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Vikings great Tingelhoff is well-suited for Hall of Fame induction

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Mick Tingelhoff slips on his gold jacket during the Gold Jacket Ceremony in Canton, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

CANTON, Ohio – Gold never looked so good on a man who spent 17 years wearing nothing but purple.

“I’m going to cry,” Jazzmyn Tingelhoff said Thursday night as her grandfather, former Vikings center Mick Tingelhoff, prepared to make the walk that would lead to the Pro Football Hall of Fame gold jacket that had eluded him since his final snap to Fran Tarkenton 37 years ago.