01-04-2018, 02:55 AM
Vikings legend Alan Page, executive Kevin Warren, late Dennis Green to be honored during Super Bowl week
Vikings hall of fame defensive tackle Alan Page will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fritz Pollard Alliance next month during Super Bowl week.The Fritz Pollard Alliance deals with the NFL on minority hiring. In addition to Page, chairman John Wooten said Monday that Vikings chief operating officer Kevin Warren and the late Dennis Green, Minnesota’s coach from 1992-2001, will be among those honored at the Johnnie Cochran Salute to Excellence Awards at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Feb. 1, three days before Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium.
“We are extremely proud of honoring Alan Page with our Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in the community and his accomplishments off the field,’’ Wooten said of Page, who played for the Vikings from 1967-78 and later was a Minnesota Supreme Court justice.
Wooten said Green, who died in 2016, will be honored with the Paul Tagliabue Award. Wooten said it will be received by his widow Marie and three children..
“That goes to a person who has been outstanding in helping minorities up through the chain in the NFL,’’ Wooten said.
Warren is among five who will receive the Johnnie Cochran Salute to Excellence Award. Winners are minority executives and coaches whose teams have made the playoffs.
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