Carl Eller

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Carl Eller
Date of birth	January 25, 1942 (age 65)
Place of birth	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Position(s)	Defensive End
College	Minnesota
NFL Draft	1964 / Round 1
Pro Bowls	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974
Honors	NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1964-1978 1979	Minnesota Vikings Seattle Seahawks
Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2004

Carl Eller (born January 25, 1942) was a professional American football player in the National Football League from 1964 through 1979. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a consensus All-American.

In 1964 Eller was drafted in the 1st round of the NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings. As the left defensive end in the Vikings front four, he was a major factor in the unit known as the "Purple People Eaters".

Starting in 1968, Eller's fifth campaign, Minnesota won 10 Central Division titles in the next 11 seasons. The Vikings won the 1969 NFL championship and NFC crowns in 1973, 1974, and 1976 and played in four Super Bowls. He was selected to play in six Pro Bowls (1969-1972, 1974, and 1975). Eller played his final season in 1979 with the Seattle Seahawks. He played in a total 225 regular season games.

From 1997 to 2001 Eller collaborated with Craig M. Rosenblum on Carl Eller's Viking News, on the frontier of online sports journalism by and for fans in Minnesota.

In 2004 Eller was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

On February 27, 2006, he was arrested for DUI.