On the way to a pheasant hunt in South Dakota one brisk November day about ten years ago, I made a stop in Minneapolis to visit with Bud Grant, an extraordinary football coach and passionate outdoorsman.
With assists from Fran Tarkenton and Bob Hagan, Viking public relations director, I was fortunate to spend most of a morning in a sprightly conversation that lasted through lunch, talking football with an accomplished athlete who became an accomplished coach.
The central objective of my trip to the Twin Cities was to video tape a conversation with Grant about Tarkenton, who played quarterback in the National Football League for a remarkable 18 years.