We’ve lost another piece of Minnesota Vikings history, as one of the team’s all-time greats has passed away.
Linebacker Roy Winston, who played on all four of the Vikings’ Super Bowl teams in the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on 5 March in Birmingham, Alabama. He was 81 years old.
Winston was drafted by the Vikings in the fourth round of the 1962 NFL Draft out of Louisiana State. He was also selected by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round of the AFL Draft that same season, but chose to come to Minnesota.