Alan Page | |||||||||||
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Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court | |||||||||||
In office January 4, 1993 – August 31, 2015 | |||||||||||
Preceded by | Lawrence R. Yetka | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Natalie Hudson | ||||||||||
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Born | Alan Cedric Page August 7, 1945 Canton, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||
Spouse |
Diane Sims Page
(m. 1973; died 2018) | ||||||||||
Children | 4 | ||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (BA) University of Minnesota (JD) | ||||||||||
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American football career |
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![]() Page in 1969 | |||||||||||
No. 88, 82 | |||||||||||
Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
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Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Central Catholic (Canton, Ohio) | ||||||||||
College: | Notre Dame (1964–1966) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | ||||||||||
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Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945) is an American retired Minnesota state Supreme Court judge and former professional football player.[1]
Playing college football at the University of Notre Dame, Page gained national recognition as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) during 15 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. Following his retirement, he then embarked on a legal career. Page earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. Page served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1993 until he reached the court's mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2015.
Page was the first defensive player in NFL history to win the MVP Award and only Lawrence Taylor has done it since. He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame (1993) and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988), and is considered one of the greatest defensive linemen ever to play the game.[2]
In 2018, President Donald Trump awarded Page the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[3]