The Minnesota Vikings Story

The Minnesota Vikings Story — page 1 — M I N N E S O T A Are you ready to take it to the extreme Torque books thrust you into the action-packed world of sports vehicles mystery and adventure These books may include dirt smoke fire and chilling tales WARNING read at your own risk This edition first published in 2017 by Bellwether Media Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission write to Bellwether Media Inc Attention Permissions Department 5357 Penn Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55419 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Adamson Thomas K 1970 Title The Minnesota Vikings Story by Thomas K Adamson Description Minneapolis MN Bellwether Media Inc 2017 Series Torque NFL Teams Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2015037694 ISBN 9781626173729 hardcover alk paper Subjects LCSH Minnesota Vikings Football team History Juvenile literature Classification LCC GV956 M5 A33 2017 DDC 796 332 6409776579 dc23 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2015037694TTTTT Text copyright 2017 by Bellwether Media Inc TORQUE and associated logos are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Bellwether Media Inc SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN’S PRESS and associated logos are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc Printed in the United States of America North Mankato MN

The Minnesota Vikings Story — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS DIVISION CHAMPS __________________________________________4 NORSEMEN OF THE NORTH ___________________________8 THEN TO NOW _______________________________________________14 VIKINGS TIMELINE ________________________________________18 TEAM SUPERSTARS ____________________________________20 FANS AND TEAM CULTURE _________________________24 MORE ABOUT THE VIKINGS ________________________28 GLOSSARY ____________________________________________________30 TO LEARN MORE ___________________________________________31 INDEX _____________________________________________________________32

The Minnesota Vikings Story — page 3 — DIVISION CHAMPS 4 Adrian Peterson The Minnesota Vikings battle the Green Bay Packers for their 2015 division title In the ﬁrst half both defenses play well 4

The Minnesota Vikings Story — page 4 — V I K I 5 Teddy Bridgewater The second half brings more scoring Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater hands off to wide receiver Adam Thielen Thielen breaks free for 26 yards Running back Adrian Peterson ﬁnishes the drive Touchdown 5

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