Carl Eller, the Minnesota Vikings defensive end who was a member of the “Purple People Eaters” defensive line of the 1960s and 1970s and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has been cited in a traffic stop again.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that police stopped Eller on his motorcycle in Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon and found that his motorcycle did not have the required license plates with a special code on them because of his past alcohol-related offenses.
Eller’s motorcycle was impounded and he was cited and released, the paper reports.
Last month Eller was cited in a much more serious traffic stop. He was charged with two felonies, fourth-degree assault and terroristic threats, after a scuffle with Minneapolis police officers who say Eller hit and threatened them when they tried to arrest him for drunken driving and fleeing police. He was also charged with two misdemeanors, drunken driving and refusing to submit to a sobriety test.
Eller is scheduled to appear in court on May 19 for a hearing related to those charges.
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May 16th, 2008 at 11:18 am
What’s going on in the NFL? Even the hall of fame members are getting in trouble with the law.
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May 16th, 2008 at 11:37 am
i nominate eller for the turd watch hall-of-fame.
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May 16th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Hell….This guy retired in 1979….Who Cares? Must be a slow day…
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May 16th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Really, WGAF?
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May 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
sounds like the cops are still pissed off at him from his first offense.
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May 16th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Maybe it’s time to start taking up walking as a hobby. It’s good for you and it’s good for the environment. Maybe going green will help lose some turd points.
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May 16th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
What, a guy can’t take his bike out for a ride in celebration of being picked up by the Cowboys’ front office without being hassled?
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May 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Are you sure he wasn’t charged with going the wrong way?
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May 16th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Hey Eller is just being targeted… That happens when you assult an officer.. They stick together.
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May 16th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
He was also going to get ticked for riding without a helmet until the cop noticed his toupee.
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May 16th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
monger, if it was jim marshall, sure…
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May 16th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
The NFL needs to clean up their act. Now.
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May 16th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
drunk on a motorcycle is a great way to end up as someone else’s hood ornament (or as a gray streak by a headless bod on the hiway) . ask benjo rudelburger about that.
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