Purple People Eaters
Minnesota defensive line
Purple People Eaters refers to the 1958 novelty song by Sheb Woolley about a one-eyed, one-horned flying creature—though the lyrics are ambiguous about whether it's purple and eats people, or eats purple people.
The phrase became the nickname for the Minnesota Vikings' dominant defensive line of the late 1960s and 1970s, known for their aggressive play: The Purple People Eaters terrorized quarterbacks for a decade.
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- MinnesotaUpper Midwest American state
- VikingsMedieval Scandinavian seafarers
- NFLPro football organization
- flyingMoving through air
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