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Alan Page –  Defensive Player of the Year, 50 Greatest Vikings,  Pro Football Hall of Fame, a Member of the Purple People Eaters, First Black American to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court (1992)   Don’t say Alan Page didn’t have goals.  While he played for the Minnesota Vikings (1967-1978) as a defensive tackle, he was attending the University of Minnesota Law School.  He received his Juris Doctor in 1978.  After that, he went on to play for the Chicago Bears (he must like the cold) for another three years. “The lessons that I learned from professional football were many:  hard work, discipline, focus, the ability to analyze a problem and work through it.  To accept that you don’t always win and when you do win, that doesn’t change who you are.” – Alan C. Page, 2005   After football, Mr. Page did a little radio broadcasting, then began his… Continued

Whatever your politics, you cannot deny the fierceness of Ms. Condoleezza Rice.  Not only does she know her college football and football in general, she started college at the University of Denver when she was merely 15 years old. She was the first Black woman to be appointed national security adviser and U.S. Secretary of State. She is also the first woman and the first Black American to serve as provost of Stanford University. Ms. Rice is an accomplished concert pianist.  At the age of 15, she performed a Mozart composition with the Denver Symphony and while serving as Secretary of State, she played with a chamber music group.  In addition, she performed for Queen Elizabeth II and has played with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Queen of Soul, Ms. Aretha Franklin. Her favorite composer is Brahms, because as she puts it, his music is “passionate but not sentimental”.  Furthermore, she