DAVE CAMPBELL Pro Football Writer, Author at The Rapid City Post

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 Bills 10-3 in an NFL football game in Bloomington, Minn., on Sunday, Dec. 9, 1979. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Vikings’ Purple People Eater Jim Marshall, the ‘all-time iron man,’ dies at 87

June 3, 2025

Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall has died after a long hospitalization for an undisclosed illness. He was 87. Marshall was one of the four members of the famed Purple People Eaters front that formed the backbone of four Super Bowl teams. The Vikings announced Marshall’s death Tuesday on behalf of his wife, Susan. He played 19 of his 20 seasons in the NFL with Minnesota. The two-time Pro Bowl pick set a league record for position players with 282 consecutive games played. That mark was held by Marshall until Brett Favre broke it with the Vikings in 2010.

FILE - Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah answers questions during an NFL football press conference Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Eagan, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

Vikings sign GM Adofo-Mensah to extension, keeping his contract in sync with O’Connell’s

May 30, 2025

The Minnesota Vikings have signed general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to a multi-year contract extension that keeps his status in sync with head coach Kevin O’Connell’s for the long term. O’Connell’s extension was done in January. Both Adofo-Mensah and O’Connell were hired in 2022 on four-year deals. The length of their new contracts was not released. The Vikings are 34-17 in the regular season since they arrived. The 43-year-old Adofo-Mensah started his first career on Wall Street as a commodities trader and portfolio manager. He entered the NFL in 2013 with the San Francisco 49ers as a research and development specialist.

DAVE CAMPBELL Pro Football Writer.

Vikings’ Purple People Eater Jim Marshall, the ‘all-time iron man,’ dies at 87

Vikings sign GM Adofo-Mensah to extension, keeping his contract in sync with O’Connell’s

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