In the end, we ent with Page. While it was his teammate, Carl Eller, who won the NEA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1971, it was Page who won the inaugural AP Defensive Player of the Year Award. That year he became the first defensive player to win the AP Most Valuable Player of the Year. Page also had nearly 150 Sacks, was a six-time First Team All-Pro, and the heart of the defense. A three-team leader in Approximate Value, the ferocious pass-rusher also went to nine straight Pro Bowls, and was considered to be the finest Defensive Lineman of his day.
Page would play his final three and a half seasons with the Chicago Bears and would enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988, the same year that Minnesota retired his number 88. in 1998, he was one of the first few players to enter the Vikings Ring of Honor. As good as he was on the field, Page was regarded as an even finer human being.
Page would play his final three and a half seasons with the Chicago Bears and would enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988, the same year that Minnesota retired his number 88. in 1998, he was one of the first few players to enter the Vikings Ring of Honor. As good as he was on the field, Page was regarded as an even finer human being.
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