 1982: Theismann * 1983: Riggins * 1984: Marino * 1985: Payton * 1986: Taylor * 1987: Rice * 1988: Cunningham * 1989: Montana * 1990: Cunningham * 1991: Sanders * 1992: Young * 1993: Smith * 1994: Young * 1995: Favre * 1996: Favre * 1997: Sanders * 1998: Cunningham * 1999: Warner * 2000: Gannon * 2001: Faulk * 2002: Gannon * 2003: Manning * 2004: Manning * 2005: Alexander * 2006: Tomlinson * 2007: Brady * 2008: Peterson

Minnesota Vikings starting quarterbacks

Shaw * Tarkenton * Vander Kelen * Berry * Kapp * Cuozzo * Lee * Snead * Kramer * Dils * Wilson * Manning * Adams * Gannon * Salisbury * McMahon * Moon * Johnson * Cunningham * George * Culpepper * Bouman * Wynn * Holcomb * Bollinger * Frerotte * Jackson * Favre

Minnesota Vikings retired numbers

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

Quarterbacks in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Pre-Modern EraBaugh * Clark * Conzelman * Driscoll * Friedman * Herber * Luckman * Parker
Modern EraAikman * Blanda * Bradshaw * Dawson * Elway * Fouts * Graham * Griese * Jurgensen * Kelly * Layne * Marino * Montana * Moon * Namath * Starr * Staubach * Tarkenton * Tittle * Unitas * Van Brocklin * Waterfield * Young

Minnesota Vikings 1961 Inaugural Season Roster

Grady Alderman * Bill Bishop * Jamie Caleb * Ed Culpepper * Bob Denton * Dean Derby * Paul Dickson * Billy Gault * Dick Grecni * Dick Haley * Rip Hawkins * Ray Hayes * Jerry Huth * Gene Johnson * Don Joyce * Bill Lapham * Jim Leo * Jim Marshall * Tommy Mason * Doug Mayberry * Hugh McElhenny * Mike Mercer * Dave Middleton * Jack Morris * Rich Mostardi * Fred Murphy * Clancy Osborne * Dick Pesonen * Ken Petersen * Jim Prestel * Mike Rabold * Jerry Reichow * Justin Rowland * Karl Rubke * Bob Schnelker * Ed Sharockman * George Shaw * Will Sherman * Lebron Shields * Gordon Smith * Fran Tarkenton * Mel Triplett * A. D. Williams * Frank Youso



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