Video: Tingelhoff Unsung Hero with Hard-Nosed Attitude
Video: Tingelhoff Senior Pro Football Hall of Fame Honoree
“Mick Tingelhoff wasn’t a Minnesota Viking. Mick Tingelhoff is the Minnesota Viking.”
– Fran Tarkenton, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback
Growing up in Alliance, Neb., the kids I played with loved the Minnesota Vikings and, in particular, Fran Tarkenton, the team’s scrambling quarterback. I pretended like I was Tarkenton in the backyard or a vacant lot, escaping, diagnosing and waiting for close friends to get open.