Damn...and the news keeps getting purpler. I remember that draft, as much as one can remember a draft only read about in the tiny type of the sports section. I was 10 years old and at the height of my Viking fandom. Had the uniform, the stocking cap, the gloves, the jams, the posters.
We drafted Fred McNeil (a superstar at UCLA) in the first and Blair in the 2nd. Both were solid players, but Blair went on to be a much, much better player. Both now dead. God damn I'm getting old.
I remember that draft mostly because we also drafted a TE named Steve Craig that year...and I had a close friend also named Steve Craig. And because we drafted Sam McCullum, a WR from my home state of Montana.
Rest in Peace #59.
