Chris Doleman, the Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end whose 150½ career sacks in 15 seasons, mostly with the Minnesota Vikings, placed him No. 5 on the N.F.L. career list, died on Tuesday in Atlanta. He was 58.
The cause was brain cancer, for which he had undergone surgery last January, the Vikings said.
The Vikings selected Doleman as the fourth pick in the 1985 N.F.L. draft out of the University of Pittsburgh and put him at outside linebacker, a position that he liked. But the Vikings switched him to right defensive end late in his second year, when it went to a 4-3 defense.