A discussion on 50 years of the Minnesota Vikings history

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September 16, 2011
Gary Eichten - Host, Jim Klobuchar - Interviewee, Tom Mason - Interviewee, Sara Meyer - Producer, Steven John - Contributor
Listen: Jim Klobuchar & Tommy Mason - Minnesota Vikings history: 50 years
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On this Midday, two guests talk about 50 years of the Minnesota Vikings. Writer Jim Klobuchar, who covered the Vikings from day one, September 17, 1961, joins Midday to talk about the history of the team and the game of football? Following that, a conversation with Tommy Mason, Minnesota Viking’s first player.

Klobuchar was a sportswriter and columnist for Minneapolis Star and Minneapolis Tribune for 30 years and a former AP reporter. He now writes columns for MinnPost. Klobuchar is author of numerous books, many about the Vikings (Knights and Knaves of Autumn: 40 Years of Pro Football and the Minnesota Vikings, Always on Sunday, Purple Hearts and Golden Memories: 35 Years with the Minnesota Vikings, Tarkenton, Will America Accept Love at Halftime? Or How to Survive Pro Football Sunday, and Will the Vikings Ever Win the Superbowl?

Mason was a Minnesota Vikings running back, selected first in Vikings draft for inaugural season. His first game was September 17, 1961. Mason played six seasons for the Vikings and retired from the NFL in 1971.

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