Old Skool Vikings
Amid the Vikings‘ quarterback controversy of who should start, Daunte Culpepper or Brad Johnson, I thought we might take a breath and a step back to look at a bit Viking history in the form of Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton.
Tarkenton was an amazing quarterback. Nicknamed "The Scrambler," he was the forerunner of current mobile quarterbacks such as Daunte, Donovan McNabb, and Michael Vick. As the following NFL Films segments show, he had an amazing ability to elude the pass rush and buy time for his receivers to get open.
Fran Tarkenton Video
Fran Tarkenton On The Web
- FranTarkenton.com – His official website
- Fran Tarkenton’s Hall of Fame page
- Fran Tarkenton Wikipedia entry
- Fran Tarkenton profile from Viking Update
- The Sporting News: Football’s 100 Greatest Players
- Fran Tarkenton page at Univeristy of Georgia
- Fran Tarkenton page at Georgia Encyclopedia
- Fran Tarkenton’s statistics
- Fran Tarkenton’s statistics at CBS Sportsline
- Fran Tarkenton biography & college statistics with Georgia Bulldogs
- Fran Tarkenton on Daunte Culpepper’s respect for the game
- Quotes by Fran Tarkenton
- Fran Tarkenton photos from Google
- NY Giants Ad
- Fran Tarkenton football cards
- Fran Tarkenton’s page at Internet Movie Database
- Transcript of Fran Tarkenton’s Saturday Night Live appearance