Retirement
After six games during the 1978 season, Alan Page was traded to the Chicago Bears, where he collected 40 sacks before he retired in 1981.
After the 1978 season, Carl Eller was traded to the Seattle Seahawks, where he collected three more sacks in his final season.
After the 1979 season, Jim Marshall retired. In 20 seasons (19 with the Vikings and 1 with the Cleveland Browns) Marshall never missed a game and set what was then a National Football League record with 282 consecutive starts. After his last home game, Marshall was carried off the field by his teammates in celebration.
This starting Front Four ended up consisting of two (arguably 3) Hall of Famers. Page was inducted in 1988 and Eller was inducted in 2004. Marshall is not in the Hall of Fame but NFL Films has Marshall ranked number 4 on the list of top ten players that are not in the Hall of Fame.
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—Richard Steele (1672–1729)
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—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)