Vikings Linebacker Wally Hilgenberg Dies

Wally Hilgenberg died Tuesday after a long battle with Lou Gehrig's (ALS) disease. He was only 66. That is a terrible disease where you are trapped in a body that won't respond but your mind is still ok. He once said, however, that it wasn't when you go, it is where you go, and he was right about that. We hope to see him again in Heaven one day. He played college in Iowa and then spent 16 seasons in the NFL. Twelve of those years he was with the Minnesota Vikings. He led the team in total tackles and started 116 games out of the 157 he played for the Vikings. He was a great football player.