EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Carl Eller made his way through offensive linemen to ragdoll quarterbacks during his Hall of Fame career.
Eller recorded a franchise-record 130 sacks with the Vikings from 1964-78, never waiting on permission to burst through the offense’s wall.
An open invitation through the front door of a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, residence, however, stopped Eller cold in his tracks.
Eller returned to his hometown last year to visit an aunt and stopped by a house where his grandmother worked as a maid during his youth.