Tribute to Vikings legend Jim Marshall (6/04 Hour 1)
PFT Live with Mike Florio
ProFootballTalk
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | A lot of people ask, who is your best football player? |
| 0:04.1 | As a coach, you can't go there. |
| 0:07.3 | So how do I describe Jim Marshall? |
| 0:11.1 | He's a special football player. |
| 0:13.2 | He's a special man. |
| 0:14.8 | And if wasn't for Jim Marshall, I wouldn't be here today. |
| 0:19.4 | I love Jim Marshall. |
| 0:28.2 | Wow, that hit me like a ton of bricks. |
| 0:30.5 | I hadn't seen that video. |
| 0:33.1 | I'd seen the clip. |
| 0:34.4 | I hadn't watched it. |
| 0:35.9 | Bud Grant, who never showed any emotion in all those years on the sidelines, and that was his thing. |
| 0:41.1 | He was stoic. |
| 0:43.0 | He was never affected by anything. |
| 0:45.5 | To see him in that moment, that was something else. |
| 0:47.4 | Bud Grant passed a couple of years ago. |
| 0:48.8 | Jim Marshall, one of the anchors of the Purple People Leaders Defense passed yesterday at the age of 87. |
| 0:55.0 | He played in the NFL from 1960. |
| 0:59.0 | He left Ohio State early on a true financial hardship. |
| 1:05.0 | He needed the money. He was out of cash. |
| 1:08.0 | He left early and couldn't go to the NFL, Chris. |
| 1:10.0 | He had to go to the Saskatchewan |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 15 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ProFootballTalk, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of ProFootballTalk and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.