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	About Carl Eller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Carl Eller is the founder and Executive Director of Triumph Services, a chain of chemical dependency rehabilitation facilities located in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.Eller, a certified chemical dependency counselor reciprocal (CCDCR), was the National Football League consultant on alcohol and drug abuse matters.
		Eller is the Vikings record holder with 134 career sacks and also has 23 opponent fumble recoveries and 9 blocked kicks.
		Eller is the Executive Director of the United States Athlete's Association (USAA), a national network of students organized to promote positive chemical-free lifestyles.
	www.albany.edu /feature98/alcohol_awareness/about_carl_eller.html (328 words)

	CNN/SI - NFL Football - Ex-Viking Eller accused of sexual assault - Thursday April 22, 1999 11:20 PM
		Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller was arrested after a woman reported that she had been sexually assaulted, police said Thursday.
		Eller was being held in the Nicollet County Jail.
		Eller, 57, was a star defensive end with the Vikings' "Purple People Eaters," the front four that helped Minnesota to four NFC championships and Super Bowl appearances in the late 1960s and 1970s.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/nfl/news/1999/04/22/vikings_eller (308 words)

	CNN/SI - Football - Eller says sex was consensual - Tuesday April 27, 1999 01:04 PM
		Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller said he had consensual sex with the woman who later told North Mankato police he had assaulted her.
		Eller is on paid administrative leave from his job with the state Department of Human Services pending the outcome of the investigation, said deputy commissioner Tom Moss.
		Eller made six Pro Bowl appearances and was among 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, though he did not get in.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/1999/04/27/eller_charges (329 words)

	Hall of Famer Carl Eller arrested for DUI - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Eller refused blood alcohol tests there and was held in the Hennepin County jail until he was bailed out in the afternoon.
		Eller was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the summer of 2004.
		Eller was an admitted former substance abuser who became a drug counselor in Minneapolis.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_428040.html (295 words)

	USATODAY.com - Former Viking Carl Eller charged with drunken driving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The trooper pulled Eller over and noticed that his eyes were bloodshot and that he smelled of alcohol, the complaint said.
		Eller, 64, of Minneapolis, swayed back and forth as the trooper administered some field sobriety tests, then declined further tests, claiming he was unable to perform them because he had had his knees replaced, the complaint said.
		Eller was member of the Vikings' famed "Purple People Eaters" defense in his 15 years as a defensive end with Minnesota.
	usatoday.com /sports/football/nfl/2006-02-28-eller-charged_x.htm?csp=34 (358 words)

	ESPN Classic - Eller finally headed to Hall of Fame
		Eller _ who will be introduced on Sunday by his son, Regis -- certainly had the respect of his opponents.
		A North Carolina native, Eller experienced an NFC Central title in 10 of his last 11 seasons with the Vikings.
		Eller was sad that Marshall didn't get in, and he can relate -- having missed out so many times before.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/2004/0804/1851903.html (708 words)

	NFL.com - NFL News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Eller, who played 16 seasons in the NFL, was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame two decades after he became eligible.
		Eller grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C., in a "decent, honest, hard-working family." Eller's father died when Carl was young, and Carl was without a lot of direction in his own life.
		Eller's behavior deteriorated after his father's death, until his high school football coaches encouraged him to use his anger on the football field.
	www.nfl.com /news/story/7560177 (814 words)

	Penraker: More on Carl Eller's Speech at the Hall of Fame
		Carl Eller gave a well received speech at his hall of fame induction on Sunday.
		Eller had this to say to a reporter from nflplayers.com last June about the fact that his teammate Jim Marshall was not yet in the hall of fame:
		Eller indicated that one of his teammates will be his choice to read his induction speech at the ceremony this summer.
	www.penraker.com /archives/000280.html (795 words)

	NFL Hall-of-Famer Carl Eller Comes to Coppin
		Eller, who was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, was intrigued by Coppin State University President Dr. Stanley F. Battle’s commitment to local youth, and was invited to the campus by Arthur Childs, Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
		He is the Executive Director of the Carl Eller Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation that aids African American Youth ages 12 to 18 to aspire to post secondary education and to avoid gangs, drugs, and violence.
		Eller is the Vikings’ record holder with 134 career sacks and recorded 23 opponent fumble recoveries and nine blocked kicks.
	www.coppin.edu /newsdesk/article.asp?storyID=20050225125559&authorID=ubattle (474 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Carl Eller
		A first-round selection of the Minnesota Vikings in the 1964 NFL draft, Eller was moved to defensive end as a pro.
		Sometimes used as an extra blocker in short-yardage situations, Eller was named an All-Pro four straight years, from 1970 through 1973.
		Eller did some acting after retirement and then established a counseling program as part of the NFL's drug rehabilitation effort.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/ellercarl.shtml (177 words)

