1975 Topps #520 Alan Page

Season starts today Hooray!! Unfortunately I don’t have the time to write each day, however I felt Obert looked a bit lonely so I decide to add a Minnesota Viking(the other team playing tonight) to the mix.

When I think of the Vikings I think of the “Purple People Eaters”. Sure they played before I was born, but watching football for all these years and seeing all the highlights that I have seen I feel like I did watch them live. I also grew up watching the “Purple People Eaters 2” You know John Randle and Company, but we well talk about those greats from the 1980’s later.

Now for those of you who are too young and/or live under a rock, the Purple People Eaters were a nickname for the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings, whose motto was “Meet at the quarterback”. Gary Larsen, Jim Marshall, Carl Eller and Alan Page were the original members that terrorized QB’s in the late 1960’s early 1970’s. When I got back into this hobby I decide I want to collect cards of greats, funny looking cards and general interesting characters. One of the first ebay purchases were all four of these greats. I decide to buy the 1975 Topps Cards which was the only year Topps produced a Gary Larsen Card. My favourite card of the four is Alan Page. Not only was Alan Page the best and first Hall of famer of the group (only Carl Eller is in the HOF to date), but also has the best Afro of the bunch and frankly the Eller card might scare kids away from this blog.

So they you have it, I am the proud owner of all four 1975 Topps “Purple People Eaters” cards.

Facts about Alan Page

• Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945 in Canton, Ohio) the following day the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
• 9 time Pro Bowl Selection, 6 time All Pro
• First defensive player to win MVP award
• He is an Associate Justice with the Minnesota Supreme Court
• He is the only person in NFL history to have both worked on the construction of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and be inducted into the Hall of Fame


Why I like this card?

• The afro, moustache and side burns scream 1970’s
• The field in the background looks about 120 yards wide
• The overall design of the 1975 Topps cards, my favourite of the 1970’s

Beckett value is $0.60to $1.50.