Alan C. Page | |||||||
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Page in 2009
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Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court | |||||||
In office January 1993 – August 2015 |
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Appointed by | General Election | ||||||
Preceded by | Lawrence R. Yetka | ||||||
Succeeded by | Natalie Hudson | ||||||
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Born |
Canton, Ohio |
August 7, 1945 ||||||
Spouse(s) | Diane Sims Page | ||||||
Children | Nina, Georgi, Justin and Kamie. | ||||||
Alma mater |
Notre Dame University of Minnesota Law School |
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Profession |
Professional football player Attorney Judge |
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Football career |
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No. 88 | |||||||
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 High School] | ||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | ||||||
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Interceptions: | 2 |
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Safeties: | 3 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945) is a jurist and former professional American Football player. Page first gained fame as a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970s, and embarked on a legal career after retiring from football. He 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 is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and is considered one of the greatest defensive linemen ever to play the game.
Page graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1963. He received 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. He is married to Diane Sims Page and is the father of four children.
Page graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School, in Canton, Ohio, in 1963. He starred in several sports and excelled in football. Page also worked on a construction team that erected the Pro Football Hall of Fame, laying the groundwork for the building in which he would one day be enshrined.
After high school, Page attended the University of Notre Dame, where he led the school’s football program to a national championship in 1966. That same year, Page was named a college football All-American.
Page was presented with one of the 1992 Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) for achieving personal distinction since his graduation. In 1993 he was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame. In 2005 he was awarded the National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award.