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		NFL Hall of Famer Carl Eller was arrested in Golden Valley for driving under the influence early Sunday morning, according to the State Patrol.
		Field sobriety tests indicated that Eller was driving while impaired, so he was taken to Minneapolis police's chemical testing facility, Walerius said.
		Walerius said Eller was charged with 4th-degree DWI, a misdemeanor, which in Minnesota automatically enhances to 3rd-degree DWI, a gross misdemeanor, if the person refuses to take the blood alcohol tests.
	www.kare11.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=119570 (345 words)

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		Eller came from Winston-Salem, N.C., to Minnesota to play for the Gophers in the fall of 1960 and stayed for a lifetime.
		In 1964, Eller was the first-round pick of the Vikings, playing for 15 seasons.
		Eller was a Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist for the eighth time last January but again failed to get the necessary votes.
	www.startribune.com /news/sports/sp2k/29.html (69 words)

	Carl Eller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1997 to 2001 Eller was in business with Craig M. Rosenblum to create Carl Eller's Viking News, one of the many frontiers of online sports journalism by and for fans, in Minnesota.
		He was selected to join the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
		Carl Eller at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Eller (274 words)

	Viking Update: Purple People Eaters
		In those heady days of yore it was often left DE Carl Eller leading the charge.
		Eller became the defensive leader of the Vikings.
		That year, Eller won the Most Valuable Defensive Player award and Alan Page was voted the Most Valuable Player in the League, making him the first defensive player to have ever earned the honor.
	www.vikingupdate.com /history/historyprofiles/people-eaters.html (1787 words)

	Former Gopher Eller will enter the hall - Minnesota Daily
		Eller has long been involved in the Minneapolis community where he and his family have resided for more than 30 years.
		Currently, Eller is acting as spokesman for the Vikings in a joint effort to raise awareness about the importance of access to automated external defibrillators in the fight against sudden cardiac arrest.
		Eller has kept a connection with the University where his son Regis is currently finishing his degree.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2004/08/04/9959 (733 words)

	Collier: Eller provides urgent message, but was anybody listening? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Carl Eller gave a tight, blisteringly poignant speech at Canton not 12 days ago, skewering cultural malignancies with a digestible serving of football platitudes.
		He was using his moment for the grander purpose, to point out that young fls will not build a better America and a better life for themselves by becoming Hall of Fame defensive ends as he did, but by taking responsibility for themselves and their communities, because, well, that's what Carl Eller did.
		In a better America with a better media culture, someone like Carl Eller, whom we know mostly as a member of a legendary Vikings defensive unit called "The Purple People Eaters," should be known equally as a drug counselor, community activist, and a commanding voice of responsibility.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04232/363894.stm (974 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Extremely quick and mobile for his size, Carl was an excellent defender against the run and superb as a pass rusher.
		It was Eller who caused the now infamous fumble that led to teammate Jim Marshall’s wrong-way run for a safety in 1964 in a game against the San Francisco 49ers.
		Eller was the starting defensive left end for the Vikings.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=63 (815 words)

	Welcoming Committee: Carl Eller - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Editors Note: Dan Dierdorf battled Carl Eller four times during his career including twice in 1974 - once on Monday Night Football and then six weeks later in the Cardinals' first playoff game in nearly 30 years.
		And, of course, Carl Eller in my mind - if you were going to design the way you'd like a defensive end to look, you'd be the prototypical guy…a perfect defensive end.
		Out of every one of those guys, we now realize that Carl Eller now joins a group of roughly 200 players in the history of the game who is now enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
	www.profootballhof.com /hall/release.jsp?release_id=1211 (1131 words)

	KFFL - Carl Eller, DE, Retired
		Brian Davis, of the Dallas Morning News, reports former NFL DL Carl Eller (Minnesota) has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
		The Associated Press reports former NFL DL Carl Eller pleaded guilty to drunken driving as part of a plea deal that calls for a $1,000 fine, probation and community service, a prosecutor said.
		Eller pleaded guilty Monday, March 20, to fourth-degree drunken driving, a misdemeanor, in a branch office of the Hennepin County District Court in Minnesota.
	www.kffl.com /player/9200/nfl (132 words)

	N.F.L. AND COCAINE: CARL ELLER'S DECLINE - New York Times
		For Carl Eller of the Minnesota Vikings, one of the most intimidating defensive ends, five times an all-pro, it is the worst.
		I take a cheap shot, too, and punch him back.'' For Eller, recalling how he had lost his ability to dominate an offensive lineman because of cocaine use was still painful.
		He is now a drug consultant to the league, and part of his job is explaining how cocaine robs a player of the physical ability and emotional drive that are essential to winning.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A05EEDF123BF93BA15755C0A964948260 (717 words)

