Alan Page

Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945) is an American retired Minnesota state Supreme Court judge and former professional football player.

Alan Page
Page in 2020
Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
In office
January 4, 1993  August 31, 2015
Preceded byLawrence R. Yetka
Succeeded byNatalie Hudson
Personal details
Born (1945-08-07) August 7, 1945
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Spouse
Diane Sims Page
(m. 1973; died 2018)
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame (BA)
University of Minnesota (JD)
Profession
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (2018)

American football career
Page in 1969
No. 88, 82
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school:Central Catholic
(Canton, Ohio)
College:Notre Dame (1964–1966)
NFL draft:1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • NFL champion (1969)
  • NFL Most Valuable Player (1971)
  • 2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1971, 1973)
  • 5× First-team All-Pro (1970, 1971, 19731975)
  • 3× Second-team All-Pro (1969, 1972, 1976)
  • 9× Pro Bowl (19681976)
  • NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
  • NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
  • 50 Greatest Vikings
  • Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team
  • Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team
  • Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor
  • Minnesota Vikings No. 88 retired
  • National champion (1964, 1966)
  • Consensus All-American (1966)
NFL record
  • Most safeties in a season: 2 (tied)
Career NFL statistics
Safeties:3
Interceptions:2
Interception yards:42
Fumble recoveries:23
Touchdowns:3
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

He gained national recognition as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) during 15 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, and then embarked on a legal career. Page earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. Page served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1993 until he reached the court's mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2015.

Page was the first defensive player in NFL history to win the MVP Award and only Lawrence Taylor has done it since. He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame (1993) and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988), and is considered one of the greatest defensive linemen ever to play the game.

In 2018, President Donald Trump awarded Page the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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