Vikings Draft Trivia - Question #1 - An easy one

**Zeus** · 04-24-2009, 09:23 AM

The Vikings sent out a PDF to all registered season-ticket-holders yesterday with the 2009 Vikings Draft Guide that will be distributed to media members at tomorrow's draft in Winter Park.
It's *very* cool and chock full of great draft information, including some great Vikings draft history stuff.

So - I thought I'd peruse it for some good Vikings draft trivia questions!

Here's Question #1:

The Vikings have had the #1 overall choice in the draft two times in their history.
Who are the players taken and in what year?

*BONUS*
How did the Vikings acquire the 2nd of those two overall number 1s?

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**Marrdro** · 04-24-2009, 09:28 AM

No fair visiting links like this either before you answer.
;D

http://www.databasefootball.com/draf...?tm=MIN&lg=nfl

**shockzilla** · 04-24-2009, 09:31 AM

One is 1968 - Ron Yary.

**Zeus** · 04-24-2009, 09:32 AM

"shockzilla" wrote:

One is 1968 - Ron Yary.

Correct.
That's the 2nd one.
How did the Vikings acquire that pick?

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**shockzilla** · 04-24-2009, 09:39 AM

Wasn't that the trade for Tarkenton?

**Zeus** · 04-24-2009, 09:41 AM

"shockzilla" wrote:

Wasn't that the trade for Tarkenton?

Yes, correct.
That pick was traded by the NY Football Giants in the Tarkenton trade.
But the Giants were 8-8 in 1967.....how'd they end up at #1?

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**BleedinPandG** · 04-24-2009, 10:30 AM

"Zeus" wrote:

"shockzilla" wrote:

Wasn't that the trade for Tarkenton?

Yes, correct.
That pick was traded by the NY Football Giants in the Tarkenton trade.
But the Giants were 8-8 in 1967.....how'd they end up at #1?

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Google is your friend :P
Goodness... in 1967 my mom was finishing up grade school!

**shockzilla** · 04-24-2009, 10:56 AM

"BleedinPandG" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"shockzilla" wrote:

Wasn't that the trade for Tarkenton?

Yes, correct.
That pick was traded by the NY Football Giants in the Tarkenton trade.
But the Giants were 8-8 in 1967.....how'd they end up at #1?

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Google is your friend :P
Goodness... in 1967 my mom was finishing up grade school!

If you're insinuating that I used Google to get that answer, you're wrong - I'm old enough to know that answer.
;D

**Zeus** · 04-24-2009, 11:07 AM

"Zeus" wrote:

"shockzilla" wrote:

Wasn't that the trade for Tarkenton?

Yes, correct.
That pick was traded by the NY Football Giants in the Tarkenton trade.
But the Giants were 8-8 in 1967.....how'd they end up at #1?

So I can move on in my life (and to the next question).

1.
1961 - Tommy Mason - #1 overall draft choice
2.
1968 - Ron Yary - #1 overall draft choice

BONUS - the pick was, as Shock said, acquired from the NY Giants in the original Fran Tarkenton trade.
The Giants, at 8-8 in 1967, ended up with the first pick in the 1968 NFL draft because they voted FOR the AFL-NFL merger, setting aside any conflict issues of sharing the same market with the AFL's New York Jets, and were rewarded the #1 overall pick in the draft as compensation.

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