	ESPN.com - Hall of Fame DE Carl Eller arrested for DUI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		MINNEAPOLIS -- Hall of Famer Carl Eller was arrested for driving under the influence early Sunday morning, according to the state patrol.
		A trooper stopped the former Minnesota Vikings' star in suburban Golden Valley after clocking Eller going 97 mph in a 55 mph zone on westbound Interstate 394 around 3:30 a.m., said Lt. Chuck Walerius with State Patrol's West Metro office.
		A message left by The Associated Press on Eller's cell phone Sunday night was not immediately returned.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2346348&type=story (269 words)

	OpinionJournal - Taste
		Eller was part of a defensive line so fearsome that they earned the moniker Purple People Eaters.
		Eller used his election to football's Hall of Fame to throw a Hail Mary pass to young African-American males.
		Eller was denounced for "going all political" in his Hall of Fame speech.
	www.opinionjournal.com /taste/?id=110005472 (560 words)

	The Sporting News: NFL - Assault charges face Carl Eller
		Carl Eller is arrested after a woman reported that she had been sexually assaulted.
		Vikings safety Orlando Thomas is expected to be arraigned in June on a charge of domestic violence involving an assault his wife.
		Eller said he had sex with the woman in his motel room last week in North Mankato.
	archive.sportingnews.com /nfl/articles/19990511/156400.html (394 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		In 1964, Carl Eller, a consensus All-America with the University of Minnesota, was a first-round draft pick of both the National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills of the then-rival American Football League.
		A 6-6, 247-pound defensive stalwart, Eller opted to stay in a familiar environment and signed with the Vikings.
		A major factor in this long string of successes was a ferocious defensive line often referred to as “The Purple People Eaters.” Eller was the left end of a line that included Jim Marshall at the opposite end and Hall of Famer Alan Page and Gary Larsen at the tackles.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=63 (815 words)

	Barry Sanders, Carl Eller, Bob Brown are blacks picked for pro football hall of fame class of 2004 - Sports Jet - Find ...
		Barry Sanders, Carl Eller, Bob Brown are fls picked for pro football hall of fame class of 2004 - Sports
		Sanders, who was inducted on his first attempt, joins the Denver Broncos John Elway, the winningest quarterback in NFL history, Bob Brown and Carl Eller.
		Eller, 61, a mainstay of the Minnesota Vikings' "Purple People Eaters" defensive line unit in the 1960s and 1970s, played 16 seasons and 225 games.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_8_105/ai_113681335 (376 words)

	City Pages - Fumble!
		But the woman's recollection of Carl Eller and their encounter 11 years ago, when she was a 19-year-old sophomore at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, is anything but fond.
		Eller was never arrested or charged in connection with the incident.
		Eller, who went through substance-abuse treatment after his retirement from the Vikings in 1979, operates a counseling center called Triumph Life Services and recently took a position as a policy analyst with the state Department of Human Services; he often speaks about his experiences to audiences at high schools and colleges.
	www.citypages.com /detail.asp?ArticleID=7564 (961 words)

	Scout.com: Vikes Honor Eller
		For years, Carl Eller wondered if he would ever be in the NFL Hall of Fame.
		Eller, who dominated the game from his defensive end post, would very likely have been in the Hall of Fame years ago if not for never winning a Super Bowl title.
		For those who played with Eller -- or just watched him from the stands or on TV -- he did earn his right to the Hall of Fame on the field.
	vikings.scout.com /2/232028.html (318 words)

	Minneapolis City Council honors "Purple People Eater" Carl Eller's induction to the NFL hall of fame
		St MORE: Eller was a member of the Minnesota Vikings' explosive "Purple People Eater" defensive line.
		Eller has lived in North Minneapolis since his retirement from professional football.
		Eller founded Triumph Services, a chain of chemical dependency rehabilitation facilities in the Twin Cities Metro Area.
	www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us /newsroom/200405/20040513-MA_CarlEllerResolution.asp (216 words)

	Minnesota Vikings, Carl Eller, Dennis Johnson, National Football League - CBS SportsLine.com
		Rondoni said Eller, 64, won't spend time in jail, but was given five days of community service and two years' probation.
		Eller was member of the Vikings' famed "Purple People Eaters" defense in his 15 years as an end with Minnesota.
		Eller has acknowledged his history as a substance abuser, became a treatment counselor and spoke publicly to groups about the problems of chemical dependency.
	cbs.sportsline.com /nfl/story/9326250/rss (441 words)

	Hall of Famer Carl Eller arrested for DUI - Boston.com
		Hall of Famer Carl Eller arrested for DUI - Boston.com
		Hall of Famer Carl Eller was arrested for driving under the influence early Sunday morning, according to the state patrol.
		MINNEAPOLIS --Hall of Famer Carl Eller was arrested for driving under the influence early Sunday morning, according to the state patrol.
	www.boston.com /sports/football/articles/2006/02/27/hall_of_famer_carl_eller_arrested_for_dui?mode=PF (304 words)

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